60th Coca-Cola 600 Another Hot Night

(CONCORD, NC – MAY 26, 2019 – RIS) The third hottest Coca-Cola 600 started with an official high of 94°. Right front tire problems seemed the early story of the day, with several blown right fronts causing cautions. One of the victims of a deflated tire went on to win the race as Martin Truex' crew made quick repairs on the No. 19 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker/USO Toyota to give Martin Truex Jr his second victory in NASCAR's longest race.

Sixteen cautions slowed the race to an average speed of 124.074 mph while eleven drivers swapped the lead for a total of thirty lead changes.

"I don't know how we did it honestly," said Truex in Victory Lane. "I blew that right-front tire earlier and hit the fence off (Turn) 4. I thought '

man, that's not good. I know this car is pretty banged up.' We just fought back from it. We kept working on the car and kept adjusting on the car. What a rocket ship this Bass Pro Toyota was this weekend. I felt good about it in practice, but you just don't know and these mile-and-a-halfs have been tough on us this year - kind of scratching and clawing trying to find something. Kansas a few weeks ago was really a reality check for us. It's one of our best tracks and we really struggled there and knew we had to get to work. Just hats off to the guys for listening to my input and what I had to say. We had a pretty good car at the All-Star race last weekend, but we knew it wasn't good enough. They went to work this week and made it better. I'm just really proud, really happy for everybody at JGR (Joe Gibbs Racing) back in the shop, Toyota, Bass Pro Shops, Auto Owners, everybody that helps us here. The TRD (Toyota Racing Development, U.S.A.) engine was unbelievable tonight. We overheated early when we had that damage and it held together. I don't know what else to say. Just an awesome team. I'm blessed to drive for JGR. Thanks to Coach (Gibbs) and everybody. It's been awesome."

What were you thinking on that restart with five laps to go? "I was thinking I was going wherever there was a hole because I wasn't lifting. That's kind of the way it works there. It seemed like the second half of the race for sure the bottom was really where you wanted to be. I had a hole in the bottom to get into (Turn) 3 and I knew that was my only shot. Just barely cleared the 22 (Joey Logano) off (Turn) 4 sideways. He was on my bumper and had me sideways and I hung onto it and luckily finished it from there."

Is there a more special weekend to win? "I don't know. This is just a special race. The longest race of the year. So much history. What this weekend means for all the soldiers and all those that have given the ultimate sacrifice so we can even be here. The Null Family that's on my car - Chief Petty Officer (Nicholas) Null. I met his family this weekend and they were so appreciative of NASCAR and teams and everybody for doing this. I can't wait to see them here. They said we were going to win and now we get to have a cold beer and celebrate. Just appreciate everybody on this weekend. It's definitely a special one. Kudos to NASCAR and all the teams for putting it all together."

Erik Jones was the first victim of the treacherous conditions, blowing his right front tire and slamming the wall in Turn Four to bring out the first caution on lap 22. After pole winning William Byron staved off challenges from Kyle Busch and Daniel Suarez earlier, his car started getting loose, dropping him back in the top ten. Five cautions slowed the first 100-lap stage, with Brad Keselowski taking the stage win and bonus points. 

Denny Hamlin held the lead at the stage restart, with Kevin Harvick following. 

Lap 127 saw Chris Buescher slide into the wall in the fourth turn, then immediately head to the pits. 

Denny Hamlin joined the list of Joe Gibbs Racing related cars which hit the wall after a tire problem, 

JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Mustang – HOW DID YOU GET THERE AT THE END AND WHAT DID YOU NEED FOR TRUEX?  "Well, I needed him to go slower (laughing), but that's not his job.  We had a rough start to this thing.  The guys did a good job fixing it up to where we were competitive at the end and had a shot to win, so that's all you can ask for.  I don't know how we got from where we thought we were gonna be good in practice and then started the race really bad.  I'm glad we made some good adjustments to get somewhat close.  The Coke 600 is such a big deal to win, especially as a Coke driver you want to make it happen and we were close, but we'll just have to wait again to next year and go at it.  Like I said, if you told me we were gonna finish second early in the race, I would have taken it, but when you actually finish second and you see the lead that close you don't want to take it."
"I thought we had a good shot when that caution came back out.  That was another chance and just didn't quite get it, but overall, like I said, very proud of it.  As far as Memorial Day Weekend and getting to race is a privilege, so for me to complain about second sounds pretty dumb.  I'm proud to live in this country and I'm happy that I just get to race."

