The NASCAR Cup Series race weekend at Charlotte opens with practice and qualifying on Saturday, May 24 ahead of the Coca-Cola 600.
Drivers will get one lap to make time in qualifying.
Qualifying is set to start at 1:40 p.m. Kyle Larson, who will attempt to race the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on May 25, is the last driver to qualify.
Christopher Bell won the 2024 rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600, which was called just as Kyle Larson arrived from racing in the Indianapolis 500. This year, Larson must be in the car when the Coca-Cola 600 begins.
Row 1
1. Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
2. Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Row 2
3. William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
4. Chris Buescher, No. 17 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford
Row 3.
5. AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
6. John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
Row 4
7. Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
8. Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford
Row 5.
9. Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
10. Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Row 6.
11. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet
12. Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota
Row 7
13. Justin Haley, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
14. Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford
Row 8
15. Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
16. Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford
Row 9
17. Jimmie Johnson, No. 84 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
18. Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford
Row 10
19. Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
20. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Row 11
21. Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford
22. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Row 12
23. Zane Smith, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford
24. Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
Row 13
25. Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
26. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
Row 14
27. Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
28. Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford
Row 15
29. Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Ford
30. Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Row 16
31. Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota
32. Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota
Row 17
33. Connor Zilisch, No. 87 Trackhouse Raking Chevrolet
34. Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford
Row 18
35. Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford
36. Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford
Row 19
37. Derek Kraus, No. 44 NY Racing Team Chevrolet
38. Josh Bilicki, No. 66 Garage 66 Ford
Row 20
39. Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
40. Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Kyle Larson ran a lap of 29.552 and will start second to Chase Briscoe on the front row.
Chase Briscoe is the new leader in qualifying for the NASCAR Charlotte race. Briscoe ran a lap of 29.532 in qualifying for the Coca-Cola 600.
Defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano celebrated his 35th birthday at Charlotte for Coca-Cola 600 qualifying.
Logano ran a qualifying time of 29.816.
Tyler Reddick took the high lane in Coca-Cola 600 qualifying. He went too high, rubbing the wall during the lap. However, he still ran a lap time of 29.850.
William Byron turned a lap of 29.566 to take the lead in qualifying, over AJ Allmendinger, who ran a lap of 29.684.
Carson Hocevar spun out at the end of his qualifying lap. Hocevar was fortunate to keep his car off the wall. But it cost him for qualifying time, running the lap in over 36 seconds.
Jimmie Johnson early leader in qualifying with a lap of 29.926 seconds. That, though, didn’t last long. J Allmendinger runs a lap of 29.684.
Ross Chastain did damage to the rear end of his Trackhouse Racing No. 1 Chevrolet in practice. His car got loose coming out of the corner and blew his left rear tire. He hit the driver side of the car against the wall.
“All the air came out at once,” Chastain told an Amazon Prime Video reporter.
What channel is qualifying on today for the NASCAR Charlotte race?
- Qualifying time: 1:40 p.m. CT Saturday (Practice begins 12:30 p.m. CT)
- TV:Amazon Prime Video (streaming) | Radio: SiriusXM and MRN
- Streaming: Amazon Prime Video; NASCAR.com and SiriusXM for audio (subscription required)
- Track: Charlotte Motor Speedway (1.5-mile oval) in Concord, North Carolina
Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Carl Edwards.
Who would have thought the two would be on the same team? The NASCAR Hall of Fame drivers are part of Amazon Prime Video’s race coverage for the next five NASCAR Cup races.
It starts with the Coca Cola 600. and continues next week in Nashville with the Cracker Barrel 400.
NASCAR Charlotte entry list for Coca-Cola 600
- Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
- Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford
- Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
- Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford
- Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
- Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford
- Justin Haley, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
- Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
- Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
- Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
- Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
- Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford
- AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
- Chris Buescher, No. 17 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford
- Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
- Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
- Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford
- Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford
- Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota
- William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
- Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford
- Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota
- Zane Smith, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford
- Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Ford
- John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
- Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
- Derek Kraus, No. 44 NY Racing Team Chevrolet
- Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet
- Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
- Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford
- Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
- Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford
- Josh Bilicki, No. 66 Garage 66 Ford
- Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
- Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
- Jimmie Johnson, No. 84 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
- Connor Zilisch, No. 87 Trackhouse Raking Chevrolet
- Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
- Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
