Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Coca-Cola 600

Charlotte Motor Speedway

May 26th, 2024

Race #14 of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 400
- Shortened to 249 laps
Miles Raced : 373.5
Time of Race : 03 Hours 02 minutes 07 seconds
Average Speed: 123.053 mph
Cautions: 7
Caution Laps: 46
Lead Changes: 21
Cars in Race : 40
Finished On Lead Lap: 35 (88%)

Christopher Bell celebrates in victory lane — Concord, North Carolina - May 26th, 2024: Christopher Bell, driver of the #20 Rheem Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning a weather-shortened NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Jared C Tilton | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	S3	STUS
1	3	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	67	50	17	7	249	90	6	4	1	1	Running
2	30	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	53	44	9	0	249	1	1	8	5	2	Running
3	2	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	61	42	19	1	249	49	5	1	2	3	Running
4	8	45	Tyler Reddick	Toyota	41	40	1	0	249	0	0	0	10	4	Running
5	11	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	45	38	7	0	249	0	0	0	4	5	Running
6	1	54	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	45	36	9	0	249	74	4	2	0	6	Running
7	5	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	38	34	4	0	249	2	1	0	7	7	Running
8	7	1	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	34	32	2	0	249	10	1	0	9	8	Running
9	6	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	43	30	13	0	249	0	0	3	6	9	Running
10	13	4	Josh Berry	Ford	33	28	5	0	249	7	1	9	8	10	Running
11	12	23	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	39	26	13	0	249	0	0	6	3	0	Running
12	4	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	31	25	6	0	249	8	1	5	0	0	Running
13	10	5	Justin Allgaier		0	0	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	0	Running
14	28	22	Joey Logano	Ford	23	23	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	0	Running
15	15	8	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	22	22	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	0	Running
16	9	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	22	21	1	0	249	6	1	10	0	0	Running
17	35	38	Todd Gilliland	Ford	20	20	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	0	Running
18	24	31	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	0	Running
19	34	43	Erik Jones	Toyota	18	18	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	0	Running
20	17	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	17	17	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	0	Running
21	20	77	Carson Hocevar	Chevrolet	16	16	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	0	Running
22	22	51	Justin Haley	Ford	15	15	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	0	Running
23	39	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	14	14	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	0	Running
24	14	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	13	13	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	0	Running
25	18	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	12	12	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	0	Running
26	31	41	Ryan Preece	Ford	11	11	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	0	Running
27	27	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	10	10	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	0	Running
28	36	16	Shane van Gisbergen	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	249	2	1	0	0	0	Running
29	29	84	Jimmie Johnson	Toyota	8	8	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	0	Running
30	26	42	John Hunter Nemechek	Toyota	7	7	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	0	Running
31	23	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	0	Running
32	32	21	Harrison Burton	Ford	5	5	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	0	Running
33	25	71	Zane Smith	Chevrolet	4	4	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	0	Running
34	33	15	Kaz Grala	Ford	3	3	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	0	Running
35	21	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	2	2	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	0	Running
36	38	50	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	247	0	0	0	0	0	Running
37	37	66	BJ McLeod	Ford	0	0	0	0	241	0	0	0	0	0	Running
38	19	10	Noah Gragson	Ford	1	1	0	0	170	0	0	0	0	0	Accident
39	16	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	5	1	4	0	143	0	0	7	0	0	Accident
40	40	44	JJ Yeley	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	114	0	0	0	0	0	Steering