WHAT WAS YOUR THOUGHT ON THE MOMENT OF SILENCE?  "It was great.  I don't get the best view of it all happening when you're tucked right behind a car with a big spoiler in front of you.  I think it's great, not just the moment of silence halfway through, but I thought just the pre-race ceremonies and having some of the military members walking out with you and introducing them instead of us as drivers and I think that was really cool and selfless to do.  Also obviously having the fallen soldiers on the race car it's just a really cool weekend.  They do such a good job at it.  Hat's off to NASCAR and Marcus Smith for doing what they did.  They did a great job this weekend.  It was a good crowd and it seemed like a lot of people enjoyed it. As hot as it was and that many people still came out, so they should be proud of that."

WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO YOU AND TRUEX WERE YOU LIKE, "HERE WE GO AGAIN?" IT SEEMED LIKE YOU GUYS RACED HARD, BUT FAIR. "Yeah, of course.  Haven't we every time?"

DID YOU FEEL GOOD ON THAT LAST RESTART?  "Being sixth I wish I was closer to the front, but being on the outside row I thought I had a good shot.  When they were four-wide in front of me I went to push the 38 ahead and got there, but I just didn't quite get clear of Truex to come all the way down the race track.  It might have been better, the 38 ran really high and I thought he was gonna run in the middle and I kind of misjudged it and that's what just killed a little bit of momentum to where Martin was able to just have enough momentum to clear me off that corner.  At that point I shoved him ahead to try to make the pass to the outside, but he defended it well."

ARIC ALMIROLA, No. 10 Smithfield Ford Mustang – "It was a struggle most of the night.  I don't know.  We can't make it handle the way we need it to.  It won't go on restarts.  I don't know. We have to just keep working and get better."

RICKY STENHOUSE JR., No. 17 Fastenal Ford Mustang – "I wasn't real happy about that final caution.  I was hoping it was just gonna run out.  We were running down the 18 and that was good for us.  It's been a while since we've been up there contending like that with caliber of a car.  We did it at Kansas and came back here and struggled at the All-Star Race, but we made really good changes to our Fastenal Mustang to get ready for the 600 and felt really, really good with it.  That's something to build on.  We still have to get more consistent throughout the race.  Having a car like that at the end, we need to be able to have stage points throughout the whole race.  All in all, a great night for us, a good points night, and we just have to keep this momentum going that we started at Kansas."

WHEN DID THE CAR COME TO LIFE?  "Once the sun went down.  I've always told people I don't really ever feel the track change a whole lot. I feel like we always stay the same, but we were making a lot of adjustments, but once the sun went down I felt like the track stayed more consistent and we were able to catch up with where our car needed to be.  I felt like we had a really strong car the last 200 laps and proud to finally get a top five with it."

KEVIN HARVICK, No. 4 Mobil 1 Ford Mustang – HOW DIFFERENT OF A 600 WAS THIS?  "It was different for sure.  For us, we lost the handle on the car.  We had some different shift codes in the tires that we had to run because that's what we had.  As soon as we put all those shift codes on, the car just went to absolute junk."

WHAT WAS IT LIKE WITH ALL THE PUSHING AND SHOVING TO GET AROUND HERE TONIGHT?  "I don't even know."

DAVID RAGAN, No. 38 Select Blinds Ford Mustang – "Our Select Blinds Ford Mustang was a top 10 or 12 car a lot of the night. We had some trouble on pit road and felt like I had to pass a lot of cars often throughout the night, but our team did a great job preparing a good car.  That was the best mile-and-a-half car we've had in a long time and we just ran out of tires.  I had some damage from that Kyle Larson wreck with about 30 or 40 to go.  We used an extra set of tires and we didn't have any. We had some with about 20 laps on it, but I felt like if I could have got a good restart I would be able to hold them off.  If it would have been two or three laps, we could have got a top five or top 10, but once all the dirty air got around we just didn't have the grip to hang on there at the end.  But that was fun.  It was a fun 600-mile race and we learned a few things that will hopefully help us for down the road."

