RACE CENTER: Charlotte Motor Speedway
The next NASCAR race (CEST):
Timeline Race 14/36 (Regular Season)
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Saturday May 25th:
from 11:05 p.m.: Final Practice I
then: Qualifying, Round 1 (Group A & B)
afterwards: Qualifying, Round 2 (Top 10 for Pole Award)
Sunday, May 26:
from 11:30 p.m.: Pay TV LIVE on Sport1+
Monday, May 27 (Night Race) Memorial Day:
from 12:19 a.m.: 65th Annual Coca-Cola 600
400 (100/100/100/100) rounds
Race Facts: Preview Race 14
The 14th stop of the 2023 regular season is Charlotte Motor Speedway. The second night race of the regular season starts on the night of Sunday to Monday from 00:19 a.m. CEST. The racing program takes place during Memorial Weekend with the holiday on Monday.
The Coca-Cola event is the longest race of the season at 600 miles. This makes it the only race with three stages instead of the usual two. Extra and bonus points are awarded after 100, 200 and 300 of 400 laps if the drivers achieve a top 10 placement.
The venue for the night race is the 1.5-mile-long Charlotte Motor Speedway, built in 1959. Since the 1960 season, there have been two races per year. However, since the 2018 season, the second race has been held on the so-called Roval track. The quad oval is located in Concord in the US state of North Carolina, north of Charlotte. The first night races, introduced in the 1992 season, were held on the superspeedway. Due to the corona pandemic, there was another race over 500 kilometers in 2020, in the middle of the week from Wednesday to Thursday.
The speedway owes its nickname ‘The Beast of the Southeast’ to turn four before the start and finish, as the drivers there often cannot avoid contact with the wall. Accordingly, there are eyes painted on the gang, waiting for their next ‘victim’. Banking in the corners is 24 degrees and the two straights have a bank of five degrees. To date there have been 125 races on the oval and six races on the road course in Concord.
Fuel window: 60-64 rounds
Goodyear Tire Notes: 12 sets of tyres (+1 set/qualifying)
Victory Lane: The last pole setters, winners & record winners at the Charlotte Motor Speedway
There have been seven different winners since 2018. Ryan Blaney won the marathon race last year and later became champion. The active record winner is Martin Truex Junior with three victories ahead of Brad Keselowski, who celebrated twice in Victory Lane. Three of the last six Pole Awards were won by William Byron, although he has never won a race.
14th season race (Regular Season)
65th Annual Coca-Cola 600
Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
1.5 mile quad oval, intermediate superspeedway
400 laps (Stages: 100/100/100/100), 600 miles
All active winners at Charlotte Motor Speedway
3 wins: Martin Truex Jr.
2 wins: Brad Keselowski
1 win: Kyle Busch, Austin Dillon, Joey Logano, Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, Ryan Blaney
All-time record winner: Jimmie Johnson (8 wins)
Concord: The last winners (pole setters)
26.05.2024: ? (600-Pole Award: ?)
May 29, 2023: Ryan Blaney (600-Pole Award: William Byron)
05/29/2022: Denny Hamlin (600-Pole Award: Denny Hamlin)
May 30, 2021: Kyle Larson (600-Pole Award: Kyle Larson)
May 28, 2020: Chase Elliott (P20 pole: William Byron)
May 24, 2020: Brad Keselowski (600-Pole Award: Kurt Busch)
26.05.2019: Martin Truex Jr. (Pole Award: William Byron)
27.05.2018: Kyle Busch (600-Pole Award: Kyle Busch)
October 8, 2017: Martin Truex Jr. (Pole Award: Denny Hamlin)
May 28, 2017: Austin Dillon (600-Pole Award: Kevin Harvick)
October 9, 2016: Jimmie Johnson (Pole Award: Kevin Harvick)
05/29/2016: Martin Truex Jr. (600-Pole Award: Martin Truex Jr.)
11.10.2015: Joey Logano (Pole Award: Matt Kenseth)
May 24, 2015: Carl Edwards (600-Pole Award: Matt Kenseth)
11.10.2014: Kevin Harvick (Pole Award: Kyle Busch)
25.05.2014: Jimmie Johnson (600-Pole Award: Jimmie Johnson)
(US data)
Starting list with driver changes for the 14th race of the season in Charlotte
For the 14th race of the season at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, 40 drivers have been registered by the teams. This is only the second time this season that there will be a complete starting field of 40 drivers. Four open teams are on the entry list and are therefore eligible to start.
There was a driver change among the 36 charter teams. New Zealander Shane van Gisbergen will be driving for Derek Kraus in his third race of the season at Kaulig Racing with the #16.
In the Open teams, JJ Yeley is making his third appearance with the #33 for the NY Racing Team. Record champion Jimmie Johnson will be racing at the Legacy Motor Club for the fifth time with the #84.
The Money Team with the #50 became the new Team AmeriVet. Ty Dillon is the Chevrolet driver in the team’s debut in Charlotte. BJ McLeod makes his fourth appearance. However, this is his first time at Power Source in the #66.
