Coca-Cola 600

Coca-Cola 600VenueLocation, Corporate First race1960Distance600 mi (965.606 km)Laps400 (All 4 stages: 100 each)Previous namesWorld 600 (1960–1984) Coca-Cola World 600 (1985) Coca-Cola 600 (1986–2001, 2003–) Coca-Cola Racing Family 600 (2002)Most wins (driver) (5)Most wins (team) (11)Most wins (manufacturer) (24)Circuit information SurfaceAsphaltLength1.5 mi (2.4 km)Turns4The Coca-Cola 600, originally the World 600, is an annual 600-mile (970 km) points race held at the in , during weekend. The first race, held in , was also the first one held at the new Charlotte Motor Speedway. It is the longest race on NASCAR's schedule at 600 miles (970 km). It is unique for having track conditions that change throughout the race. It starts around 6:20 PM and the track is bathed in sunlight for the first third of the race. The second third happens at dusk, and the final third under the lights.

The race is run later on the same day as the of , with several drivers having performed , competing in both races.

is the defending champion of the Coca-Cola 600.

Contents Track origin[] In the spring of 1959, returned to , after viewing 's and had an idea of building a race track in the surrounding area. Turner thought he could borrow enough money to build a $750,000 track with 45,000 permanent seats on his property in . Afterward, he learned that a group led by had a similar idea to build a track near .

Smith and Turner formed an alliance to build the track, and they signed a contract with NASCAR to run a 600-mile event on . Once the construction crew broke ground, they found a layer of under the topsoil, making the construction costly. The area for the first turn alone used $70,000 worth of dynamite, ballooning Turner's $750,000 construction plan to nearly two million dollars. In the spring of 1960, Turner begged for a six-week postponement of the race after a snow storm delayed the concrete pouring.

With two weeks remaining until the inaugural race, the paving subcontractor threatened to quit the job due to lack of payment. To keep him there, Turner and one of his friends threatened the subcontractor with a shotgun and a revolver to ensure the track's backstretch would be completed. The first event at the newly completed was held on June 19, 1960.

History[] The event began as an attempt by NASCAR to stage a Memorial Day weekend event to compete with the open-wheel . It was not until 1974, however, that both races competed head-to-head on the same day. Before 1974, the two races were held on different days of the week, and on a few occasions, some drivers drove in both. They continued even after the Coca-Cola 600 was moved to the same day, albeit to a lesser degree. The first World 600 was held on June 16 due to construction delays of the completion of Charlotte Motor Speedway. The 2009 race, postponed by rain from its original May 24 date, was the first race to occur on Memorial Day itself.

After the installation of lights in 1992, fans asked circuit management to start the race later in the day because of the notorious North Carolina heat and humidity. They wanted to follow 's popularity the previous week and switch the race to a nighttime finish to create cooler temperatures for spectators. The start time was moved back several times throughout the 1990s, and finally settled at 5:30 pm in 2001, to attempt to have the race finished by 10 pm ET, in time for local news on Fox affiliates.

With the new starting time came new challenges. Not only do race teams have to deal with the blistering Carolina heat, but the considerable temperature drop at night affects track conditions.

The nighttime portion of the race is lit with a system that uses so that dangerous glare that would otherwise be in the drivers' eyes is minimized. The move of the race to the early evening made it possible for drivers to do – run the Indianapolis 500, then immediately fly from Indianapolis to Charlotte, and participate in the Coca-Cola 600. Experts disagreed over whether, for health and safety reasons, anyone should be allowed to race 1100 miles in one day, but no regulation has been set by any governing body to prevent it. From 2005 to 2010, the issue became moot when the state of Indiana finally decided to implement . This resulted in only an approximately one-hour interval between the end of the Indianapolis 500 and the start of the Coca-Cola 600. The Indianapolis 500 start time was moved back to noon Eastern in 2011, but only one attempt – by in 2014 – has been made since then.

Until the settlement took effect, the race was considered the third leg of the grand slam, and was once part of the . It is considered one of the top five annual races.

Beginning in 2017, NASCAR adopted the stage-racing format, dividing each of its top three division's races into three stages. Originally, the 600 was going to have stages 1 & 2 be 115 laps in length, with the third and final stage encompassing the remaining 170 laps. Just a few weeks before the race, the stage format for the race was changed with the addition of a fourth stage, and the race is divided into four uniform stages of 100 laps each. This makes it the only race on the schedule with four stages instead of three. If weather interferes, NASCAR's rule that a race becomes official after the conclusion of the second stage still applies. It also makes the Coca-Cola 600 the highest scoring race in terms of points a driver can collect. Usually if a driver sweeps all the stages and passes inspection they score 60 points (40 for winning, and 10 for the first two stages), but with 4 stages the maximum is 70 (which Kyle Busch accomplished in 2018).

Before the race, The American national anthem was preceded by the playing of by the Charlotte Fire Department Pipe Band and .

Name changes[] From 1960 to 1984 the race was known as the World 600. In 1985, the race's name was changed to the Coca-Cola World 600. In 1986 the name was shortened to the Coca-Cola 600, or Coke 600 which it was referred to at the time. The name changed again in 2002 to the Coca-Cola Racing Family 600 referring to the Coca-Cola family of drivers who are sponsored by Coca-Cola. In 2003, the name returned to the Coca-Cola 600.

Individual race details[] First-time winners[] The Coca-Cola 600 has been the site of many drivers' first wins, including , , and future champions (1961), (1994), (1995), and (2000). The most recent driver to have the 600 as his first win was , who won in 2017.

