NASCAR 2020 Race 7: Charlotte Coca Cola 600

[dara]

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:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Lowe%27s_Motor_Speedway.svg/200px-Lowe%27s_Motor_Speedway.svg.png

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)

[4me2c]

1) Kevin Harvick
2) Kyle Busch
3) Joey Logano
4) Brad Keselowsi

[Ryu]

Kyle Busch*
Joey Logano
Martin Truex Jr
Kevin Harvick

[4me2c]

You staying Dry Ryu...?!?

[Marley]

Martin Truex Jr.****
Kevin Harvick
Joey Logano
Kyle Busch

[Orziz]

Chase Elliot*
Kevin Harvick
William Byron
Clint Bowyer

[ranagee]

Martin Truex Jr.*****
Kyle Busch
Chase Elliot
Joey Logano

[Ryu]

You staying Dry Ryu...?!?

lol I dont drink :)

[crazed 9.6]

lol I dont drink :)

I think maybe 4me was referring to floods or maybe rains or something along that and not about alcohol.

I on the other hand I do drink.. and I say that this next Sunday race will be about a 5 to 6 beer race .. I think its at Charlotte ... :)

[82harley]

Kyle Busch***
Kevin Harvick
Joey Logano
Denny Hamlin

[4me2c]

I think maybe 4me was referring to floods or maybe rains or something along that and not about alcohol.

I on the other hand I do drink.. and I say that this next Sunday race will be about a 5 to 6 beer race .. I think its at Charlotte ... :)

Yep, heard Lots of Rain over there...! and crazed, remember where the Race is = Coca Cola... Lol...!!!

[Ryu]

I think maybe 4me was referring to floods or maybe rains or something along that and not about alcohol.

I on the other hand I do drink.. and I say that this next Sunday race will be about a 5 to 6 beer race .. I think its at Charlotte ... :)

oh ok I thought referring to alcohol. yes im hanging there but yes definitely lots of rain.
wow lots of beer for you. I would be upside down after couple of sips lol :)
and that 5 or 6 beer how many oz? :D

[crazed 9.6]

Coca Cola !!!
Damn, who let them in ??!!




and that 5 or 6 beer how many oz? :D

355 ml of Canadian beer in each bottle @ 4.9% alcohol per volume
:)

[4me2c]

Been Searching all over around down here in the Sunny South Fl. area and No Canadian Brew anywhere anymore...! 4me Loves some Labatts Blue and some Molson Golden...! Last time I saw any, they were 32 oz. Aluminum Cans...! No Bottles or 6-packs to bee found...!

Not :cool:

[Ryu]

Coca Cola !!!
Damn, who let them in ??!!



355 ml of Canadian beer in each bottle @ 4.9% alcohol per volume
:)

wow thats literally 2 liter soda bottle with almost half with alcohol hmmmm I dont know how you going to take that boss :)
you gonna end up gaining 5 kg weight :)

[4me2c]

That's 4 Point 9 %... Not 49%...! Lol

"I only drink 3 days a week now

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" Lol...! :cool:

[Ryu]

That's 4 Point 9 %... Not 49%...! Lol

"I only drink 3 days a week now

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" Lol...! :cool:
uhhh looks like you guys are drinking and im getting drunk without drinking. :)
I like those 3 days 4me2c :)

sorry Dara we ruined your thread :)

[TimeKeeper]

Kyle Busch*****
Kurt Busch
Kevin Harvick
Clint Bowyer

[dara]

Chase Elliott
Martin Truex, Jr.
Joey Logano
Kurt Busch*

[4me2c]

Only 8 of US so far...!!!

[dara]

Qualifying is done, Kurt Busch wins the pole, followed by Jimmie Johnson, then Chase Elliott.

