Get caught up before Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 (6 p.m. ET, FOX)
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What: 56th Annual Coca-Cola 600
Where: Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C.
When: Sunday, May 23, 2015
TV/Radio: FOX, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR)
Distance: 400 laps (600 miles)
Green Flag: 6:18.30 p.m. ET
Pit Road Speed: 45 mph
Caution Car Speed: 55 mph
Competition Caution: Lap 25
On The Front Row | Complete lineup for Sunday's race
1. Matt Kenseth, Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 Toyota (194.252 mph)
2. Joey Logano, Team Penske No. 22 Ford (192.836 mph)
Failed to Qualify
Jeb Burton, BK Racing No. 26 Toyota; Mike Bliss, Go FAS Racing No. 32 Ford; Travis Kvapil, Hillman SmithMotorsports No. 39 Chevrolet; Jeff Green, TMG No. 30 Chevrolet; Brendan Gaughan, Premium Motorsports No. 62 Chevrolet
Fastest In Practice
First Practice: Carl Edwards, Joe Gibbs Racing No. 19 Toyota (192.273 mph) | Full practice results
Second Practice: Kurt Busch, Stewart-Haas Racing No. 41 Chevrolet (192.644 mph) | Full practice results
Third Practice: Kurt Busch, Stewart-Haas Racing No. 41 Chevrolet (188.653 mph) | Full practice results
Four Score?
Matt Kenseth will start from the pole for the 15th time in his career when the Coca-Cola 600 gets under way. On three occasions, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver has managed to also win the race – at Bristol in 2005 and '15 as well as Kansas in '13. "Back when I started, we worked hard on qualifying but we worked way harder on the race (setup) because even if we started 20th, we knew if we had a really good car we could drive up to the front and after a couple of pit stops we'd be in the top few," Kenseth said. "That's not necessarily the case today. You can start in the middle and you can be stuck in the middle all day sometimes. It's hard to make up ground."
SHOP: Kenseth gear
No. 450 for Biffle, McMurray
Roush Fenway Racing's Greg Biffle and Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates driver Jamie McMurray will be making their 450th career starts in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series in the Coca-Cola 600. Biffle's first start came April 28, 2002 at Auto Club Speedway. He finished 13th. McMurray's first start came later that same year, on October 6 at Talladega Superspeedway. Driving in a relief role for the injured Sterling Marlin, McMurray finished 26th.
Front Row Joe(y)
Team Penske driver Joey Logano qualified second for the Coca-Cola 600, his seventh front-row start in 12 races this year. Since the 2014 season and the move to group qualifying, Logano has earned 15 top-two starts.
SHOP: Logano gear
Shorten the 600?
"If they take that away or shorten it, it doesn't have the same challenge because that extra 100 miles is really hard. It puts extra wear and tear on your parts, your pieces, and your driver. It makes you change your strategy. And … it's something unique to our sport. … I like the challenge of that extra 100 miles once a year. I wouldn't want to do it twice a year." – former championship winning crew chief Ray Evernham
Third Cup Start for Elliott
Defending XFINITY Series champion Chase Elliott will be making his third Sprint Cup Series start this weekend, qualifying the Hendrick Motorsports No. 25 Chevrolet 28th in the 43-car field. Elliott, the son of 1988 Sprint Cup champ and NASCAR Hall of Fame member Bill Elliott, finished 38th in his Sprint Cup debut earlier this year at Martinsville and 16th at Richmond.
Driver Rating
Best driver rating average at Charlotte based on past 20 races:
Jimmie Johnson, Hendrick Motorsports No. 48 Chevrolet (111.6)
Kyle Busch, Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 Toyota (106.7)
Kasey Kahne, Hendrick Motorsports No. 5 Chevrolet (100.8)
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Chevy Stumble?
For the first time this season, no Chevrolet drivers qualified in the top five. Points leader Kevin Harvick, in the Stewart-Haas Racing No. 4 Chevrolet, led the GM charge and will start eighth.
Lap Leaders
Jim Paschal holds the record for most laps led by the winner in the Coca-Cola 600, leading 335 of 400 en route to his victory at Charlotte in 1967 (it was then called the World 600). Race winner Jimmie Johnson led 334 of 400 in '04. The driver leading the most laps in the 600 and NOT winning the race is Junior Johnson, who led 289 in the '63 event but finished second to Fred Lorenzen after suffering a flat tire with fewer than five laps remaining.
Defending Coca-Cola 600 Champion
Jimmie Johnson, Hendrick Motorsports No. 48 Chevrolet
Former Charlotte Winners In Field
Jimmie Johnson (7); Jeff Gordon (5); Kasey Kahne (4); Kevin Harvick (3); Matt Kenseth, Jamie McMurray (2); Casey Mears, Tony Stewart, Brad Keselowski, Clint Bowyer, Kurt Busch (1).