Past winners[] YearDateNo.DriverTeamManufacturerRace DistanceRace TimeAverage Speed (mph)ReportLapsMiles (km)June 19*89400600 (965.606)5:34:06107.735May 283400600 (965.606)5:22:29111.633May 2729400600 (965.606) 4:46:44125.552June 2*28400600 (965.606)4:31:52132.417May 2441400600 (965.606)4:46:14125.772May 2328400600 (965.606)4:55:38121.722 May 2242400600 (965.606)4:26:35135.042May 2814400600 (965.606)4:25:02135.832May 263255*382.5 (615.574)3:04:14104.207May 2598400600 (965.606)4:27:56134.361May 2427400600 (965.606)4:37:36129.68May 3012400600 (965.606)4:16:20140.422May 2811400600 (965.606)4:13:04 142.255May 2771400600 (965.606)4:26:53134.89May 2621360*540 (869.045)3:58:21135.72May 2543400600 (965.606)4:07:42145.327May 3021 400600 (965.606)4:22:06137.352May 2943400600 (965.606)4:21:29137.676May 2888400600 (965.606)4:20:12138.355May 2788400600 (965.606) 4:23:24136.674May 2527400600 (965.606)5:01:51119.265May 2428400600 (965.606)4:38:22129.326May 3021400600 (965.606)4:36:48130.058 May 2975400600 (965.606)4:15:51140.707May 2722400600 (965.606)4:38:34129.233May 2611400600 (965.606)4:13:52141.807May 253400600 (965.606)4:16:24140.406May 2421400600 (965.606)4:33:48131.483May 2917400600 (965.606)4:49:15124.46May 2817400600 (965.606)4:09:52 144.077May 2727400600 (965.606)4:21:32137.65May 2628400600 (965.606)4:19:05138.951May 243400600 (965.606)4:30:43132.98May 303400 600 (965.606)4:07:25145.504May 2924400600 (965.606)4:18:10139.445May 2818400600 (965.606)3:56:55151.952May 2688400600 (965.606) 4:03:56147.581May 25–26*24333*499.5 (803.867)3:39:10136.745May 2424400600 (965.606)4:23:53136.424May 3099400600 (965.606)3:57:50 151.367May 2817400600 (965.606)4:12:23142.64May 2799400600 (965.606)4:20:40138.107May 266400600 (965.606)4:21:23137.729May 2548 276*414 (666.268)3:16:50126.198May 3048400600 (965.606)4:12:10142.763May 2948400600 (965.606)5:13:52114.698May 289400600 (965.606) 4:39:25128.84May 2725400600 (965.606)4:36:27130.222May 259400600 (965.606)4:25:09135.772May 25*00227*340.5 (547.981)2:48:59120.899 May 302400600 (965.606)4:08:20144.966May 2929402*603 (970.434)4:33:14132.414May 275400600 (965.606)3:51:14155.687May 2629400600 (965.606)4:35:49130.521May 2548400600 (965.606)4:07:27145.484May 2419400600 (965.606)4:03:34147.803May 2978400600 (965.606)3:44:05 160.655May 28–29*3400600 (965.606)4:19:22138.8May 2718400600 (965.606)4:23:22136.692May 2619400600 (965.606)4:50:09124.074May 242 405*607.5 (977.467)4:29:55135.024Notes[] *1960: The race was moved by three weeks because of construction delays. *1963 and 2009: The race was moved from Sunday to Monday because of rain. *1968, 2003, and 2009: The race was shortened due to rain. *1974: The race was shortened due to . *1997: The race was shortened due to a rain delay and a 1 a.m. noise ordinance. Finished at 12:57 AM on Monday. *2011 and 2020: The race was lengthened due to a . *2017: The race was broken up into four stages, as part of the new changes to race formats. Started on Sunday but finished at 12:30 AM on Monday due to a rain delay. *1997, 2009, 2017 and 2020: The race was either run or finished on Memorial Day.

Multiple winners (drivers)[] # winsDriverYears won51978, 1979, 1985, 1988, 198942003, 2004, 2005, 201431968, 1972, 19731961, 1974, 19761971, 1981, 19841986, 1992, 19931994, 1997, 19982006, 2008, 201221963, 19651964, 19671975, 19771982, 19831999, 20012011, 20132016, 2019Multiple winners (teams)[] # winsTeamYears won111988, 1989, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2003–2005, 2007, 2012, 201461986, 1992, 1993, 2011, 2013, 201751964, 1966, 1972, 1975, 197741962, 1963, 1965, 19711974, 1976, 1982, 19871999–20021995, 2015, 2018, 201931978, 1979, 198421969, 19851991, 1996 2006, 20082010, 2020 (1)Manufacturer wins[] # winsManufacturerYears won241960, 1978–1980, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992–1995, 1997, 1998, 2003–2005, 2007, 2011–2014, 2017131962, 1963, 1965, 1970, 1982, 1987, 1991, 1996, 1999–2002, 2020 (1)81968, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 2006, 2008, 201052009, 2015, 2016, 2018, 201941969, 1971, 1974, 197631964, 1966, 196721981, 19841961, 1990World 600 qualifier[] YearDateNo.DriverTeamManufacturerRace distanceRace timeAverage speed (mph)ReportLapsMiles (km)May 214367100.5 (161.739)0:45:09133.554867100.5 (161.739)0:52:18115.591June 130Fred Clark2030 (48.28) 0:17:30102.857TV broadcasters[] YearNetwork

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