NASCAR Charlotte Sunday, May 19, 2024

Charlotte NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights

65th Coca-Cola 600 – First race: 1960

400 Laps – 600 Miles – Stages: 100 / 100 / 100 / 100

7 Different winners last 7 Coca-Cola 600s –

Austin Dillon, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Brad Keselowski, Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin & Ryan Blaney

19 NASCAR Cup Series champions won Coca-Cola 600 – Chase Elliott & Joey Logano winless in 600

Ryan Blaney 2023 Coca-Cola 600 winner

Started 8th, only driver to finish top 5 in Stage 1, 2, 3, 163 laps led (most), 64 points scored, avg. running pos.: 2.5

Winner pit stops: 10 Stops Lap 37, 76, 103, 147 (G), 204, 233, 277, 304, 345, 359

Kyle Busch: Finished 6th or better last 7 Coca-Cola 600s – 6 Top 5 finishes

Tyler Reddick: Finished 9th or better all 4 Coca-Cola 600s – 1 Top 5 finish

Martin Truex Jr. only repeat winner last 14 Charlotte races (3 Wins) – 11 Others 1 win each

Chase Elliott: 300th career race – Kasey Kahne won 2012 Coca-Cola 600 in 300th career race

Final lead change with 5 or fewer laps to go 4 of last 7 Coca-Cola 600s

3 Charlotte races settled by last lap pass (All 3 on May 29) – 2005, ’11 & ‘22 Coca-Cola 600s

6 Won Daytona 500 & Coca-Cola 600 in same year – Last: Jeff Gordon 1997

Coca-Cola 600 first career win for 7 drivers – 4 Won championships

Drivers won first race of season 33 times at Coca-Cola 600

1 Team won Indianapolis 500 & Coca-Cola 600 in same year – Team Penske 2023

Team Penske:

19 Indianapolis 500 wins

1972, ’79, ’81, ’84, ’85, ’87, ’88, ’91, ’93, ’94, ’01, 02, ’03, ’06, ’09, ’15, ’18, ’19 & ‘23

3 Coca-Cola 600 wins – 2010 Kurt Busch, 2020 Brad Keselowski & 2023 Ryan Blaney

16 Cautions – Most in 2023

83 Caution laps – Most in 2023

Time of race: 4:58:50 – Longest in 2023

2023 Coca-Cola 600 cautions: 16 – Tied 3rd-most all-time (2019)

2022 Coca-Cola 600 cautions: 18 – 2nd-most all-time

2023 Only Coca-Cola 600 with no qualifying – First time cars not on track at all before green flag

Coca-Cola 600 pit road speeding penalties:

2017: 7 / 2018: 4 / 2019: 6 / 2020: 10 / 2021: 3 / 2022: 7 / 2023: 1

Charlotte NASCAR Xfinity Series Stats Highlights

Charlotte wins:

Joe Gibbs Racing: 10; Richard Childress Racing: 5; JR Motorsports: 2; Stewart-Haas Racing: 0; Kaulig Racing: 0 

11 Different winners in last 11 Charlotte Xfinity Series races

Last to win back-to-back Charlotte races: Austin Dillon 5/15 & 10/15 (Justin Allgaier won last race)

9 Won first career race at Charlotte

6 Charlotte races settled by last lap pass