Final Lap News

  • 2014 NASCAR Hall Of Fame Class Announced Flock, Ingram, Jarrett, Petty and Roberts - May 23rd
    2014 NASCAR Hall Of Fame Class Announced Flock, Ingram, Jarrett, Petty and Roberts Comprise List Of New Inductees DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 22, 2013) – NASCAR announced today the inductees who will comprise the 2014 class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. The five-person group – the fifth in NASCAR Hall of Fame history – […]

  • Coca-Cola 600 Favors Sprint Cup Champions, Except… - May 22nd
    Charlotte’s Coca-Cola 600 is a race for champions. All but three NASCAR Sprint Cup titleholders from 1993 through the present have a least one victory in the season’s longest race. Among the missing – surprisingly – is three-time champion Tony Stewart, whose only Charlotte victory came in the track’s 2003 fall race. Stewart has just […]

  • Johnson-Busch Battle Seems Likely In NASCAR’s Longest Race - May 22nd
    Consider Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race a preview of Coca-Cola 600 things to come – a battle between a champion whose Charlotte dominance is unquestioned and another who’s red-hot in 2013 but has yet to win at the 1.5-mile speedway. Jimmie Johnson, a three-time 600 winner, won his record fourth All-Star Race. Kyle Busch, […]

  • Defending Winner Kahne Chasing Fourth Coca-Cola 600 Victory - May 22nd
    The defending winner of the Coca-Cola 600, Kasey Kahne looks for his fourth victory in NASCAR Sprint Cup racing’s longest race. Kahne’s Charlotte statistics are impressive: four victories overall, a sweep of spring/fall races in 2006 and leader of six of the nine Coca-Cola 600 events in which he’s competed. Kahne ranks sixth in series […]

  • 20-Year Anniversary Of Jeff Gordon’s First Start In ’600′ - May 20th
    CHARLOTTE, N.C.(May 20, 2013) - In Jeff Gordon’s 700th career start at Darlington a few weeks ago, the 87-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series winner notched his 300th career top-five. But what does he remember about his third career top-five – a runner-up finish to Dale Earnhardt – in Gordon’s first attempt in the 600-miler at Charlotte […]