The 2019 Coca-Cola 600, the 60th running of the event, was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on May 26, 2019, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 400 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.42 km) asphalt speedway, it was the 13th race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. Martin Truex Jr. won his fourth race of the season, second Coca-Cola 600, and 22nd career victory overall.
Report
Background
The race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, which is located in Concord, North Carolina. The speedway complex includes a quad-oval track that will be 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.
For the race, every car on track would sport a fallen military member tribute on their cars.
Entry list (i) denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points. (R) denotes rookie driver.
Driver Team Manufacturer 00 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Cody Ware (i) Petty Ware Racing Ford 52 Bayley Currey (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 53 B. J. McLeod (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 66 Joey Gase (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 77 Quin Houff Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 96 Parker Kligerman (i) Gaunt Brothers Racing ToyotaOfficial entry list
First practice Daniel Hemric was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 29.542 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.542 182.791 2 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.615 182.340 3 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.636 182.211Official first practice results
Qualifying William Byron scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.440 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 124 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.440 210 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 29.497 318 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.519 43 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.546 54 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 29.550 641 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 29.555 722 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 29.560 814 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 29.562 917 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.563 108 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.588 111 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 29.603 129 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.614 1388 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.618 1419 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.622 1548 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.649 1620 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.657 1721 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 29.698 186 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.736 1912 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 29.760 2011 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.773 212 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 29.781 2237 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 29.783 2334 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.783 2447 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 29.839 2542 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 29.842 2636 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.955 2795 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 29.978 2813 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 29.983 2943 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 30.006 3032 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 30.108 3138 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.254 3200 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 30.379 3352 Bayley Currey (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 30.437 3496 Parker Kligerman (i) Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 30.470 3515 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 30.566 3653 B. J. McLeod (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 30.901 3727 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 30.945 3851 Cody Ware (i) Petty Ware Racing Ford 31.812 3977 Quin Houff Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 31.947 4066 Joey Gase (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 32.059Official qualifying results
Practice (post-qualifying)
Second practice Daniel Suárez was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 29.647 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 29.647 182.143 2 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.662 182.051 3 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.754 181.488Official second practice results
Final practice Daniel Suárez was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 29.883 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 29.883 180.705 2 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.886 180.687 3 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.908 180.554Official final practice results
Race
Stage results
Stage 1 Laps: 100
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 102 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 66 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 48 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 210 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 1Official stage one results
Stage 2 Laps: 100
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 102 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 66 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 57 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 48 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 39 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 210 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 1Official stage two results
Stage 3 Laps: 100
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 75 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 66 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 48 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 39 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 210 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1Official stage three results
Final stage results
Stage 4 Laps: 100
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 14 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400 522 7 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 400 443 3 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400 594 12 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 555 9 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 400 366 22 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 400 317 13 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 448 15 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 329 1 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 3910 5 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 400 3811 2 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 400 2612 30 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 400 2513 19 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 400 3614 17 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 400 2315 31 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 400 2216 18 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 400 2117 20 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400 3018 6 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 399 1919 21 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 398 3820 26 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 398 1721 10 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 398 1622 23 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 398 1523 28 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 397 1424 8 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 397 1325 29 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 396 1226 34 96 Parker Kligerman (i) Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 396 027 11 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 396 1928 39 77 Quin Houff Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 396 929 36 53 B. J. McLeod (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 395 030 37 27 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 389 731 24 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 343 632 40 66 Joey Gase (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 334 033 25 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 315 734 4 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 315 335 33 52 Bayley Currey (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 245 036 35 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 134 037 32 00 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 108 038 38 51 Cody Ware (i) Petty Ware Racing Ford 51 039 27 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 49 140 16 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 23 1Official race results
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:
Media
Television Fox Sports televised the race in the United States for the 19th consecutive year. Mike Joy was the lap-by-lap announcer, while three-time Coca-Cola 600 winner, Jeff Gordon and five-time race winner Darrell Waltrip were the color commentators. Jamie Little, Regan Smith, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum reported from pit lane during the race.
Fox TelevisionBooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Mike Joy Color-commentator: Jeff Gordon Color commentator: Darrell Waltrip Jamie LittleRegan SmithVince WelchMatt Yocum
Radio Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by the Performance Racing Network (PRN), and was 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 reported 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 Steve Richards 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 VenturiniSteve Richards
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings