2024 Coca-Cola 600

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Race 14 of 36 in the2024 NASCAR Cup Series
Date	May 26, 2024 (2024-05-26)
Location	Charlotte Motor Speedway inConcord, North Carolina, U.S.
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Distance	249 laps, 373.5 mi (597.6 km)
Scheduled distance	400 laps, 600 mi (965.6 km)
Average speed	123.053 miles per hour (198.035 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing
Time	29.355
Most laps led
Driver	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	90
Winner
No. 20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	Fox
Announcers	Mike Joy,Clint Bowyer, andKevin Harvick
Nielsen ratings	1.7 (3.10 million)
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)

The2024 Coca-Cola 600 was aNASCAR Cup Seriesrace held on May 26, 2024, atCharlotte Motor Speedway inConcord, North Carolina and the 65th running of theevent. Originally scheduled for 400 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) asphalt speedway, the race was shortened to 249 laps due to rain. It was the 14th race of the2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, as well as the second of the fourcrown jewel races.Christopher Bell won the race, his first Coca-Cola 600 win, and his second of the season.Brad Keselowski finished second, andWilliam Byron finished third.Tyler Reddick andDenny Hamlin rounded out the top five, andTy Gibbs,Chase Elliott,Ross Chastain,Alex Bowman, andJosh Berry rounded out the top ten.

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.

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

William Byron was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.782 seconds and a speed of 181.318 mph (291.803 km/h).^[10]

Ty Gibbs scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.355 and a speed of 183.955 mph (296.047 km/h).^[11]

Stage OneLaps: 100

Stage TwoLaps: 100

Stage ThreeLaps: 100

Stage FourLaps: 100

• Lead changes: 21 among 10 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 7 for 46 laps
• Red flags: 1 for weather
• Time of race: 3 hours, 2 minutes, and 7 seconds
• Average speed: 123.053 miles per hour (198.035 km/h)

Fox Sports televised the race in the United States for the 24th consecutive year. This was the final Coca-Cola 600 aired on Fox for the foreseeable future, as the 2025 race will be aired onPrime Video.Mike Joy was the lap-by-lap announcer, while 2012 Fall Charlotte winnerClint Bowyer and two-time Coca-Cola 600 winner,Kevin Harvick were the color commentators.Jamie Little,Regan Smith and Josh Sims 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 also 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,Wendy Venturini, and Alan Cavanna were the pit reporters during the broadcast.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 2 1 Denny Hamlin 492 2 Martin Truex Jr. 487 (–5) 2 3 Kyle Larson 486 (–6) 4 Chase Elliott 475 (–17) 5 William Byron 461 (–31) 6 Tyler Reddick 437 (–55) 7 Ty Gibbs 435 (–57) 1 8 Alex Bowman 408 (–84) 2 9 Brad Keselowski 397 (–95) 10 Ross Chastain 392 (–100) 4 11 Christopher Bell 387 (–105) 4 12 Ryan Blaney 376 (–116) 3 13 Bubba Wallace 355 (–137) 1 14 Kyle Busch 346 (–146) 3 15 Chris Buescher 345 (–147) 2 16 Chase Briscoe 334 (–158) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 511 2 Toyota 510 (–1) 3 Ford 473 (–38) 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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