Charlotte Race Results: May 30, 2021 (NASCAR Cup Series)

Coca-Cola 600
Stage 1 – Report

Laps: 100 (1-100 / 400)

Green, Larson and Stenhouse run side by side into turn one. Larson noses ahead on the inside lane to lead off turn two.

Pit cycle

Lap 46, green flag pit stops are underway. Larson leads Chase Elliott by 2 seconds. Kyle Busch is the car on the move so far, he’s up to 8th.

Issues for Ross Chastain, the crew lifts his hood up.

Lap 56, Ryan Blaney pits for a second time. Issues for him, a loose wheel.

Lap 59, Larson cycles back to the race lead. Elliott trails by 1 second.

Lap 95, Suarez has a flat tire from 11th. He pits under green. Larson leads Elliott by 3 seconds.

Charlotte Race Results – Stage 1 : 1. Kyle Larson; 2. Chase Elliott; 3. William Byron; 4. Kevin Harvick; 5. Austin Dillon; 6. Kyle Busch; 7. Martin Truex Jr; 8. Tyler Reddick; 9. Ricky Stenhouse Jr; 10. Alex Bowman;

Coca-Cola 600
Stage 2 – Report

Laps: 100 (101-200 / 400)

Green flag on stage two, Larson is clear before turn one with a push from Kevin Harvick. Larson throws a block on Elliott off turn two and holds the lead.

Lap 132, Larson runs low in turn one and his turn two exit is pinched as he drives under a lap car. Elliott enters turn one on the outside and builds momentum. They meet off turn two, Larson throws a block but Elliott fakes him, he splits the lap car and Larson. Through the middle down the back stretch, Elliott leads.

Lap 140, Kurt Busch has lost a belt. That’s the same as his teammate, Ross Chastain. No caution, Busch heads to the garage.

Pit cycle

Lap 150, green flag pit stops are underway. Larson and Elliott pit together. Larson makes up a bunch of ground under braking while entering pit lane. He gets alongside Elliott on the pit lane. Elliott is forced to let him by to get to his pit stall.

Lap 153, Larson cycles back to the race lead. William Byron trails by 3 seconds.

Lap 173, Kurt Busch re-enters the track with a new belt. As he steps on it, the engine blows and the caution is out.

They return to the pits. Bowman, Hamlin and Logano take two tires. Larson is off 4th with four.

Green, Bowman gets the jump on the inside with a push from Logano.

Lap 179, Hamlin looks to the inside of Bowman in turn one. He side drafts him off turn two, pulls him back and Hamlin leads into turn three.

Lap 182, Elliott looks inside of Hamlin for the lead in turn one. A sidedraft and he completes the pass, Chase Elliott leads.

Lap 186, Larson is back on the bumper of Chase Elliott for the lead. Larson looks inside in turn one. He sidedrafts off turn two and clears him in turn three, Larson back to the race lead.

Kyle Larson wins stage two at Charlotte Motor Speedway!

Charlotte Race Results – Stage 2 : 1. Kyle Larson; 2. Chase Elliott; 3. William Byron; 4. Kyle Busch; 5. Tyler Reddick; 6. Kevin Harvick; 7. Alex Bowman; 8. Chris Buescher; 9. Denny Hamlin; 10. Austin Dillon;

Coca-Cola 600
Stage 3 – Report

Laps: 100 (201-300 / 400)

Green flag on stage three, Larson leads on the inside with a push from Byron.

Lap 212, Byron is all over Larson in the battle for the lead. Bell tags the outside wall off turn two, no caution.

Lap 230, Byron runs high in turn three as Larson works the inside. Byron exits turn four with momentum. He crosses under Larson and takes the inside into turn turn one, Byron to the race lead.

Lap 237, Harvick pits under green with a loose wheel.

Pit cycle

Lap 246, green flag pit stops are underway led by Truex, Logano, Kyle Busch and Blaney. Two laps later, Byron pits from the lead.

Lap 253, Larson cycles to the race lead. Byron trails by 1 second. Larson pitted one lap earlier.

Lap 276, Quin Houff gets into the back of James Davison. Davison is jacked completely sideways, he skates up the hill and tags the wall lightly with the right rear but keeps it going with almost no damage! Both of those cars are 8 laps down.

5 to go in stage three, Ryan Newman is in the wall with a flat tire and the caution is out.

Kyle Larson wins stage three while under caution at Charlotte Motor Speedway!

