Where you start isn’t nearly as important in stock car racing today as it was when your grandfather was racing.
From the first row to the southern points of the starting lineup, today’s cars are more evenly matched, separated only by the stopwatch’s eye blinks. Additionally, the races are lengthy, particularly at the top level of NASCAR, and a lot can go wrong to negate a driver’s speed advantage from pole day.
Yes, they are lengthy. Additionally, this one is the longest: the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte.
Chase Briscoe begins up front with Kyle Larson, the man of the weekend, but he may be long forgotten by the end of the race. If everything goes according to plan, Larson will have a good starting position at the Coke 600 if he gets there in time following his second Indy 500 start.
10 fastest qualifiers for NASCAR Coca Cola 600 at Charlotte
- Chase Briscoe: 182.852
- Kyle Larson: 182.729
- William Byron: 182.642
- Chris Buescher: 182.063
- AJ Allmendinger: 181.916
- John Hunter Nemechek: 181.665
- Ty Gibbs: 181.531
- Noah Gragson: 181.153
- Alex Bowman: 181.123
- Christopher Bell: 181.117
Coke 600 starting lineup: Kyle Larson on front row
- Chase Briscoe, No. 19
- Kyle Larson, No. 5
- William Byron, No. 24
- Chris Buescher, No. 17
- AJ Allmendinger, No. 16
- John Hunter Nemecheck, No. 42
- Ty Gibbs, No. 54
- Noah Gragson, No. 4
- Alex Bowman, No. 48
- Christopher Bell, No. 20
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47
- Tyler Reddick, No. 45
- Justin Haley, No. 7
- Austin Cindric, No. 2
- Michael McDowell, No. 71
- Joey Logano, No. 22
- Jimmie Johnson, No. 84
- Josh Berry, No. 21
- Ty Dillon, No. 10
- Denny Hamlin, No. 11
- Ryan Blaney, No. 12
- Chase Elliott, No. 9
- Zane Smith, No. 38
- Kyle Busch, No. 8
- Daniel Suarez, No. 99
- Austin Dillon, No. 3
- Erik Jones, No. 43
- Ryan Preece, No. 60
- Cole Custer, No. 41
- Shane Van Gisbergen, No. 88
- Riley Herbst, No. 35
- Bubba Wallace, No. 23
- Connor Zilisch, No. 87
- Todd Gilliland, No. 34
- Brad Keselowski, No. 6
- Cody Ware, No. 51
- Derek Kraus, No. 44
- Josh Bilicki, No. 66
- Carson Hocevar, No. 77
- Ross Chastain, No. 1
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