CONCORD, N.C. -- The fastest car in the final Sprint Cup Series practice on Saturday won't make it to the Coca-Cola 600. The damage was severe enough that No. 18 team rolled out a backup car, which means Busch will have to start NASCAR's longest event from the rear of the field, and in a vehicle different from the one which led practice Saturday. Jimmy Makar, senior vice president for racing operations at JGR, said the contact bent the splitter bars and front-end suspension pieces in the No. 18 car.
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