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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 2004
Page
12
The Coca-Cola 600 set for Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord North Carolina pitches 400 laps totaling 600 miles. Race scheduled for 4 p.m. Sunday with last year's winner Jimmie Johnson back to defend the title.
Matt Kenseth, the sport's reigning champion, edged Ryan Newman in a race noted for surgical precision. Kenseth seized the lead under Newman to win after three attempts, while Newman stayed competitive with four tires on lap when others pitted.
Details list the CarQuest Auto Parts 300 at Concord North Carolina with 200 laps of 1.5 miles each. Last year's winner was Matt Kenseth. Track records include Kevin Harvick's 184.445 mph qualifying speed on May 24 2003 and Mark Martin's 155.996 mph race speed on May 25 1996. The most recent race noted is Martin Truex Jr.’s Nazareth win, his fourth of the season.
The piece discusses the shift from three to one Cup tracks in North Carolina, with Bruton Smith's company owning the current facility. It notes Speedway Motorsports' role in declines at North Wilkesboro and Rockingham, mentions Matt Kenseth winning the All-Star race with a Ford engine, and cites Ford's plan to fully deploy the engine in summer. It covers Tony Stewart's near double, Jack Roush's day, Magic Johnson's role in NASCAR diversity, and the need to develop minority talent from the ground up before the 2005 All-Star event at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Jimmie Johnson, 28, sits second in the Nextel Cup standings behind Dale Earnhardt Jr. and closer to Jeff Gordon in a tight title race. The El Cajon native is one of NASCAR’s most consistent figures, touting top ten finishes in five straight races and praising Gordon as a key mentor and teammate ally at Hendrick Motorsports.
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