AND YOU WEREN'T GOING TO PULL OVER FOR THE 19 ON THAT RESTART WITH 5 TO GO.  "No, absolutely not.  We were doing all we could.  You never know.  I mean, those guys could get back there body slamming and I could have gotten a five or 10 car length lead.  You just never, never know what may happen on a deal like that.  I felt like I hit my marks on the restart good.  I got through turns one and two and was leading down the back straightaway and that's all you can ask for.  It helped that Newman was on two tires underneath me and he kind of held them up a little bit, but five laps was just too much."

RYAN NEWMAN, No. 6 Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs Ford Mustang – "We didn't have the best of cars, but we got ourselves in position and tried.  Two tires was kind of my idea, but I just didn't have enough to hold on.  We were off a little bit in speed all day and that's what we needed there at the end."

CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 4th- HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR RUN TONIGHT?
"We had a really solid car. It was a solid race all around. We just needed a little bit more there at the end and needed to not give up control to get to Martin (Truex Jr.) in those last 40 to 50 laps. We just needed to finish a little stronger. I think I have some work to do on my end to make sure I'm keeping up with the track, giving the right information and not getting behind. I feel like I've made some mistakes the last couple of weeks and have just gotten a little off."

DID THE CAR CHANGE A LOT FROM DAY TO NIGHT?
"Yeah the track just gains a lot of grip when the sun goes down. Yesterday in practice it was kind of weird that it didn't really lose any grip during the day, but when the race started today, I felt like it was the normal Charlotte. I had to adjust to that a little bit and luckily we were able to hit it pretty close. We just needed a little bit more there at the end."

CHRIS BUESCHER, NO. 37 KROGER THRILL OF THE GRILL CAMARO ZL1– Finished 6th- VERY INTERESTED NIGHT OUT THERE. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR EXPERIENCE TONIGHT?
"I end up sixth; what a great night for us. Our Kroger Thrill of the Grill Camaro ZL1 had great speed from the drop of the green. The second stage we just tried to get it up a little too high and I got up in the fence. I cut a tire down later and lost a lap. We knew we had speed still, but this group did a terrific job of repairing it. We worked really hard after practice making a lot of changes. It was just a great effort all around; the pit crew did a terrific job. We were able to come out there at the end and get an awesome finish. We have to keep improving a little bit, but it was a pretty awesome night."

ALEX BOWMAN, NO. 88 NATIONWIDE PATRIOTIC CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 7th- WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON YOUR RUN TODAY?
"I fired off pretty poorly; it was just really tight to start. The guys did a really good job of getting our car better. We got up towards the front and then late there I decided to get up in the fence and tear the right side off of it. I'm really glad we were able to fix it, overcome a flat right rear, and still end up 7th. I just need to not make that mistake and we definitely had a top five car."

DID YOU FIND THAT YOU ARE STILL KICKING YOURSELF BECAUSE OF THE MISTAKE?
"It was my fault that I drove it into the fence, so that makes me frustrated with myself. People make mistakes and that was just one that I made. I'll just learn from it and move on. Stuff happens."

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 ALLY PATRIOTIC CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 8th
"This has always suited my style well. I've always taken a lot of pride in being competitive in this race (both) physically and mentally. We did that tonight and had a strong performance. I had some handling issues. We got ourselves through most of that and got into a good position and I hit the wall with about 10 (laps) to go and took us out of like a fourth or fifth place spot back to eighth. But, all in all, it was a solid performance. We had respectable speed and I was in the mix most of the night."

