The seventh race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season, the Coca-Cola 600 was scheduled to be held over 400 laps of the 1.5-mile (2.4-kilometre) asphalt speedway, but following a late-race spin by William Byron, a caution period took the race into an overtime finish. Brad Keselowski took the victory after 405 laps had been completed; the 607.5 miles (977.7 kilometres) completed was the longest race distance in NASCAR history.[9]
All four stages were scheduled to consist of 100 laps.
The race was held behind closed doors to an extent, with no spectators admitted in the grandstands. However, owners of the condominiums overlooking turn 1 of the track were able to watch the race from their residences (restricted to up to five per residence for social distancing requirements), for a maximum of 260 fans.[10] As one of the first major events to allow limited spectators, tickets to the event, available exclusively to ownership of the units, started at $7,802 for two nights in a unit, as offered on short-term vacation rental sites.[11]
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver.
(i) denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points.
Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by the Performance Racing Network (PRN), and was simulcasted on Sirius XMNASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race in the booth when the field raced through the quad-oval. Rob Albright called 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 and Wendy Venturini were the pit reporters during the broadcast.
^ abThe race started on Sunday evening, and following a rain delay of over an hour, concluded at 12:09 am Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on Monday morning.[7]
^Johnson initially finished 2nd, but was disqualified after failing post-race inspection.[13]
^"Charlotte Motor Speedway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on September 29, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
^Spencer, Reid (May 24, 2020). "Brad Keselowski wins Coca-Cola 600 in overtime". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2020. In Sunday night's Coca-Cola 600, which went to overtime for the second time in its history, Keselowski surged ahead after a restart on Lap 404 and beat Jimmie Johnson to the finish line by .293 seconds to win a race that stretched to 607.5 miles, longest in NASCAR history.
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