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Budweiser Shootout.
Daytona 500
Auto Club 500
UAW-Dodge 400
Kobalt Tools 500
Food City 500
Goody's Cool Orange 500
Samsung 500
Subway Fresh 500
Aaron's 499
Crown Royal 400
Dodge Avenger 500
Sprint All-Star Challenge
Coca Cola 600
Autism Speaks 400
Pocono 500
LifeLock 400
Save Mart 350
Lenox Tools 300
Coke Zero 400
LifeLock.com 400
Allstate 400
Pennsylvania 500
Centurion Boats at The Glen
3M Performance 400
Sharpie 500
Pepsi 500
Rock & Roll 400
Syvania 300
Camping World RV 400
KA Camping World RV 400
AMP Energy 500
Bank of America 500

Track Facts:
Banking/Turns: 24°
Distance: 1.5 miles
Shape: Quad-oval

Bank of America 500
Saturday, October 11
Lowes Motor Speedway
Concord, NC
Saturday, 7:00 p.m. EST

Schedule
Practice
3:00-4:30 p.m. EST, Thursday, October 9
5:00-5:45 p.m. EST, Friday, October 10
6:20-7:20 p.m. EST, Final Practice Friday, October 10

Qualifying
7:10 p.m. EST, Thursday, October 9, Two laps all positions (SpeedTV)

Race Day Sunday, October 11
7:00 p.m. EST, Driver introduction
7:40 p.m. EST, 501 miles, 334 laps
TV: ABC 7:00 p.m. EST
Radio: Motor Racing Network (PRN), XM Radio
2007 winner Jeff Gordon

Check the SPEED Channel schedule (speedtv.com) for various programs on the race this weekend.

Race Preview

Quotes from Chad McCumbee:
 “The 1.5-mile tracks are probably my strong suit, so I’m looking forward to this weekend.  I’ve always been a fan of this racetrack and have dreamed of the day of competing here in the Sprint Cup Series.  It’s a tricky place and that’s one of the reasons that I enjoy racing here.  We ran the All-Star Showdown in May and had a good test here two weeks ago, so I think we can be competitive on Saturday night.”
 
“The field is going to be competitive during the qualifying session on Thursday night.  There are some really good cars that are entered, above the normal car count.  It’s going to be tough.  Stewart (Cooper, crew chief) and I work well together and I think that experience gives us an advantage over the other non-regulars.  We have two races and some tests under our belt and that should pay off.” 
 
“I’ve been fortunate this year to have been able to learn from guys like Kyle Petty and Bobby and Terry Labonte.  That’s a lot of NASCAR experience that I can draw from, which will only help me become better prepared for these races.  Bobby, in particular, knows how to get around Lowe’s as well as anyone.  Having a teammate like that will push me this weekend and hopefully we can get another good finish for both of these Petty Enterprises cars.”

1. Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet
2. Carl Edwards, Ford
3. Greg Biffle, Ford
4. Jeff Burton, Chevrolet
5. Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet
20. Bobby Labonte, No. 43 Cheerios/Let’s Pink Together Dodge
41. Chad McCumbee, No. 45 Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil Dodge

Rain washed out all of Thursday’s activities at the Lowe’s Motor Speedway (LMS), including the evening qualifying session. This means the field will be lined up based on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series rule book, which utilizes the 2008 owner points standings.

Two-time LMS winner, Bobby Labonte, will start the race from the 20th position. Chad McCumbee will make his first career Sprint Cup Series start at LMS by starting 41st.

Race Results

1. Jeff Burton, Chevrolet
2. Kasey Kahne, Dodge
3. Kurt Busch, Dodge
4. Kyle Busch, Toyota
5. Jamie McMurray, Ford
17. Bobby Labonte, No. 43 Cheerios/Let’s Pink Together Dodge
35. Chad McCumbee, No. 45 Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil Dodge
 
Jeff Burton propelled himself into the thick of the ‘Chase for the Sprint Cup’ by scoring his second victory of the 2008 season in the Bank of America 500 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway on Saturday night.  Burton had to hold off Kasey Kahne, who was looking to sweep every race at Lowe’s this season, at the end.
 
The ‘Chase for the Sprint Cup’ appears to be down to a three-man race.  Less than 100 points separate the top-three of Jimmie Johnson, Burton and Greg Biffle. 
 
Bobby Labonte brought his No. 43 Cheerios/Let’s Pink Together Dodge home in the 17th position on Saturday night.  Labonte began the race from the 20th position due to rain canceling qualifying on Thursday.  Despite a car that was ‘loose’ in and ‘tight’ off, he was able to drive his way inside the top-15 by lap 50.  Crew chief Jeff Meendering made several air pressure and chassis adjustments to keep the car suitable for Labonte, who used the ‘high’ line around the 1.5-mile track to pass the third-most cars of the 43 drivers in the field.  On lap 155, Labonte was turning laps as fast as the leader of the race.  He was knocking on the door of the top-10 when, on lap 205, he was hit in the left rear by another competitor and sent through the infield grass.  While the damage was minor, the No. 43 Dodge was not the same after the spin.  The car was ‘loose’ at both ends of the track.  However, Labonte was still one of the fastest cars on the track at the end of the race.
 
“Sometimes you have those days where your car was better than where you finished,” said Labonte.  “That’s what happened to us today.  The chassis was off a little at the start, but Jeff made the right adjustments and we were fast there in the middle of the race.  I don’t know if there was fluid on the track when we got spun, but there were a lot of cars that were sliding around at that point.  We don’t know if something was broken or bent after that.  It just wasn’t the same car.”
 
Chad McCumbee finished 34th in his first career Sprint Cup Series start at the Lowe’s Motor Speedway.  When the green flag fell, McCumbee radioed to crew chief Stewart Cooper that the car was ‘loose’ everywhere.  The team fought that condition all weekend, but Cooper made several adjustments that improved the handling of the car during the early portions of the race.  On lap 194, McCumbee was forced through the infield grass to avoid a multi-car wreck.  In the process the front splitter was knocked off the car and the team had to go to the garage area to fix the damage.  The team made the repairs to allow McCumbee to take the checkered flag. 
  
“Our car was better when we were a little ‘snug,” said McCumbee.  “Our lap times weren’t very good when we were ‘loose.’  We came in and made a lot of big adjustments and the car responded pretty well to them.  We were trying to work our way into position for the ‘Lucky Dog’ award when that wreck happened right in front of me.  I had no where to go except through the grass and that did a lot of damage to the front end.”
 

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