DID YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAD PERFORMANCE UP UNTIL THE POINT THAT YOU HAD THE INCIDENT THERE AT THE END? WERE YOU EDGING-IN ON IT OR WAS THAT ABOUT AS FAR AS YOU THINK YOU COULD HAVE GONE?
"I think we could have been….clean air was a lot. So, I don't know. I never really got a look at the lead. The No. 9 (Chase Elliott) led a lot and then was just right there in front of me in the end and I was trying to pass him when I hit the wall. So, I feel like we were probably fourth or fifth, if fifth, they way things kind of unfolded. And then I hit the wall and the car got super loose after that."

SO WHEN YOU HIT THE WALL, AFTER THAT, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE PROGRESSED ON BUT YOU WERE ABOUT AS GOOD AS YOU WERE GOING TO GET?
"Yeah, to have that trouble late and slip to eighth is good. We stayed in the mix for most of the night, so that was encouraging. We're going the right way."

DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE CLOSING IN ON BETTER FINISHES? NOT ONLY YOU, BUT THE HENDRICK TEAM AS A WHOLE?
"Yeah, we have. And we took a more basic approach to things this weekend and they really paid off well in the race for us."

CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 4th- HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR RUN TONIGHT?
"We had a really solid car. It was a solid race all around. We just needed a little bit more there at the end and needed to not give up control to get to Martin (Truex Jr.) in those last 40 to 50 laps. We just needed to finish a little stronger. I think I have some work to do on my end to make sure I'm keeping up with the track, giving the right information and not getting behind. I feel like I've made some mistakes the last couple of weeks and have just gotten a little off."

DID THE CAR CHANGE A LOT FROM DAY TO NIGHT?
"Yeah the track just gains a lot of grip when the sun goes down. Yesterday in practice it was kind of weird that it didn't really lose any grip during the day, but when the race started today, I felt like it was the normal Charlotte. I had to adjust to that a little bit and luckily we were able to hit it pretty close. We just needed a little bit more there at the end."

CHRIS BUESCHER, NO. 37 KROGER THRILL OF THE GRILL CAMARO ZL1– Finished 6th- VERY INTERESTED NIGHT OUT THERE. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR EXPERIENCE TONIGHT?
"I end up sixth; what a great night for us. Our Kroger Thrill of the Grill Camaro ZL1 had great speed from the drop of the green. The second stage we just tried to get it up a little too high and I got up in the fence. I cut a tire down later and lost a lap. We knew we had speed still, but this group did a terrific job of repairing it. We worked really hard after practice making a lot of changes. It was just a great effort all around; the pit crew did a terrific job. We were able to come out there at the end and get an awesome finish. We have to keep improving a little bit, but it was a pretty awesome night."

ALEX BOWMAN, NO. 88 NATIONWIDE PATRIOTIC CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 7th- WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON YOUR RUN TODAY?
"I fired off pretty poorly; it was just really tight to start. The guys did a really good job of getting our car better. We got up towards the front and then late there I decided to get up in the fence and tear the right side off of it. I'm really glad we were able to fix it, overcome a flat right rear, and still end up 7th. I just need to not make that mistake and we definitely had a top five car."

DID YOU FIND THAT YOU ARE STILL KICKING YOURSELF BECAUSE OF THE MISTAKE?
"It was my fault that I drove it into the fence, so that makes me frustrated with myself. People make mistakes and that was just one that I made. I'll just learn from it and move on. Stuff happens."

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 ALLY PATRIOTIC CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 8th
"This has always suited my style well. I've always taken a lot of pride in being competitive in this race (both) physically and mentally. We did that tonight and had a strong performance. I had some handling issues. We got ourselves through most of that and got into a good position and I hit the wall with about 10 (laps) to go and took us out of like a fourth or fifth place spot back to eighth. But, all in all, it was a solid performance. We had respectable speed and I was in the mix most of the night."

DID YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAD PERFORMANCE UP UNTIL THE POINT THAT YOU HAD THE INCIDENT THERE AT THE END? WERE YOU EDGING-IN ON IT OR WAS THAT ABOUT AS FAR AS YOU THINK YOU COULD HAVE GONE?
"I think we could have been….clean air was a lot. So, I don't know. I never really got a look at the lead. The No. 9 (Chase Elliott) led a lot and then was just right there in front of me in the end and I was trying to pass him when I hit the wall. So, I feel like we were probably fourth or fifth, if fifth, they way things kind of unfolded. And then I hit the wall and the car got super loose after that."

