After all the excitement of the Indy 500. I was suprised to see another jaw-dropping finish in the Coca-Cola 600. I caught the last 30 laps of this race. FYI - each lap takes about 30 seconds.
First, I want to give a hats off to Denny Hamlin and his team for successfully changing the carburetor and finishing tenth.
This race was also very exciting down to the end. Everyone got gas with 60 laps to go, which is too far too make it. As they neared the end, running under green, a real question of who would have the fuel to finish. With a caution at 4 laps to go, the engineers scratched their heads on what to do. Dale Earnhardt Jr., driving the National Guard car, had done every thing he could to save fuel. He patiently raced behind the UPS car - drafting. During the caution laps, a team mate came up behind him and pushed as he had his car off.
As with the Indy 500, it was not to be for the National Guard team. On the last turn, Dale Earnhardt Jr., ran out of gas. Even though they had built up to it for the previous 30 laps, it was still surprising to see it actually happen. What a surprising day.
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