The 2024 Coca-Cola 600 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on May 26, 2024, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina and the 65th running of the event. Originally scheduled for 400 laps on the asphalt speedway, the race was shortened to 249 laps due to rain. It was the 14th race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, as well as the second of the four crown jewel races. Christopher Bell won the race, his first Coca-Cola 600 win, and his second of the season. Brad Keselowski finished second, and William Byron finished third. Tyler Reddick and Denny Hamlin rounded out the top five, and Ty Gibbs, Chase Elliott, Ross Chastain, Alex Bowman, and Josh Berry rounded out the top ten.
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Background
The race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, located in Concord, North Carolina. The speedway complex includes a 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.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 15 Kaz Grala (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford 16 Shane van Gisbergen (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 44 J. J. Yeley (i) NY Racing Team Chevrolet 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50 Ty Dillon (i) Team AmeriVet Chevrolet 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 B. J. McLeod (i) MBM Motorsports Ford 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 84 Jimmie Johnson (i) Legacy Motor Club Toyota 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice William Byron was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.782 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.782 181.318 2 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 29.981 180.114 3 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 29.990 180.060 Official practice results
Qualifying Ty Gibbs scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.355 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.621 29.355 2 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.813 29.415 3 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.714 29.434 4 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.524 29.529 5 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.735 29.556 6 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.529 29.569 7 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.774 29.624 8 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 29.714 29.648 9 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.766 29.689 10 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.711 29.719 11 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.746 — 12 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 29.861 — 13 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 29.749 — 14 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.872 — 15 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.756 — 16 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 29.912 — 17 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 29.831 — 18 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 29.987 — 19 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 29.877 — 20 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 30.024 — 21 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.885 — 22 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 30.034 — 23 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 29.902 — 24 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30.042 — 25 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.928 — 26 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 30.058 — 27 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.960 — 28 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 30.101 — 29 84 Jimmie Johnson Legacy Motor Club Toyota 30.048 — 30 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 30.126 — 31 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.127 — 32 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 30.175 — 33 15 Kaz Grala (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford 30.176 — 34 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 30.295 — 35 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.374 — 36 16 Shane van Gisbergen (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30.473 — 37 66 B. J. McLeod (i) MBM Motorsports Ford 30.484 — 38 50 Ty Dillon (i) Team AmeriVet Chevrolet 30.624 — 39 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 0.000 — 40 44 J. J. Yeley (i) NY Racing Team Chevrolet 0.000 —Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 100
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 57 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 48 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 39 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 210 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 100
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 84 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 66 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 39 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 210 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 1Official stage two results
Stage Three Laps: 100
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 93 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 75 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 39 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 210 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1Official stage three results
Final Stage results
Stage Four Laps: 100
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 3 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 249 672 30 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 249 533 2 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 249 614 8 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 249 415 11 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 249 456 1 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 249 457 5 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 249 388 7 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 249 349 6 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 249 4310 13 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 249 3311 12 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 249 3912 4 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 249 3113 10 5 Justin Allgaier (i) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 249 014 28 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 249 2315 15 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 249 2216 9 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 249 2217 35 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 249 2018 24 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 249 1919 34 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 249 1820 17 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 249 1721 20 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 249 1622 22 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 249 1523 39 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 249 1424 14 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 249 1325 18 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 249 1226 31 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 249 1127 27 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 249 1028 36 16 Shane van Gisbergen (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 249 029 29 84 Jimmie Johnson Legacy Motor Club Toyota 249 830 26 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 249 731 23 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 249 632 32 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 249 533 25 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 249 434 33 15 Kaz Grala (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford 249 335 21 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 249 236 38 50 Ty Dillon (i) Team AmeriVet Chevrolet 247 037 37 66 B. J. McLeod (i) MBM Motorsports Ford 241 038 19 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 170 139 16 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 143 540 40 44 J. J. Yeley (i) NY Racing Team Chevrolet 114 0Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 21 among 10 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 7 for 46 laps Red flags: 1 for weather Time of race: 3 hours, 2 minutes, and 7 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television Fox Sports televised the race in the United States for the 24th consecutive year. This was the final Coca-Cola 600 aired on Fox for the foreseeable future, as the 2025 race will be aired on Prime Video. Mike Joy was the lap-by-lap announcer, while 2012 Fall Charlotte winner Clint Bowyer and two-time Coca-Cola 600 winner, Kevin Harvick were the color commentators. Jamie Little, Regan Smith and Josh Sims reported from pit lane during the race. Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.
FoxBooth announcersPit reportersIn-race analystLap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Clint BowyerColor-commentator: Kevin Harvick Jamie LittleRegan SmithJosh Sims Larry McReynolds
Radio Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by the Performance Racing Network (PRN), and was also 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, Wendy Venturini, and Alan Cavanna were the pit reporters during the broadcast.
PRN RadioBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Doug RiceAnnouncer: Mark Garrow Turns 1 & 2: Rob AlbrightTurns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson Brad GillieBrett McMillanWendy VenturiniAlan Cavanna
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 2 1 Denny Hamlin 492 2 Martin Truex Jr. 487 (–5) 2 3 Kyle Larson 486 (–6) 4 Chase Elliott 475 (–17) 5 William Byron 461 (–31) 6 Tyler Reddick 437 (–55) 7 Ty Gibbs 435 (–57) 1 8 Alex Bowman 408 (–84) 2 9 Brad Keselowski 397 (–95) 10 Ross Chastain 392 (–100) 4 11 Christopher Bell 387 (–105) 4 12 Ryan Blaney 376 (–116) 3 13 Bubba Wallace 355 (–137) 1 14 Kyle Busch 346 (–146) 3 15 Chris Buescher 345 (–147) 2 16 Chase Briscoe 334 (–158)Official driver's standings