2024 Coca-Cola 600

The 2024 Coca-Cola 600 was an 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 1.5 mile 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.

Background
The race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, located in Concord, North Carolina. The speedway complex includes a 1.5 mi 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.

Practice
William Byron was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.782 seconds and a speed of 181.318 mph.

Qualifying
Ty Gibbs scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.355 and a speed of 183.955 mph.

Stage results
Stage One Laps: 100

Stage Two Laps: 100

Stage Three Laps: 100

Final Stage results
Stage Four Laps: 100

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: 123.053 mph

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.

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.

Standings after the race

 * Drivers' Championship standings


 * Manufacturers' Championship standings


 * Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
 * . – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.