(This picture comes from queers4gears.com...I guess that's cool?)
Going back to the home of NASCAR this weekend for the Bank of America 500 and it's everyone's favorite...a night race. As much as I love NASCAR sundays, being able to watch the race Saturday nights leave Sundays open for NFL and endless reruns of Bar Rescue (it's a show on Spike, if you haven't seen it you're missing out). We also don't have any ranked college football teams planning eachother Saturday night so we don't have to worry about missing that. Charlotte is on TheDaleGuys' short list of tracks to visit as I'm sure the atmosphere down in the heart of racing country is unreal.
I'm apologizing to all you Jr./Hendrick fans reading this, but I don't have much good news for y'all in this preview. Since 2011, Jr, Gordon and Jimmie are all ranked between 19th and 24th in average finish among active drivers at Charlotte. Adding to that great news, Hamlin is 1st and Kenseth is 6th. At least Harvick is 2nd, with an average finish of 6.4, hopefully he can keep his momentum from Kansas going. He also won here back in May If Kevin (-25) and Jeff (-32) can somehow get themselves back in the running for the championship I think we would all be thrilled.
On the bright side, even though his average finish isn't good, Jr. has done pretty good here if you take out the race he didn't finish (this past spring). Since the 2011 Coke 600 (a race that will haunt the dreams of Jr. fans forever, more on that race in a second) Dale has finished 19, 7 (twice), 6 and 5. Not bad finishes at all and typical fashion of having a solid race, but not having the extra oomph to get the W. Let's hope that changes this weekend.
Ok, as much as it pains me to bring it up, I need to mention the 2011 Coca Cola 600, where Jr. ran out of gas in turn 3 of the last lap, giving Harvick the win. I'll never forget having the 'A' call me crying, after he refused to go out to the bar after and all of his friends had left him. The one positive from that race is the video below. TheDaleGuys will be giving you a full video breakdown of this in a future post. It is an absolute, 100% must watch.
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Opened: 1960
Size and Shape: 1.5 mile quad-oval
Banking: 24 degrees in the turns
First Winner: Joe Lee Johnson
Last Race: 5/26/13
Last Winner: Jeff Gordon
Defending Champ: Clint Bowyer
Qualifying Track Record: Denny Hamlin, May 2013, 195.624mph
Race
|
Finish
|
Start
|
Car
|
Team
|
Make
|
Laps Led
|
Rating
|
Winnings
|
May 26, 2013
|
39
|
11
|
88
|
Hendrick Motorsports
|
Chevy
|
0
|
69.2
|
$101,745
|
May 18, 2013
|
7
|
15
|
88
|
Hendrick Motorsports
|
Chevy
|
0
|
81.6
|
$96,975
|
May 27, 2012
|
6
|
12
|
88
|
Hendrick Motorsports
|
Chevy
|
0
|
94.5
|
$142,015
|
May 19, 2012
|
5
|
21
|
88
|
Hendrick Motorsports
|
Chevy
|
18
|
116.7
|
$141,315
|
Oct 15, 2011
|
19
|
15
|
88
|
Hendrick Motorsports
|
Chevy
|
0
|
75.3
|
$79,600
|
May 29, 2011
|
7
|
25
|
88
|
Hendrick Motorsports
|
Chevy
|
2
|
103.6
|
$131,575
|
May 21, 2011
|
14
|
21
|
88
|
Hendrick Motorsports
|
Chevy
|
0
|
38.1
|
$81,600
|
Oct 16, 2010
|
29
|
8
|
88
| Hendrick Motorsports |
Chevy
|
0
|
56.8
|
$110,248
|
May 30, 2010
|
22
|
24
|
88
|
Hendrick Motorsports
|
Chevy
|
10
|
65.8
|
$101,150
|
May 22, 2010
|
12
|
18
|
88
|
Hendrick Motorsports
|
Chevy
|
0
|
48.7
|
$83,099
|
Oct 17, 2009
|
38
|
39
|
88
|
Hendrick Motorsports
|
Chevy
|
0
| 44.3 |
$83,400
|
May 25, 2009
|
40
|
27
|
88
|
Hendrick Motorsports
|
Chevy
|
0
| 32.7 |
$105,065
|
May 16, 2009
|
10
|
4
|
88
|
Hendrick Motorsports
|
Chevy
|
0
| 73.1 |
$90,471
|
Oct 11, 2008
|
36
|
10
|
88
|
Hendrick Motorsports
|
Chevy
|
0
| 80.9 |
$71,800
|
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