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All-Star: Chevrolet NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Recap, Quotes
Team Chevy Impala SS drivers and crew chiefs maximized tonight's NASCAR Sprint All-Star race at Lowe's Motor Speedway to gain valuable information for next week's Coca Cola 600.
Tonight's four-25-lap segments for a $1 million prize saw three Chevrolet drivers capture top-10 finishing positions, but more importantly brought a wealth of information to the teams and drivers for next weekend's race.
Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Impala SS, finished fourth. Dale Earnhardt, Jr., No. 88 National Guard/Citizen Soldier/AMP Energy Impala SS, finished eighth followed by Mark Martin, No. 8 U.S. Army Impala SS in ninth.
The race was won by Kasey Kahne. Greg Biffle, Matt Kenseth and
Tony Stewart finished out the top-five.
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Practice and qualifying for the Coke 600 will be held Thursday, May 22. The 400-lap/600-mile race is scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m. EDT Sunday, May 25, 2008.
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE'S/KOBALT TOOLS IMPALA SS - Finished 4th:
GUTSY PIT STRATEGY, WHAT DID YOU LEARN TONIGHT? "That track position is everything. We didn't make any adjustment and picked up a half a second in speed. I really think we learned a lot tonight about our car even if we didn't win. We didn't really have a chance to win, but I want to thank Chad and the guys for that opportunity. We just didn't have enough to keep the No. 11 (Denny Hamlin) off of us and then the No. 9 (race winner Kasey Kahne) got by me. We are learning a lot. We are making gains and I am happy to do that. I am happy to have a good run here at Lowe's and we will have our Lowe's Impala tuned up for next weekend.
WHAT AREAS DO YOU NEED TO GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER AS WE GO IN TO NEXT WEEKEND? "It just seems for us the sticker tires at the end the end of the run. We start off to loose. Actually tonight, we stayed loose the whole time. The balance from sticker tires to old tires has been the hard part for us, but we made a lot of gains on it tonight."
MARTIN TRUEX JR., NO. 1 BASS PRO SHOPS/TRACKER BOATS IMPALA SS –
NOTE:
Tyler Spence, 11, from Paso Robles, CA, got to see what every young race fan wishes he could see: the NASCAR Sprint All Star Race from pit road.
Tyler, who recently went through an emergency appendectomy after an accident on a four-wheeler, noted how good the stuffed animal he received from the hospital where he was treated made him feel, and began collecting teddy bears and other stuffed animals for children in the same spot.
When he heard about Martin Truex Jr.’s foundation collecting stuffed animals for abused children, he set to work collecting as many as he could to give to Truex.
The number? 528.
Spence and his mother, Michelle Paine, were part of a group of Official NASCAR Members Club members who made the trip to Lowe’s for the All-Star race and for the ONMC’s annual National Convention, held May 14-16. He brought the bears with him, all 528. Tyler attended the driver’s meeting prior to the race and was able to meet Martin to tell him what he’d brought with him. Truex was so impressed that he asked the youngster to sit up on the pit box with him during the race.
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