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2020 Coca-Cola 600

2020 Coca-Cola 600

NASCAR Cup Series race


The 2020 Coca-Cola 600, the 61st running of the event, was a NASCAR Cup Series race held at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, which started on May 24 and concluded in the early hours of May 25, 2020.[lower-alpha 1]

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The seventh race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season, the Coca-Cola 600 was scheduled to be held over 400 laps of the 1.5-mile (2.4-kilometre) asphalt speedway, but following a late-race spin by William Byron, a caution period took the race into an overtime finish. Brad Keselowski took the victory after 405 laps had been completed; the 607.5 miles (977.7 kilometres) completed was the longest race distance in NASCAR history.[9]

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Background

Charlotte Motor Speedway, the track where the race was held.

The race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, located in Concord, 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 a dragstrip and a dirt track. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams based in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith serving as track president.

All four stages were scheduled to consist of 100 laps.

The race was held behind closed doors to an extent, with no spectators admitted in the grandstands. However, owners of the condominiums overlooking turn 1 of the track were able to watch the race from their residences (restricted to up to five per residence for social distancing requirements), for a maximum of 260 fans.[10] As one of the first major events to allow limited spectators, tickets to the event, available exclusively to ownership of the units, started at $7,802 for two nights in a unit, as offered on short-term vacation rental sites.[11]

Entry list

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

Kurt Busch scored the pole position.

Kurt Busch scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.790 and a speed of 181.269 mph (291.724 km/h).[12]

Qualifying results

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Race

Brad Keselowski won the race.

Stage Results

Stage One Laps: 100

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Stage Two Laps: 100

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Stage Three Laps: 100

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Final Stage Results

Stage Four Laps: 100

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Race statistics

  • Lead changes: 20 among 11 different drivers
  • Cautions/Laps: 8 for 52
  • Red flags: 1 for 1 hour, 8 minutes and 35 seconds
  • Time of race: 4 hours, 29 minutes and 55 seconds
  • Average speed: 135.024 miles per hour (217.300 km/h)

Media

Television

Fox Sports televised the race in the United States for the 20th consecutive year. Mike Joy and three-time Coca-Cola 600 winner, Jeff Gordon covered the race from the Steve Byrnes Studio in Charlotte. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled the pit road duties. Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

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Radio

Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by the Performance Racing Network (PRN), and was simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR 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 and Wendy Venturini were the pit reporters during the broadcast.

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Standings after the race

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Notes

  1. The race started on Sunday evening, and following a rain delay of over an hour, concluded at 12:09 am Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on Monday morning.[7]
  2. Johnson initially finished 2nd, but was disqualified after failing post-race inspection.[13]

References

  1. "2020 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. January 17, 2020. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  2. "Charlotte Motor Speedway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on September 29, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  3. "Entry List". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 22, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  4. "Starting Lineup". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 24, 2020. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  5. "Coca-Cola 600 Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 25, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  6. "Points standings" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. May 25, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  7. "Commercial breakdown: 2020 Coca-Cola 600". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media Network. May 25, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  8. "Coca-Cola 600 ratings". ShowBuzzDaily. Mitch Metcalf. Archived from the original on May 29, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  9. Spencer, Reid (May 24, 2020). "Brad Keselowski wins Coca-Cola 600 in overtime". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2020. In Sunday night's Coca-Cola 600, which went to overtime for the second time in its history, Keselowski surged ahead after a restart on Lap 404 and beat Jimmie Johnson to the finish line by .293 seconds to win a race that stretched to 607.5 miles, longest in NASCAR history.
  10. "Speedway Condo Owners to Get Front-Row Seat to Coca-Cola 600". Spectrum News. May 15, 2020. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  11. Gastelu, Gary. "'Tickets' to closed NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 listed for $7,802". Foxnews.com. Fox News Media. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
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