Race Infractions

Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Joey Logano	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Kyle Larson	Pre-Race to the Rear Driver Change	Tail End	0	0	White
Chris Buescher	Pre-Race to the Rear Backup Car	Tail End	0	0	White
Tyler Reddick	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments Post Inspection	Tail End	0	0	White
Tyler Reddick	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments Post Inspection	Pass Thru	0	1	White
Kyle Busch	Tire violation	Pass Thru	42	46	Green
Ty Dillon	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Pass Thru	45	51	Green
BJ McLeod	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	88	93	Yellow
Denny Hamlin	Equipment Interference	Tail End	89	93	Yellow
Corey Lajoie	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	105	110	Yellow
Ryan Blaney	Tire violation Garage	Pass Thru	143	0	Green
Kyle Busch	Safety violation	Tail End	160	164	Yellow
Shane van Gisbergen	Driving through more than 3 pit boxes On Exit	Tail End	160	164	Yellow
Noah Gragson	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	171	0	Yellow
Harrison Burton	Safety violation	Tail End	173	176	Yellow
Harrison Burton	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	197	206	Yellow
Ryan Preece	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	199	206	Yellow
Austin Dillon	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	202	206	Yellow
Shane van Gisbergen	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	202	206	Yellow
Corey Lajoie	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	229	235	Yellow
Ryan Preece	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	230	235	Yellow
Daniel Suarez	Equipment Interference	Tail End	231	235	Yellow
John Hunter Nemechek	Tire violation	Tail End	231	235	Yellow
Daniel Suarez	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	233	235	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Charlotte Motor Speedway
Coca-Cola 600
Race Winner: Christopher Bell
Age: 29
Team : No. 20 - Rheem Toyota
Owner: Joe Gibbs
Crew Chief: Adam Stevens
Christopher Bell won the Coca-Cola 600, his eighth victory in 158 Cup Series races.
This is his second victory and seventh top-10 finish in 2024.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in six races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Brad Keselowski (second) posted his 11th top-10 finish in 25 races at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It is his seventh top-10 finish in 2024.
William Byron (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in eight races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Josh Berry (10th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Denny Hamlin leads the point standings by 5 points over Martin Truex Jr..

Race Recap

Christopher Bell wins rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600

May 27th, 2024

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

A lightning delay that turned into a heavy rainstorm made a winner of Christopher Bell in Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Not that Bell didn’t deserve the victory in the rain-shortened race, which NASCAR was forced to call after 249 of 400 laps were complete.

The driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota started third, led a race-high 90 laps and won the second stage of the 14th NASCAR Cup Series race of the season.

The decisive juncture in the Memorial Day weekend race came when Bell held off Darlington winner Brad Keselowski during a 10-lap run after a caution for Corey Lajoie’s spin in Turn 2 on Lap 229.

On the ensuing Lap 236 restart, Bell and Keselowski lined up side-by-side at the front of the field, with Bell prevailing and pulling out to a lead of roughly six car-lengths before NASCAR called the seventh caution for lightning in the area.

After the lightning came heavy rain, and though NASCAR attempted to dry the track when the rain subsided, heavy humidity thwarted efforts to do so in a timely manner.

As a result, Bell collected his second victory of the season, his first on the 1.5-mile Charlotte oval and the eighth of his career.

The victory was a welcome momentum shift for Bell, who had finished outside the top 10 in five of his previous six races.

“Man, it feels so good—to win or lose—just to have a great race to go off of,” Bell said. “A race where we led laps. We were able to pass cars. We lost the lead at times and were able to drive back to the lead.

“We had great pit stops. It was a team effort, and it was amazing to have a good race. Hopefully, this is something we can build on and get back to being more consistent.”

Keselowski, who posted his third runner-up finish of the season, was convinced he had the fastest car.

“We just didn’t have time for it to play out,” said the driver of the No. 2 Roush Fenway Keselowski Ford, who pressured Bell throughout the final 10-lap run before weather intervened.

Stage 1 winner William Byron ran third behind Bell and Keselowski, with Tyler Reddick and Denny Hamlin finishing fourth and fifth, respectively.

Pole winner Ty Gibbs finished sixth after leading 74 laps, including the first 42 of the race. Chase Elliott finished seventh, followed by Ross Chastain, Alex Bowman and Josh Berry.

After finishing 18th in his Indianapolis 500 debut, Kyle Larson arrived at Charlotte Motor Speedway just before weather forced the stoppage. Larson intended to take over his No. 5 Chevrolet from Justin Allgaier, who had started the race at Charlotte because the Indy 500 was delayed by rain.

Allgaier was running 13th when the race was called, and Larson never had a chance to drive the car.

Defending race winner and reigning series champion Ryan Blaney slammed the outside wall in the second stage and exited the event after 143 laps.

“We’ll have to look if I hit something or… I don’t know,” Blaney said. “I just went into (Turn) 3 getting up to speed and blew a tire and hit the fence. It’s an unfortunate end to our night. That sucks.

“We’re not even halfway and just wanting to work on your stuff all night. I thought we were getting it a little better here and there, but won’t get a shot.”