1 Kurt Busch 1 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 29.79
2 Jimmie Johnson 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.799
3 Chase Elliott 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.834
4 Matt Kenseth 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 29.847
5 Tyler Reddick 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.85
6 Austin Dillon 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.877
7 Joey Logano 22 Team Penske Ford 29.925
8 Martin Truex Jr. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.946
9 Brad Keselowski 2 Team Penske Ford 29.953
10 William Byron 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.956
11 Kyle Busch 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.019
12 Alex Bowman 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.02
13 Denny Hamlin 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.027
14 Erik Jones 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.033
15 Christopher Bell 95 Leavine Family Racing Toyota 30.042
16 Ty Dillon 13 Germain Racing Chevrolet 30.059
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 30.071
18 Ryan Newman 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford 30.072
19 Chris Buescher 17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford 30.081
20 Clint Bowyer 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.095
21 Ross Chastain 77 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30.15
22 Kevin Harvick 5 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.156
23 Bubba Wallace 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 30.172
24 Corey LaJoie 32 GO FAS Racing Ford 30.183
25 John Hunter Nemechek 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.254
26 Ryan Blaney 12 Team Penske Ford 30.313
27 Michael McDowell 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.324
28 Cole Custer 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.334
29 Ryan Preece 37 JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 30.352
30 Quin Houff 00 StarCom Racing Chevrolet 30.848
31 Grey Gaulding 27 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 31.16
32 Timmy Hill 66 Motorsports Business Management Toyota 31.234
33 Matt DiBenedetto 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford 31.452
34 J.J. Yeley 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 31.48
35 Brennan Poole 15 Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 31.502
36 B.J. McLeod 78 B.J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 31.59
37 Daniel Suarez 96 Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 31.858
38 Garrett Smithley 53 Rick Ware Racing Ford 31.971
39 Joey Gase 51 Petty Ware Racing Ford 33.538
40 Aric Almirola 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Spun out



Projected green flag is 6:28p Eastern, with great weather.

[4me2c]

NOW just may Bee the Time to Pick that #42 Racer...!!!?

[crazed 9.6]

Chase Elliott***
Alex Bowman
Erik Jones
Martin Truex Jr.

[dara]

Jayski.com
@jayski
Several cars to the rear tonight:
Keselowski – Unapproved Adjustments
Yeley – Unapproved Adjustments
Almirola – Unapproved Adjustments
Hill – Unapproved Adjustments
DiBenedetto – Back Up Car

[dara]

Denny Hamlin lost ballast in the warm up, so he's in the pits before the start.

[dara]

1) Kevin Harvick
2) Kyle Busch
3) Joey Logano
4) Brad Keselowsi


Kyle Busch*
Joey Logano
Martin Truex Jr
Kevin Harvick


Martin Truex Jr.****
Kevin Harvick
Joey Logano
Kyle Busch


Chase Elliot*
Kevin Harvick
William Byron
Clint Bowyer


Martin Truex Jr.*****
Kyle Busch
Chase Elliot
Joey Logano


Kyle Busch***
Kevin Harvick
Joey Logano
Denny Hamlin


Kyle Busch*****
Kurt Busch
Kevin Harvick
Clint Bowyer


Chase Elliott
Martin Truex, Jr.
Joey Logano
Kurt Busch*


Chase Elliott***
Alex Bowman
Erik Jones
Martin Truex Jr.

Green Flag!

[dara]

Favorites by Driver:
Kyle Busch: 82harley, Ryu, TimeKeeper
Kurt Busch: dara
Elliott: crazed, orziz
Harvick: 4me2c
Truex: Marley, ranagee

Other Drivers: Bowman, Bowyer, Byron, Hamlin, Jones, Logano, Keselowski

Half of the 1st stage is Lap 50, for those who missed the start.

[dara]

Lap 21: Competition Caution, with Kurt Busch leading. Normal caution procedures.

[dara]

RaceWeather - Aaron Studwell, Ph.D.
@RaceWeather
·
1m
6:50 PM EDT @CLTMotorSpdwy
- Monitoring w/@NASCAR_WXMAN
- Cell developed just west of track moving away but cell SSE of track is developing & may come very close to the track. Warned Storm north of the track is moving away. #CocaCola600

[dara]

Lap 49: Caution, due to rain on the track. Might be a long one. Scoring the missing players at -10 of the lowest entry score at the end of the race. I do hope they are ok.

[dara]

Lap 50: Red flag. If our missing players show up before the restart, they will be scored with the late start rules (half the score of the 3rd driver, and no bonus points in the first stage if their favorite wins), after that -10 from the lowest total entry score.

[crazed 9.6]

Lap 49: Caution, due to rain on the track. Might be a long one. Scoring the missing players at -10 of the lowest entry score at the end of the race. I do hope they are ok.

superbox - last seen on site - 04-18-2020
minitor - last seen on site - 04-17-2020
bigstar - last seen on site - 04-18-2020

I too am anxious to hear from our guys :eek:

[dara]

Drivers back in the cars, restart hopefully soon.

[dara]

Lap 58: Restart, with Bowman leading.

