Charlotte Starting Lineup: May 24, 2020 (NASCAR Cup Series)

NASCAR qualifying results from Charlotte Motor Speedway for the Coca-Cola 600

Tonight, they’ll race for 600 miles at the 1.5-mile oval of Charlotte Motor Speedway. Now, they’ll set the starting grid.

view the full Coca-Cola 600 starting lineup below.

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The Coca-Cola 600 is NASCAR’s longest race. Four stages are on deck for tonight’s event. It’s unique to see qualifying and the race in the same day.

This is the only qualifying session currently on the NASCAR schedule. All the other races are being set by the rule book.

They’ve laid down PJ1 ahead of this qualifying session. Drivers are unsure if they’ll use it.

But, they’ll run their hot lap without a single lap of practice. Drivers will see turn one for the first time, on their qualifying warm up lap.

NASCAR has been running single day shows, allowing teams to leave and return to their shops, in the same day.

The final 20 finishers from Darlington drew numbers for their running qualifying order, those drivers will run 1-20. The top 20 from Darlington will run last in this session.

This is an impound session. After qualifying, NASCAR will impound the car and allow minimal adjustments ahead of tonight’s race.

Charlotte
Qualifying Report

JJ Yeley has a heavy tire rub on his run.

Drivers are attempting to run wide open around this track.

Johnson pinches the exit off turn two. He didn’t swing out to the wall for a better entry into turn three. He’s making the track shorter on his qualifying run.

Jimmie Johnson jumps to the top!

Johnson is quickest in the first group of 20 cars. The driver is in his final season, a four time winner of the event.

Coca-Cola 600 Qualifying – Group A: 1. Jimmie Johnson; 2. William Byron; 3. Kyle Busch; 4. Christopher Bell; 5. Ricky Stenhouse Jr; 6. Chris Buescher; 7. Ross Chastain; 8. Bubba Wallace; 9. Corey LaJoie; 10. Michael McDowell;

Matt DiBenedetto has pancaked the wall off turn four on his lap. The car got loose, he didn’t lift and tried to catch it off the corner.

Heavy damage on his machine. The team is unloading the backup for DiBenedetto.

Chase Elliott was on his get up to speed lap as DiBenedetto tagged the wall. NASCAR is allowing Elliott to return to the pit lane and cool down the car.

As Elliott hits the track, he’s running a different line than teammate Johnson. Elliott uses most of the race track down the back stretch. 2nd for Elliott so far.

Aric Almirola spins off turn four. He pounds the throttle to keep it off the wall and does, mostly.

Kurt Busch jumps to the top of the board! Busch will roll off from the pole position in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.


Charlotte Motor Speedway
Starting Lineup
May 24, 2020
NASCAR Cup Series

Pos | Driver | Time

1. Kurt Busch
29.79

2. Jimmie Johnson
29.799

3. Chase Elliott
29.834

4. Matt Kenseth
29.847

5. Tyler Reddick
29.850

6. Austin Dillon
29.877

7. Joey Logano
29.925

8. Martin Truex Jr
29.946

9. Brad Keselowski
29.953

10. William Byron
29.956

11. Kyle Busch
30.019

12. Alex Bowman
30.020

13. Denny Hamlin
30.027

14. Erik Jones
30.033

15. Chrisopher Bell
30.042

16. Ty Dillon
30.059

17. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
30.071

18. Ryan Newman
30.072

19. Chris Buescher
30.081

20. Clint Bowyer
30.095

21. Ross Chastain
30.150

22. Kevin Harvick
30.156

23. Bubba Wallace
30.172

24. Corey LaJoie
30.183

25. John Hunter Nemechek
30.254

26. Ryan Blaney
30.313

27. Michael McDowell
30.324

28. Cole Custer
30.334

29. Ryan Preece
30.352

30. Quin Houff
30.848

31. Gray Gaulding
31.160

32. Timmy Hill
31.234

33. Matt DiBenedetto
31.452

34. JJ Yeley
31.480

35. Brennan Poole
31.502

36. BJ McLeod
31.590

37. Daniel Suarez
31.858

38. Garrett Smithley
31.971

39. Joey Gase
33.538

40. Aric Almirola
No Time

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