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HE DID IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lap-by-Lap: Charlotte

By NASCAR.COM
May 25, 2008
10:18 PM EDT
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CHECKERED FLAG: Kasey Kahne becomes the sixth driver to win the All-Star race and the Coca-Cola 600 in the same season. This is Kasey's first win on the season and just his second top-five.

 

 

Lap 399 -- WHITE FLAG: Kasey Kahne takes the white flag and just has to hang on to his car to win. Carl Edwards is out of gas and loses a ton of spots.

 

 

Lap 398 -- Denny Hamlin hits the wall but the race stays green.

 

 

Lap 397 -- LEAD CHANGE: Tony Stewart blows the right rear and hits the wall losing the lead to Kasey Kahne.

 

 

Lap 396 -- Tony Stewart has a five-second lead and plenty of fuel to take the win.

 

 

Lap 394 -- The top five after quick pit stops.
1. Tony Stewart
2. Kasey Kahne
3. Carl Edwards
4. Kyle Busch
5. Jeff Gordon

 

 

Lap 393 -- LEAD CHANGE: Dave Blaney doesn't gamble and he pits giving the lead back to Tony Stewart.

 

 

Lap 391 -- LEAD CHANGE: Denny Hamlin pits for fuel giving the lead to Dave Blaney.

 

 

Lap 390 -- LEAD CHANGE: Matt Kenseth pits giving the lead to Denny Hamlin. david Ragan also pits.

 

 

Lap 389 -- LEAD CHANGE: Matt Kenseth leads for the first time tonight as Jeff Burton pits.

 

 

Lap 388 -- LEAD CHANGE: Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch pit giving up the top two spots and handing the lead to Jeff Burton.

 

 

Lap 387 -- Sam Hornish Jr. gives up 10th to top off on fuel.

 

 

Lap 384 -- LEAD CHANGE: Tony Stewart takes the lead as Kasey Kahne hits pit road to top off on fuel. Elliott Sadler also on pit road and takes fuel only.

 

 

Lap 379 -- Kasey Kahne has caught Dale Earnhardt Jr., Carl Edwards and Jeff Gordon and could put them all a lap down.

 

 

Lap 373 -- Tony Stewart has closed the gap on Kasey Kahne to less than a second.

 

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Lap 371 -- Patrick Carpentier hits pit road with what looks like an engine problem.

 

 

Lap 369 -- Jeff Gordon and his team think they are about two laps short on fuel and they may go for it if the race stays green.

 

 

Lap 366 -- Elliott Sadler is in fourth but says he hears noises in the engine. Tony Stewart passes Kyle Busch for second.

 

 

Lap 363 -- Denny Hamlin is up to ninth after passing Sam Hornish Jr.

 

 

Lap 361 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kasey Kahne passes Kyle Busch for the lead.

 

 

Lap 358 -- Kasey Kahne has closed the gap on leader Kyle Busch.

 

 

Lap 355 -- Kyle Busch has a 1.2-second lead on Kasey Kahne. Elliott Sadler is fourth after Jimmie Johnson heads to the garage.

 

 

Lap 351 -- Smoke is pouring out of Jimmie Johnson's engine and he will call it a night.

 

 

Lap 349 -- Jimmie Johnson has some engine issues, his RPMs are way down.

 

 

Lap 346 -- LEAD CHANGE: Kyle Busch passes Jimmie Johnson for the lead.

 

 

Lap 344 -- Kyle Busch passes Kasey Kahne for second.

 

 

Lap 342 -- J.J. Yeley is back in the race.

 

 

Lap 341 -- Kasey Kahne up to second and Kyle Busch moves to third.

 

 

Lap 339 -- Kyle Busch passes Elliott Sadler for fourth and is in a three-way battle with Tony Stewart and Kasey Kahne for second.

 

 

Lap 338 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson brings the field to the green.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Tony Stewart
3. Kasey Kahne
4. Elliott Sadler
5. Kyle Busch

 

 

Lap 337 -- Jeff Gordon came in and got four tires. Denny Hamlin and Carl Edwards also pit.

 

 

Lap 335 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Ryan Newman among a half dozen cars to pit.

 

 

Lap 334 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 11: Debris on the front straightaway brings out the caution. A.J. Allmendinger gets the free pass.

 

 

Lap 334 -- GREEN FLAG: Jimmie Johnson




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