SO WHEN YOU HIT THE WALL, AFTER THAT, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE PROGRESSED ON BUT YOU WERE ABOUT AS GOOD AS YOU WERE GOING TO GET?
"Yeah, to have that trouble late and slip to eighth is good. We stayed in the mix for most of the night, so that was encouraging. We're going the right way."

DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE CLOSING IN ON BETTER FINISHES? NOT ONLY YOU, BUT THE HENDRICK TEAM AS A WHOLE?
"Yeah, we have. And we took a more basic approach to things this weekend and they really paid off well in the race for us."

WILLIAM BYRON, NO. 24 LIBERTY PATRIOTIC CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 9th- HOW WAS THE RACE OVERALL FOR YOU?
"It was okay. I expected the track to kind of come to us when night time came but it just didn't really. We didn't have the best restarts on the bottom. And, we had a couple of restarts on the top at the end and were able to finish 9th. So, that was good. We'll just keep working and figure out what we need to do next time.
"We were pretty good during the day. I had pretty good speed. Top five. And I knew we were pretty tight-off but then it just kept escalating as the runs got longer. When night time fell we were just too tight. So, it is what it is. But ultimately it was a good solid two weeks in a row. And a ninth place finish is not bad.
"It seems like we're getting better, for sure. With all four of us (Hendrick Motorsports teammates) in the top 10 is pretty good. And we'll just work from there."

TY DILLON, NO. 13 GEICO MILITARY CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 23rd
"We had a great night going in our GEICO Military Camaro ZL1. I was really happy with it while the sun was out. I could run any lane around the track, and my front end cut great through the corner. As it got darker, I started to lose my front end and kept building tight on each run. But, we were still having a good night. We were running in the top 20 and had stayed on the lead lap all night, really showing the strides that we have made with our intermediate track program. It's unfortunate that a flat tire in Stage 3 ultimately ruined what was going to be a solid night for our team. Our strategy to make up those laps we lost almost worked out, but we got caught up in that final stage wreck while we were sitting in the free-pass spot to get back on the lead lap. We're going to be proud of all the positive improvements from this night, though, and keep building on them for our next mile-and-a-half track because that's what we do. We will keep grinding."

KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 CREDIT ONE BANK CAMARO ZL1 – Sidelined in multi-car crash on lap 316; Finished 32nd
"I just got in there and lost grip and slid up into Clint (Bowyer). I got stuck in the middle and then just put myself in a bad spot and got sideways. So, it was an up and down day for us. I finally put myself in a good spot for about a lap and then screwed that up. So, that was all me. So, we'll go wherever we race next week and try to do better."

AUSTIN DILLON, NO. 3 COCA-COLA ZERO SUGAR CAMARO ZL1 – Sidelined in multi-car crash on lap 316; Finished 33rd
"I saw the No. 42 (Kyle Larson) spinning. I don't know if I should have just slowed down and try to get stopped but I thought I had a gap there and maybe squeeze and get by as best as I could and it didn't work. We shouldn't have been back there. We just really didn't have the car I thought we were going to have. I'm disappointed because I felt like in practice we were pretty decent and it just looks like the No 18 (Kyle Busch) made it through and I was the one that got wrecked. It's just part of it. But, we'll try better next time and get our cars a little better and hope it's better for us."

HOW WAS THE RACE OVERALL FOR YOU?
"It was okay. I expected the track to kind of come to us when night time came but it just didn't really. We didn't have the best restarts on the bottom. And, we had a couple of restarts on the top at the end and were able to finish 9th. So, that was good. We'll just keep working and figure out what we need to do next time.

"We were pretty good during the day. I had pretty good speed. Top five. And I knew we were pretty tight-off but then it just kept escalating as the runs got longer. When night time fell we were just too tight. So, it is what it is. But ultimately it was a good solid two weeks in a row. And a ninth place finish is not bad.
"It seems like we're getting better, for sure. With all four of us (Hendrick Motorsports teammates) in the top 10 is pretty good. And we'll just work from there."

