Coca Cola 600
Sunday, May 24, 2020 - Charlotte Motor Speedway
6:00pm/et
Laps: 400 - Stages: 100/200/300/400
TV: FOX - Radio: PRN, Sirius XM NASCAR

Saturday, May 23
** ACCESS RESTRICTED – ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL ONLY **
1:00 PM-1:30 PM NCS ROOKIE MEETING (TELECONFERENCE)
2:00 PM-2:30 PM SAFETY & COMMUNICATIONS MEETING (TELECONFERENCE)
3:00 PM-5:00 PM BROADCASTING SET-UP
3:30 PM-5:30 PM DRIVER/OWNER MOTORHOME PARKING (SCREENING IN PROGRESS)
5:00 PM NCS DRIVER / CREW CHIEF MEETING (ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION)
5:30 PM-8:30 PM NCS HAULERS ENTER (SCREENING & EQUIPMENT UNLOAD)

Sunday, May 24
** ACCESS RESTRICTED – ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL ONLY **
** ENTRANCE SCHEDULE AVAILABLE BY DEPARTMENT **
8:00 AM-5:30 PM NCS GARAGE ACCESS SCREENING IN PROGRESS
12:30 PM-1:00 PM PACE VEHICLE CALIBRATION
2:05 PM NCS QUALIFYING IMPOUND (SINGLE VEHICLE / ONE LAP ALL POSITIONS)
4:00 PM-4:30 PM NXS ROOKIE MEETING (TELECONFERENCE)
5:00 PM NXS DRIVER / CREW CHIEF MEETING (ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION)
5:30 PM TRACK SERVICES MEETING (RADIO CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT)
5:50 PM NCS DRIVERS REPORT TO VEHICLES (GRID LOCATION)
6:00 PM NCS RACE (STAGES 100/200/300/400 LAPS = 600 MILES)
11:30 PM NCS HAULERS EXI

Race and Track facts:



Distance: 600 Miles, 400 Laps

Stage 1: Lap 100
Stage 2: Lap 200
Stage 3: Lap 300
Race: Lap 400

Track Specs for the oval:
Superspeedway: 1.5-mile quad oval
Banking: turns: 24 degrees; straights: 5 degrees
Straights: Frontstretch - 1952.8 feet; Backstretch - 1360 feet
Grandstand Seating: 89,000 [down from 146,000 in 2009]

Track Records & Stats

2019 May Race Winner: Martin Truex, Jr, 124.074 mph, started 14th

Track Race Record 500 miles: Jeff Gordon, Oct 1999, 160.306mph
Track Race Record 600 miles: Martin Truex Jr., May 2016, 160.655mph
Slowest Race Record: Junior Johnson, 107.752mph, 1960
Worst Starting Spot to Win: Jimmie Johnson, May 2003, started 37th
Oldest Winner: Cale Yarborough, 46 years, 6 months, 9 days, 10/6/1985
Youngest Winner: Jeff Gordon, 22 years, 9 months, 25 days, 5/29/1994

2019 May Pole Winner: William Byron, 183.424 mph, finished 9th

Track Qualifying Record: Kurt Busch, Oct 2014, 198.771mph, set in 2nd round of qualifying
Coke 600 Qualifying Record: Denny Hamlin, May 2013, 195.624mph
500 mile Qualifying Record: Matt Kenseth, Oct 2014, 194.532mph
Youngest Pole Winner: Jeff Gordon, 22 years, 2 months, 6 days, 10/10/1993
Oldest Pole Winner: Bobby Allison, 49 years, 10 months, 8 days, 10/11/1987

Most Wins: 8 - Jimmie Johnson; 6 - Darrell Waltrip, Bobby Allison; 5 - Jeff Gordon
Most Poles: 14 - David Pearson; Current driver: 9 - Ryan Newman & Jeff Gordon
Most Top 5s (all-time): 23 - Bobby Allison, Richard Petty
Most Top 5s (active): 15 - Jimmie Johnson
Most Top 10s (all-time): 31 - Richard Petty
Most Top 10s (active): 20 - Matt Kenseth & Jimmie Johnson


Race statistics

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)