For Kasey Kahne and Greg Biffle, the end of Coca-Cola 600 of Sunday at night was a repetition of the race All-Star Sprint of NASCAR of the 17 of May in the Motor Lowe's Speedway.
Kahne took the picture flag with Biffle behind him in last the three returns, but what happened in the first 397 returns of the marathon to 400 had more secondary plots than a novel of Agatha Christie.
When being useful the moment when to Tony Stewart a tire exploded to him while it led in return 397, Kahne arrived at the goal 10,203 seconds in front of Biffle, that reclaimed of a loose wheel and a return less at the beginning of the race to obtain the second place.
Kyle Busch arrived in third party in spite of a litany of problems that less included a bad battery - that equipment no. 118 changed under yellow flag in return 298 - and one return by a shutdown in pits not programmed when Busch thought that a rim lost air. Busch extended its advantage in the positions of the series to 94 points on Burton, that arrived in sixth place.
When betting in the fuel consumption after to most of pass the race clogged in the traffic, Jeff Gordon arrived in fourth place, followed of Dale Earnhardt Jr, who behind reclaimed of the explosion of a tire and a blow in return 297. It took care of his no. 88 Chevrolet very struck it took and it to the goal, and Earnhardt made specific his third place in the scores, to 139 of Busch.
Due to the fast work in pits in a shutdown where it only refuelled combustible in return 388, Stewart had an advantage of more than five seconds on Kahne, but in return 397 to Stewart it straight operated the front tire to him in curve 1, and left the leadership to Kahne less than mediates return later.
“It was thinking about the second place and I suddenly saw Tony lower the speed”, commented Kahne, that won for the first time by eighth time in its race and from October of the 2006 in Lowe's. “I thought that one had finished to him the fuel, and it could not believe it”.
“It entered curve 1 and one went by above (in the curve), and when I left curve 2 went very slow and low”.
Kahne is the sixth pilot in gaining 600 Coca-Cola and the star race in the same year and is first in making it from Jimmie Johnson in the 2003.
Disappointed by second consecutive week, Biffle would have preferred one more a closed race at the end of the 600, but second defeat to the thread by Kahne took his philosophically.
“Generally, probably more the last week was frustrated not to obtain the triumph, because I felt that it had the fastest car”, commented Biffle, that is 11º in the scores of the Glass. “Today I did not think that it had the fastest car. It had a very good and solid car, and I only escaped to obtain the position in track where we were in the end. But I would have liked to have an opportunity to compete against Kasey. We went very fast the first 50 returns of the race”.
The race changed dramatically in return 297, with Earnhardt in the calm end and, to three seconds of Stewart, his nearer pursuer. Nevertheless, when it entered curve 3, the back tire straight of the no. 88 Chevrolet de Earnhardt exploded, and caused that it struck the wall in curve 4. When Earnhardt slow down, J.J. Yeley beat to him behind to its car.
Earnhardt could remain in the return of the leader due to the work of its equipment of pits and to a generous decision of NASCAR, that chose to stop a return to Earnhardt to put in danger a security equipment, and soon terminated the penalty after reviewing the video. “We had luck in the end”, said Earnhardt.
“We had fuel we made and it render. I do not know what happened when entering (curve) the 3. I believe that the back tire straight exploded. It displeases me by my people. We went very well - by all means I want a triumph here”.
Notes: Stewart finalized 18º, the first car to a return less, and it stayed in the eighth place in the scores of the Glass. … Jimmie Johnson fell three positions to ninth in the scores when its motor failed at the end of the race. 39º with its first retirement of the campaign finalized. … Brian Vickers led four times by 61 returns, but a back wheel left defeat caused that it strongly struck the wall of curve 2 in return 185. The wheel bounced towards infield and slightly damaged to camper. Nobody left wounded. … The stay of David Ragan in the 12 first lasted a race. 12º finalized and fell to place 13 in the positions. Kahne returned to the 12 first and is in 12º place, 56 points in front of Ragan.

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