Charlotte Race Results – Stage 3 : 1. Kyle Larson; 2. William Byron; 3. Kyle Busch; 4. Chase Elliott; 5. Alex Bowman; 6. Tyler Reddick; 7. Denny Hamlin; 8. Austin Dillon; 9. Bubba Wallace; 10. Kevin Harvick;

Coca-Cola 600
Stage 4 – Report

Laps: 100 (301-400 / 400)

“I’m going to have to wreck him,” Kyle Busch says over the radio of how he can win this race.

Pit Penalty: Ryan Blaney has been caught speeding. Bubba Wallace’s crew lost control of a tire. They’ll both go to the rear.

Green flag on stage four, Kyle Busch gets the jump on the outside and he sidedrafts Larson off turn two. Larson clears him off turn four but Busch crosses under to try again. Larson holds him off on the outside back in turn one. Elliott follows him through to take 2nd away as Busch loses momentum.

75 to go, Larson leads Elliott by 1 second.

62 to go, Martin Truex Jr has lost a left front tire, no caution. He hits the pits under green.

Chase Elliott catches lap traffic at the wrong time. Kyle Busch drives by to take 2nd away.

Pit cycle

55 to go, green flag stops are underway with Byron and Hamlin on pit lane first. 54 to go, Elliott and Kyle Busch pit. 53 to go, Larson pits from the race lead.

50 to go, Larson cycles back to the race lead with Elliott in 2nd. Kyle Busch boxes William Byron in behind a lap car but Byron fights back to take 3rd.

20 to go, Larson leads Elliott by 4.7 seconds.

12 to go, Elliott and Byron dice for 2nd as Larson opens the gap.

Kyle Larson wins the Coca-Cola 600! Rick Hendrick’s Hendrick Motorsports becomes the winningest team in NASCAR history.

Coca-Cola 600 Results
May 30, 2021
NASCAR Cup Series

Pos | Driver

1. Kyle Larson
2. Chase Elliott
3. Kyle Busch
4. William Byron
5. Alex Bowman
6. Austin Dillon
7. Denny Hamlin
8. Chris Buescher
9. Tyler Reddick
10. Kevin Harvick
11. Brad Keselowski
12. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
13. Ryan Blaney
14. Bubba Wallace
15. Daniel Suarez
16. Erik Jones
17. Joey Logano
18. Matt DiBenedetto
19. Corey LaJoie
20. Michael McDowell
21. Cole Custer
22. Aric Almirola
23. Chase Briscoe
24. Christopher Bell
25. Anthony Alfredo
26. Ryan Preece
27. Ryan Newman
28. Justin Haley
29. Martin Truex Jr
30. Cody Ware
31. BJ McLeod
32. Quin Houff
33. James Davison
34. Garrett Smithley
35. Josh Bilicki
36. David Starr
37. Ross Chastain
38. Kurt Busch

NASCAR Cup Series
Point Standings

Pos | Driver | Points | Wins | Playoff Points

1. Denny Hamlin
633 | 5PP

2. Kyle Larson
557 | 2 Wins | 19PP

3. William Byron
557 | 1 Win | 6PP

4. Chase Elliott
541 | 1 Win | 6PP

5. Joey Logano
506 | 1 Win | 8PP

6. Martin Truex Jr
486 | 3 Wins | 18PP

7. Ryan Blaney
482 | 1 Win | 8PP

8. Kyle Busch
476 | 1 Win | 7PP

9. Kevin Harvick
468

10. Brad Keselowski
448 | 1 Win | 6PP

11. Austin Dillon
407

12. Alex Bowman
405 | 2 Wins | 10PP

13. Tyler Reddick
376

14. Chris Buescher
370 | 1PP

15. Christopher Bell
350 | 1 Win | 5PP

16. Michael McDowell
346 | 5PP

17. Matt DiBenedetto
315 | 1PP

18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
308

19. Kurt Busch
287

20. Ryan Newman
283

21. Ross Chastain
277

22. Bubba Wallace
275 | 1PP

23. Daniel Suarez
268

24. Ryan Preece
265

25. Chase Briscoe
251

26. Erik Jones
245

27. Cole Custer
236

28. Aric Almirola
195

29. Corey LaJoie
168

30. Anthony Alfredo
165

31. Quin Houff
77

32. James Davison
65

33. Josh Bilicki
63

34. Jamie McMurray
30

35. Scott Heckert
9

Coca-Cola 600
Video Highlights
May 30, 2021
NASCAR Cup Series

Links

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