WATCH: 2009 Coke Zero 400 crash and
chain reaction involves Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Jeff Gordon, and many other cars...
The Daytona
venue for one of the "coolest" races of the summer begins
at sundown on one of the biggest American holidays of the summer
...
The Coke Zero
400, (formerly known as The Pepsi 400, or more popularly The
Firecracker 400) is a 160 lap, 400 mile nightime race run
by some of NASCAR's biggest superstars.
One of NASCAR's
most prestigious events and the only other besides the
Daytona
500 to be held at Daytona International Raceway the
Coke Zero 400 attracts the sport's most famous stars and cars
in the NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series.
The race also
happens to be scheduled around and American celebration of epic
proportions, the 4th
of July.
After an afternoon
in the backyard barbecue,
complete TV coverage started at 6:30 pm ET on cable channel TNT.
This year,
millions of NASCAR fans got their red-white-and-blue on for all
the action at the 51st annual race day weekend, kicking off with
practice races (and the Winn-Dixie 250) followed by the Coke Zero
400 main event on Saturday, July 4, 2009.
The best action?
That came near the end of the race, when Tony
Stewart emerged the winner following a last lap wreck that
caused a huge and spectacular chain reaction pile up!
More about
the Coke Zero 400 around the Web:
Elsewhere
on the Web, check out more information on driver profiles, stats
& photos ...
Daytona Int'l Speedway- The official site with all the
latest action, driver profiles, pictures, gallery, complete schedule,
track map, 3-D seating charts, online shop and ticket information.
NASCAR.com
- All you need to know about the Coke Zero 400 including info
on the cars, the drivers, the numbers, the track. Also check out
videos, audio and news on the race as the big night draws near.
Coke
Zero 400 -
Good background on the history of the race & the special lighting
used during the nightime race, a listing of all past winners,
and related photos, from Wikipedia.
Daytona
Race Fans - Daytona area info, racing info, racing photos,
driver info - with links to each driver's official Web site -
NASCAR links and a busy message board.