NASCAR 2017 Race 12: Charlotte Coca-Cola 600 Schedule, Starting Order and Picks

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The longest race of the year caps off the big day in Motor Racing (after F1 Monoco, Indy 500)

At a Glance:

What: Coca-Cola 600
Where: Charlotte Motor Speedway, 1.5-mile tri-oval in Concord, N.C.
When: Sunday, May 28, 2017

Green flag: 6:18.30 p.m. ET

TV/Radio: FOX, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Forecast: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.

National anthem: 82nd Airborne Division All-American Chorus
Honorary Race Director: Mitch Carmichael, Senate President of West Virginia
Honorary Starter: Larry Hogan, Governor of Maryland
Grand Marshal: Channing Tatum, actor

Race distance: 400 laps, 600 miles
Pit road speed: 45 mph
Caution car speed: 55 mph
Stage lengths: Stage 1 ends on Lap 100; Stage 2 end on Lap 200; Stage 3 ends on Lap 300; Final stage is scheduled to end on Lap 400.

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Starting Order:

1. Kevin Harvick
2. Kyle Busch
3. Chase Elliott
4. Matt Kenseth
5. Erik Jones
6. Denny Hamlin
7. Ryan Blaney
8. Martin Truex Jr.
9. Clint Bowyer
10. Brad Keselowski
11. Jamie McMurray
12. Kurt Busch
13. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
14. Jimmie Johnson
15. Danica Patrick
16. Paul Menard
17. Ryan Newman
18. Trevor Bayne
19. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
20. Daniel Suarez
21. Michael McDowell
22. Austin Dillon
23. Joey Logano
24. Kasey Kahne
25. Regan Smith
26. A.J. Allmendinger
27. Ty Dillon
28. David Ragan
29. Chris Buescher
30. Matt DiBenedetto
31. Landon Cassill
32. Gray Gaulding
33. J.J. Yeley
34. Cole Whitt
35. Reed Sorenson
36. Timmy Hill
37. Derrike Cope
38. Jeffrey Earnhardt
39. Kyle Larson
40. Corey LaJoie

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My Picks

Kyle Busch
Kevin Harvick
Denny Hamlin

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Race 1 of the greatest day in racing - Monaco

Ferrari sweeps the the top 2 spots, and wins for the first time since 2001, while Mercedes is shut out of the podium.

Sebastian Vettle wins after starting 2nd by some great clean air gains after his teammate Kimi Raikkonen pitted first for the required tire change. 3rd goes to Daniel Ricciardo.

Louis Hamilton finishes 7th after starting 13th, due to a bad qualification run. Not bad but he wasn't happy about it for sure. One concerning crash just before the tunnel had Pascal Wehrlein on his side after getting bumped by Jensen Button, but he walked away.

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Race 2: Indy 500 - Drivers Start Your Engines at 12:14p EDT. Scott Dixon is on the pole, but I think "rookie" Fernando Alonzo has a great chance to win.

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I gonna pick Blaney to be in top 5
He beat Harvick and Bad Brad yesterday in Xfinity race and with his other win this year he is on a hot streak

Will be ironic if Harvick is there again with Blaney this afternoon ... but that is my prediction too

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Brad and Chase are done after only 22 laps. It looked like something blew up under the 24, after Jeff Earnhardt's car blew up, then the #2 had no place to go.

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saw that

their cars are toast

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Jimmie is getting shafted on pit stops.
The 77 is blocking the 48 in the pit boxes. And the 77 is the team mate of Truex (our leader with Jimmie is second)...
The blocking is obvious and tempers are high with the two crew chiefs

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The #3 wins. Its been a while. Congrats to Austin Dillon. Kyle Busch, Martin Truex, Jr, and Denny Hamlin win stages.

Nice job in saving his fuel, Jimmie Johnson didn't have enough.