2021 Coca-Cola 600

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Race 15 of 36 in the2021 NASCAR Cup Series
Date	May 30, 2021 (2021-05-30)
Location	Charlotte Motor Speedway inConcord, North Carolina
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Distance	400 laps, 600 mi (965.6 km)
Average speed	150.785 miles per hour (242.665 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports
Time	29.953
Most laps led
Driver	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports
Laps	328
Winner
No. 5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	FOX
Announcers	Mike Joy,Jeff Gordon andClint Bowyer
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)

The2021 Coca-Cola 600, the 62nd running of theevent, was aNASCAR Cup Series race held atCharlotte Motor Speedway inConcord, North Carolina. Contested over 400 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.42 km) asphalt speedway, it was the 15th race of the2021 NASCAR Cup Series season, as well as the third of the fourcrown jewel races.

The race was held atCharlotte Motor Speedway, located inConcord, North Carolina. The speedway complex includes a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) quad-oval track that was 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.

Similar to theDaytona 500, which was a four-stage race (with the first stage being the qualifying heat race), the Coca-Cola 600 is a four-stage race, with this the only race where all four stages are in the main race itself. All four stages are scheduled to consist of 100 laps. The race is official after the second stage.

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

Austin Dillon was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.845 seconds and a speed of 180.935 mph (291.187 km/h).^[8]

Kyle Larson scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.953 and a speed of 180.282 mph (290.136 km/h).^[9]

Stage OneLaps: 100

Stage TwoLaps: 100

Stage ThreeLaps: 100

Stage FourLaps: 100

• Lead changes: 23 among 13 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 4 for 26
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 58 minutes and 45 seconds
• Average speed: 150.785 miles per hour (242.665 km/h)

Fox Sports televised the race in the United States for the 21st consecutive year.Mike Joy was the lap-by-lap announcer, while three-time Coca-Cola 600 winner,Jeff Gordon and 2012 Fall Charlotte winnerClint Bowyer were the color commentators.Jamie Little,Regan Smith andVince Welch reported from pit lane during the race.Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

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 called 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 andWendy Venturini were the pit reporters during the broadcast.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Denny Hamlin 633 1 2 Kyle Larson 557 (–76) 1 3 William Byron 557 (–76) 1 4 Chase Elliott 541 (–92) 1 5 Joey Logano 506 (–127) 6 Martin Truex Jr. 486 (–147) 7 Ryan Blaney 482 (–151) 2 8 Kyle Busch 476 (–157) 1 9 Kevin Harvick 468 (–165) 1 10 Brad Keselowski 448 (–185) 11 Austin Dillon 407 (–226) 12 Alex Bowman 405 (–224) 2 13 Tyler Reddick 376 (–257) 1 14 Chris Buescher 370 (–263) 1 15 Christopher Bell 350 (–383) 16 Michael McDowell 346 (–287) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 547 2 Ford 523 (–24) 3 Toyota 513 (–34) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in theNASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

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