Rain Shortens Coke 600, Reutimann Wins

RACE RECAP | COKE 600
10 Matt Kenseth
9 Joey Logano
8 Juan Pablo Montoya
7 Kasey Kahne
6 Kyle Busch led the most laps
5 Brian Vickers
4 Carl Edwards
3 Robby Gordon
2 Ryan Newman

VICTORY LANE
1 In his 75th career Cup start, David Reutimann visits victory lane after his crew chief Rodney Childers made the call to stay out before the rains came.  It’s the first win for Toyota outside Joe Gibbs Racing and David is the 6th driver to score his first Cup Series win at this race. (Photo: CIA Stock)

OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY

-Rain plagued this race from Sunday through Monday becoming a marathon race.  Even still it only lasted 227 of the 400 laps

-Kevin Harvick’s bad luck continues, pounding the wall early on and then a flat tire ripped apart his fender.

-This is supposed to be the longest race on the schedule, instead it was the shortest Coke 600 on record

-Another tough day for the #88 as Dale Earnhardt Jr. had his hands full with a bad handling race car. He finished 38th

-Kurt Busch had his blue deuce running up front, but had to pit for a vibration and never recovered.

-Mark Martin had a rocketship #5 car, but a tire got away from his pit box, and he ends up 17th

-Jeff Gordon continues to lead the points by 44 over Tony Stewart