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Unofficial Race Results for the 60th Annual COCA-COLA 600 - May 26, 2019 - Charlotte Motor Speedway

Fin, Str, Driver, Car, Laps, Stage 1 Pos, Stage 2 Pos, Tms, Laps, Playoff Pts, Pts, Status
1)14, Martin Truex Jr, No. 19 Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER /USO Toyota, 400, 9, , 6, 116, 5, 42, Running
2)7, Joey Logano, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, 400, 7, 9, , , , 41, Running
3)3, Kyle Busch, No. 18 M&M's Red White & Blue Toyota, 400, 3, 3, 4, 79, , 50, Running
4)12, Chase Elliott, No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, 400, 4, 4, 2, 43, , 47, Running
5)9, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, No. 17 Fastenal Ford, 400, , , , , , 32, Running
6)22, Chris Buescher, No. 37 Kroger Thrill of the Grill Chevrolet, 400, , , , , , 31, Running
7)13, Alex Bowman, No. 88 Nationwide Patriotic Chevrolet, 400, , 2, 2, 8, , 39, Running
8)15, Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Ally Patriotic Chevrolet, 400, 8, , , , , 32, Running
9)1, William Byron, No. 24 Liberty Patriotic Chevrolet, 400, 6, 5, 4, 31, , 39, Running
10)5, Kevin Harvick, No. 4 Mobil 1 Ford, 400, 5, 6, 4, 14, , 38, Running
11)2, Aric Almirola, No. 10 Smithfield Ford, 400, , , , , , 26, Running
12)30, Corey LaJoie, No. 32 Superior Logistics Ford, 400, , , , , , 25, Running
13)19, Ryan Blaney, No. 12 DEX Imaging Ford, 400, 10, 7, 1, 2, , 29, Running
14)17, Paul Menard, No. 21 Menards/Knauf Ford, 400, , , , , , 23, Running
15)31, David Ragan, No. 38 Select Blinds Ford, 400, , , 1, 3, , 22, Running
16)18, Ryan Newman, No. 6 Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs Ford, 400, , , , , , 21, Running
17)20, Denny Hamlin, No. 11 FedEx Ground Toyota, 400, 2, , 1, 21, , 29, Running
18)6, Daniel Suarez, No. 41 Coca-Cola Ford, 399, , , , , , 19, Running
19)21, Brad Keselowski, No. 2 Miller Lite Ford, 398, 1, 1, 5, 76, 2, 38, Running
20)26, Matt Tifft #, No. 36 Surface Sunscreen/Tunity Ford, 398, , , , , , 17, Running
21)10, Daniel Hemric #, No. 8 Cessna Chevrolet, 398, , , 1, 7, , 16, Running
22)23, Michael McDowell, No. 34 Love's Travel Stops Ford, 398, , , , , , 15, Running
23)28, Ty Dillon, No. 13 GEICO Military Chevrolet, 397, , , , , , 14, Running
24)8, Clint Bowyer, No. 14 Peak Antifreeze & Coolant Ford, 397, , , , , , 13, Running
25)29, Bubba Wallace, No. 43 Coca-Cola Orange Vanilla Chevrolet, 396, , , , , , 12, Running
26)34, * Parker Kligerman(i), No. 96 Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota, 396, , , , , , 0, Running
27)11, Kurt Busch, No. 1 GEARWRENCH Chevrolet, 396, , 8, , , , 13, Running
28)39, Quin Houff, No. 77 NASCAR Mobile App Chevrolet, 396, , , , , , 9, Running
29)36, * BJ McLeod(i), No. 53 Enlisted Nine Fight Company Chevrolet, 395, , , , , , 0, Running
30)37, * Reed Sorenson, No. 27 VIPRacingExperience.com Chevrolet, 389, , , , , , 7, Running
31)24, Ryan Preece #, No. 47 Kroger Chevrolet, 343, , , , , , 6, Suspension
32)40, * Joey Gase(i), No. 66 MBM Motorsports Toyota, 334, , , , , , 0, Running
33)25, Kyle Larson, No. 42 Credit One Bank Chevrolet, 315, , 10, , , , 5, Accident
34)4, Austin Dillon, No. 3 Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Chevrolet, 315, , , , , , 3, Accident
35)33, Bayley Currey(i), No. 52 RWR Ford, 245, , , , , , 0, Accident
36)35, Ross Chastain(i), No. 15 Cross Country Adjusting Chevrolet, 134, , , , , , 0, Suspension
37)32, Landon Cassill(i), No. 00 StarCom Fiber Chevrolet, 108, , , , , , 0, Oil Cooler
38)38, Cody Ware(i), No. 51 JACOB COMPANIES P-40 WARHAWK Ford, 51, , , , , , 0, Rear Gear
39)27, Matt DiBenedetto, No. 95 Procore Safety Qualified Toyota, 47, , , , , , 1, Accident
40)16, Erik Jones, No. 20 Reser's Main St Bistro Toyota, 22, , , , , , 1, Accident 
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series, (#) Rookie