14th race of the season: 36 charter teams, 4 open teams (OT)
1 driver change (DC) / 4 rookies (R)
Charter teams:
1. #1 Ross Chastain (Chevrolet) TrackHouse Racing
2. #2 Austin Cindric (Ford) Team Penske
3. #3 Austin Dillon (Chevrolet) Richard Childress Racing
4. #4 (R) Joss Berry (Ford) Stewart-Haas Racing
5. #5 Kyle Larson (Chevrolet) Hendrick Motorsports
6. #6 Brad Keselowski (Ford) RFK Racing
7. #7 Corey LaJoie (Chevrolet) Spire Motorsports
8. #8 Kyle Busch (Chevrolet) Richard Childress Racing
9. #9 Chase Elliott (Chevrolet) Hendrick Motorsports
10. #10 Noah Gragson (Ford) Stewart-Haas Racing
11. #11 Denny Hamlin (Toyota) Joe Gibbs Racing
12. #12 Ryan Blaney (Ford) Team Penske
13. #14 Chase Briscoe (Ford) Stewart-Haas Racing
14. #15 (R) Kaz Grala (Ford) Rick Ware Racing
15. #16 (DC) Shane van Gisbergen (Chevrolet) Kaulig Racing
16. #17 Chris Buescher (Ford) RFK Racing
17. #19 Martin Truex Jr. (Toyota) Joe Gibbs Racing
18. #20 Christopher Bell (Toyota) Joe Gibbs Racing
19. #21 Harrison Burton (Ford) Wood Brothers Racing
20. #22 Joey Logano (Ford) Team Penske
21. #23 Bubba Wallace (Toyota) 23XI Racing
22. #24 William Byron (Chevrolet) Hendrick Motorsports
23. #31 Daniel Hemric (Chevrolet) Kaulig Racing
24. #34 Michael McDowell (Ford) Front Row Motorsports
25. #38 Todd Gilliland (Ford) Front Row Motorsports
26. #41 Ryan Preece (Ford) Stewart-Haas Racing
27. #42 John Hunter Nemechek (Toyota) Legacy Motor Club
28. #43 Erik Jones (Toyota) Legacy Motor Club
29. #45 Tyler Reddick (Toyota) 23XI Racing
30. #47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Chevrolet) JTG Daugherty Racing
31. #48 Alex Bowman (Chevrolet) Hendrick Motorsports
32. #51 Justin Haley (Ford) Rick Ware Racing
33. #54 Ty Gibbs (Toyota) Joe Gibbs Racing
34. #71 (R) Zane Smith (Chevrolet) Spire Motorsports
35. #77 (R) Carson Hocevar (Chevrolet) Spire Motorsports
36. #99 Daniel Suarez (Chevrolet) TrackHouse Racing
Open teams:
37. #44 (OT) JJ Yeley (Chevrolet) NY Racing Team
38. #50 (OT) Ty Dillon (Chevrolet) Team AmeriVet
39. #66 (OT) BJ McLeod (Ford) Power Source
40. #84 (OT) Jimmie Johnson (Toyota) Legacy Motor Club
16 Chevrolet / 15 Ford / 9 Toyota
Driver Ranking 13/2024
Top 20 after the 13th race of the 2024 season in Darlington
Motorsport-Magazin.com After each race, the current form of all NASCAR drivers is determined based on the results of the last six races.
Kyle Larson remains our number one for the third consecutive year. The Hendrick driver is top of the ranking for the fourth time this season – that’s a new record this year. Teammate Chase Elliott remains second ahead of Gibbs Toyota driver Denny Hamlin.
After a long dry spell of 110 races without a win, Brad Keselowski won in the RFK Ford in Darlington. This victory catapulted the team co-owner from 13th place to fourth. Ty Gibbs gained eight positions and is the second big winner after the race in the ‘Lady in Black’.
Rookie Rosh Berry moved up to 17th place after his best performance of the season. The losers of the 13th race were Kyle Busch, the unlucky Chris Buescher and defending champion Ryan Blaney.
| Place | driver | Place | driver |
| 1. (1) | KYLE LARSON | 11. (9) | Noah Gragson |
| 2. (2) | Chase Elliott | 12. (12) | Ross Chastain |
| 3. (4) | Denny Hamlin | 13. (7) | Kyle Busch |
| 4. (13) | Brad Keselowski | 14. (8th) | Chris Buescher |
| 5. (5) | Tyler Reddick | 15. (16) | Bubba Wallace |
| 6. (3) | Martin Truex Jr. | 16. (15) | Joey Logano |
| 7. (10) | William Byron | 17. (19) | Josh Berry |
| 8th. (6) | Alex Bowman | 18. (11) | Ryan Blaney |
| 9. (17) | Ty Gibbs | 19. (20) | Todd Gilliland |
| 10. (14) | Chase Briscoe | 20. (18) | Christopher Bell |
Birthdays and anniversaries in May
May 2, 1985: Kyle Busch
15.05.2000: Todd Gilliland
24.05.1990: Joey Logano
May 30, 1996: Erik Jones
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12.05.2024 (Darlington) Ross Chastain (200th Cup race)
May 28, 2024 (Charlotte) Corey LaJoie (250th Cup race)
May 28, 2024 (Charlotte) Chase Elliott (300th Cup race)
The next NASCAR race (CEST):
Timeline Race 15/36 (Regular Season)
World Wide Technology Raceway
Saturday, June 1st:
from 16:05: Final Practice I
then: Qualifying, Round 1 (Group A & B)
then: Qualifying, Round 2 (Top 10 for Pole Award)
Sunday June 2nd:
from 9:00 p.m.: Pay TV LIVE on Sport1+
from 21:49: Enjoy Illinois 300
240 (45/95/100) rounds
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