NASCAR qualifying results for the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway
Tomorrow, it’s the longest NASCAR race of the year. Today, they’ll set the starting grid for the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
View the Charlotte starting lineup for the NASCAR Cup Series below.
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Charlotte Qualifying
Report
Cars qualifying outside the top 20 in last week’s race are in group one:
18 cars are in this group.
Brad Keselowski is the first car to hold it wide open in turns three and four. As a result, he jumps to the top of the board.
Charlotte Qualifying Results – Group A : 1. Keselowski (30.11); 2. Jones (30.23); 3. Briscoe (30.27); 4. McDowell (30.32); 5. Newman (30.33); 6, LaJoie (30.33); 7. Buescher (30.34); 8. Preece (30.40); 9. Alfredo (30.42); 10. Haley (30.71
Group Two
The top 20 qualifiers from last week are in group two:
Bubba Wallace attempts wide open in turn four. The back end wiggles but he keeps it rolling without damage.
Chase Elliott is trimmed out heavily. He gaps the entire field on the straights alone. Elliott to the top of the board.
Alex Bowman was trending in the green. However, as he hits the corner, he throws sparks as he bottoms out the trackbar.
Kyle Larson must have more downforce as he makes up all his time on Elliott in the corners as explained with telemetry. Larson jumps to the top of the board and he’ll start from the pole position!
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Starting Lineup
May 30, 2021
NASCAR Cup Series
Qualifying run on: May 29, 2021
Pos | Driver | Best Lap
1. Kyle Larson
29.953
2. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
29.960
3. Chase Elliott
29.969
4. William Byron
29.970
5. Kevin Harvick
29.993
6. Austin Dillon
30.029
7. Alex Bowman
30.045
8. Martin Truex Jr
30.064
9. Daniel Suarez
30.069
10. Ross Chastain
30.072
11. Kurt Busch
30.090
12. Ryan Blaney
30.090
13. Brad Keselowski
30.111
14. Denny Hamlin
30.112
15. Tyler Reddick
30.143
16. Joey Logano
30.146
17. Christopher Bell
30.159
18. Bubba Wallace
30.207
19. Erik Jones
30.231
20. Kyle Busch
30.241
21. Chase Briscoe
30.270
22. Matt DiBenedetto
30.274
23. Cole Custer
30.298
24. Michael McDowell
30.323
25. Ryan Newman
30.325
26. Corey LaJoie
30.330
27. Chris Buescher
30.336
28. Ryan Preece
30.402
29. Anthony Alfredo
30.415
30. Justin Haley
30.708
31. Aric Almirola
30.834
32. Quin Houff
30.939
33. NJ McLeod
30.952
34. Cody Ware
30.971
35. James Davison
31.493
36. Garrett Smithley
31.499
37. Josh Bilicki
31.569
38. David Starr
33.071
