2019 Coca-Cola 600

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Race 13 of 36 in the2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Cars during the pace lap
Date	May 26, 2019 (2019-05-26)
Location	Charlotte Motor Speedway inConcord, North Carolina
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Distance	400 laps, 600 mi (960 km)
Average speed	124.074 miles per hour (199.678 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports
Time	29.440
Most laps led
Driver	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	116
Winner
No. 19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	Fox
Announcers	Mike Joy,Jeff Gordon andDarrell Waltrip
Nielsen ratings	4.258 million[10]
Radio in the United States
Radio	PRN
Booth announcers	Doug Rice and Mark Garrow
Turn announcers	Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4)

The2019 Coca-Cola 600, the 60th running of theevent, was aMonster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on May 26, 2019, atCharlotte Motor Speedway inConcord, North Carolina. Contested over 400 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.42 km) asphalt speedway, it was the 13th race of the2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.Martin Truex Jr.^{[broken anchor]} won his fourth race of the season, second Coca-Cola 600, and 22nd career victory overall.

The race was held atCharlotte Motor Speedway, which is located inConcord, North Carolina. The speedway complex includes a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) quad-oval track that will be utilized for the race, as well as adragstrip and adirt track. The speedway was built in 1959 byBruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams based in theCharlotte metropolitan area. The track is owned and operated bySpeedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) withMarcus G. Smith serving as track president.

For the race, every car on track would sport a fallen military member tribute on their cars.

• (i) denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points.
• (R) denotes rookie driver.

Daniel Hemric was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 29.542 seconds and a speed of 182.791 mph (294.174 km/h).^[11]

William Byron scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.440 and a speed of 183.424 mph (295.192 km/h).^[12]

Daniel Suárez was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 29.647 seconds and a speed of 182.143 mph (293.131 km/h).^[13]

Daniel Suárez was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 29.883 seconds and a speed of 180.705 mph (290.817 km/h).^[14]

Stage 1Laps: 100

Stage 2Laps: 100

Stage 3Laps: 100

Stage 4Laps: 100

• Lead changes: 30 among 11 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 16 for 80
• Red flags: 1 for 1 minute and 56 seconds
• Time of race: 4 hours, 50 minutes and 9 seconds
• Average speed: 124.074 miles per hour (199.678 km/h)

Fox Sports televised the race in the United States for the 19th consecutive year.Mike Joy was the lap-by-lap announcer, while three-time Coca-Cola 600 winner,Jeff Gordon and five-time race winnerDarrell Waltrip were the color commentators.Jamie Little,Regan Smith,Vince Welch andMatt Yocum reported from pit lane during the race.

Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by thePerformance Racing Network (PRN), and was simulcasted onSirius XMNASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race in the booth when the field raced through the quad-oval. Rob Albright reported the race from a billboard in turn 2 when the field was racing through turns 1 and 2 and halfway down the backstretch. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field raced through the other half of the backstretch and through turns 3 and 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan,Wendy Venturini and Steve Richards were the pit reporters during the broadcast.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Kyle Busch 528 1 2 Joey Logano 522 (–6) 1 3 Chase Elliott 478 (–50) 1 4 Kevin Harvick 478 (–50) 5 Brad Keselowski 459 (–69) 1 6 Martin Truex Jr. 448 (–80) 1 7 Denny Hamlin 434 (–94) 8 Kurt Busch 406 (–122) 1 9 Ryan Blaney 376 (–152) 2 10 Alex Bowman 373 (–155) 2 11 Clint Bowyer 370 (–158) 1 12 Aric Almirola 360 (–168) 13 Daniel Suárez 334 (–194) 2 14 Jimmie Johnson 324 (–204) 4 15 William Byron 316 (–212) 1 16 Kyle Larson 311 (–217) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 484 2 Ford 467 (–17) 3 Chevrolet 435 (–49) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in theMonster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

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