[crazed 9.6]

rookie Tyler Reddick is doing pretty awesome today and the last couple races.
Not too surprising thou, as he did win back to back Xfinity championships.
He is gonna be a guy to watch for :)

[dara]

Lap 97, Clint Bowyer's car blows up, so Stage 1 will end in a caution, Alex Bowman winning it. No Bonus Points awarded.

[dara]

Lap 107: Bowman keeps the lead after the restart

[dara]

Lap 165: Bowman returns to the lead after green flag stops, followed by Truex and Kyle Busch.

[dara]

Lap 200: Alex Bowman wins Stage 2, No bonus points awarded. Bowman looks real strong.

All cars brought to pit lane to observe Memorial Day, with a moment of silence.

[crazed 9.6]

I should have put my asterix on Alex :eek:

[dara]

Lap 210: restart, Bowman, followed by Truex and Byron. Kyle Busch fell back a bunch.

[dara]

Lap 224: Truex takes the lead from Bowman.

[4me2c]

Ky is up to 16th Place

[dara]

Lap 264: Truex back in lead after green flag pit stops. Eric Jones and Bowman following.

[dara]

Lap 276, Kenseth loses it and causes a caution. Could be a good race to the end of the stage.

[dara]

Truex wins the race off the pits, but a lot of movement with only two tires changed.

[dara]

Lap 282, Logano takes the initial lead after not pitting for the restart.

[dara]

Lap 300: Joey Logano wins stage 3, no bonus points awarded.

[4me2c]

Harvick is at 19th...!

[crazed 9.6]

Joey the Birthday Boy !!

[dara]

Lap 306, Truex and Matt Di battle at the restart, Logano drops back into the pack.

[dara]

Lap 348, Joey Gase slides, causing a caution with Truex in the lead.

[dara]

Lap 351, Jimmie Johnson and Brad K win the race off the pits ahead of Truex and Elliott.

[dara]

Lap 354: Keselowski takes control, with Elliott and Johnson just behind.

[dara]

Elliott moving away now with 33 to go

[crazed 9.6]

Elliott moving away now with 33 to go

My man out front :)

[dara]

My man out front :)

Bowman doing well still. This race changes a lot. Next one might not.

[dara]

Byron spins, Caution with 2 laps to go, and now we go to Overtime. Tough break for Elliott.

[crazed 9.6]

arrrrgggg :eek:

[dara]

Brad Keslowski wins! No Bonus point awarded.

[4me2c]

Congratz to Bad Brad...! Right Place at the Right Time...! Too bad for Chase...!!!

[crazed 9.6]

Chase had that in the bag , until that bag ripped wide open :eek:
He did mange to get back up to 3rd spot thou :)

Bad Brad pulls it off !

[dara]

Tough decision for Chase, probably should have stayed out, but who knows for sure. Waiting for the points to be published, but the next race thread is already posted.

[dara]

Congrats to ranagee with the high score of 152.

https://i.imgur.com/fXu6k0F.png

[dara]

See the rules thread for Standings.

Podium:
4me2c 919
Marley 844
crazed 838

Next race is back at Charlotte, Wednesday at 8pm Eastern for the Alsco 500km.

[dara]

Jimmie Johnson DQed, will update scoring.

[crazed 9.6]

Jimmie Johnson DQed, will update scoring.

what happened with Jimmie ?
I better check that out... damn

[crazed 9.6]

C/P

'Officials said that the #48 Ally Financial Chevrolet failed the Optical Scanning Station (OSS) portion of the technical inspection. The car failed rear alignment numbers in this inspection.'

Cup Series director Jay Fabian says Jimmie Johnson’s car failed the rear alignment numbers in the OSS. NASCAR gives a “pretty decent tolerance” for postrace numbers “and this was outside of that."

'Johnson’s disqualification also has major implication as far as Wednesday’s 208-lap Also Uniforms 500 at the track is concerned. The starting lineup for that race is set to based on the finishing order of the Coca-Cola 600. The drivers who finished in the top 20 are set to start in the top 20, but in reverse order.'

'Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman originally finished in 20th place in his #88 Chevrolet, while teammate William Byron originally finished in 21st in his #24 Chevrolet. Bowman is now scored in 19th while Byron is scored in 20th, meaning that Byron is set to start from the pole position alongside Bowman on the front row.'

[dara]

Updated scoring:

https://i.imgur.com/js4wP5l.png

[dara]

Most players got at least 3 points more, but some did get up to 6 more points. I updated the standings, not going to post the Podium though. As per the news posted by crazed, William Byron is now on the pole, and Johnson moved to the back of the order. If anyone had picked Jimmie, that might have made a big difference in our scoring.