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