Participants work to hold up a giant American flag during opening ceremonies of the Coca-Cola Classic 900 NASCAR Race at the Lowe's Motor Speedway, in Concord, NC, held on Memorial Day 2009. Driver David Reutimann won his first Cup race during the rain-shortened event, held May 25, 2009. NASCAR's longest scheduled race went only 227 laps, or 340.5 miles, before officials ended it because of rain. The 2009 race was the 50th running of the Coca-Cola 600. Ryan Newman and Robby Gordon finished second and third respectively.