Time of Race:4 Hrs, 50 Mins, 9 Secs.
Total Race Length -400 Laps - 600. Miles
Average Speed:124.074 MPH
Margin of Victory:0.330 Seconds

Stage 1 Top 10:2, 11, 18, 9, 4, 24, 22, 48, 19, 12
Stage 2 Top 10:2, 88, 18, 9, 24, 4, 12, 1, 22, 42

Race Comments:Martin Truex Jr. won the 60th annual Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, his 22nd victory in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reasons indicated: Nos. 36 (multiple inspection failures).

Caution Flags:16 for 80 laps:
Laps: 24-27 (No.20 Incident Turn 4 [51]):
49-54 (No.95 Incident Turn 2 [77]):
75-78 (No.19 Incident Turn 4 [27]):
87-90 (No.17, 18 Incident Frontstretch [53]):
93-95 (No.8,14 Incident Turn 4 [52]):
102-107 (Stage 1 Conclusion [66]):
128-131 (No.37 Incident Turn 4 [66]):
162-166 (No.11 Incident Turn 2 [77]):
190-193 (No.47 Incident Turn 1 [53]):
202-208 (Stage 2 Conclusion [Red Flag 1:56] [41]):
252-257 (No.52,19 Incident Turn 2 [32]):
302-307 (Stage 3 Conclusion [32]):
310-314 (No.1, 18 Incident Frontstretch [37]):
317-323 (No.3, 13, 14, 42, 47 Incident Turn 2 [None]):
361-365 (No.11 Spin Turn 2 [2]):
392-395 (No.2 Spin Turn 4 [11]).

Lead Changes:30 among 11 drivers:
W. Byron 1-24:
K. Busch 25-49:
W. Byron 50:
K. Harvick 51-54:
K. Busch 55-58:
K. Harvick 59-62:
M. Truex Jr 63-73:
K. Harvick 74:
D. Hemric No. 75-81:
B. Keselowski 82-90:
K. Harvick 91-95:
B. Keselowski 96-106:
D. Hamlin 107-127:
C. Elliott 128-130:
M. Truex Jr 131:
R. Blaney 132-133:
B. Keselowski 134-162:
W. Byron 163-167:
B. Keselowski 168-189:
A. Bowman 190-193:
W. Byron 194:
A. Bowman 195-198:
B. Keselowski 199-203:
K. Busch 204-252:
M. Truex Jr 253-258:
K. Busch 259:
M. Truex Jr 260-303:
C. Elliott 304-343:
M. Truex Jr 344-392:
D. Ragan 393-395:
M. Truex Jr 396-400.

American Ethanol Green Flag Restart Award:Martin Truex Jr, No.19 

Busch Pole Award:William Byron, No.24 183.424 mph

Fastest Lap:Kevin Harvick, No.4 

Moog Go the Extra Mile:Kevin Harvick, No.4 crew chief Rodney Childers, 2.4177 seconds

Sunoco Rookie of the Race: Matt Tifft, No.36  

(RIS photos by John Davison)