2026 Coca-Cola 600
NASCAR Cup Series race
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The 2026 Coca-Cola 600 is an upcoming NASCAR Cup Series race that will be held on May 24, 2026, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina and the 67th running of the event. It is contested over 400 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) asphalt speedway, it will be the 13th race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, as well as the second of the four crown jewel races.
| Race details[1][2][3][4] | |||
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| Race 13 of 36 in the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series | |||
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| Date | May 24, 2026 | ||
| Location | Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, U.S. | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) | ||
| Distance | 400 laps, 600 mi (965.6 km) | ||
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Prime Video | ||
| Announcers | Adam Alexander, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Steve Letarte | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | PRN | ||
| Booth announcers | Brad Gillie and Mark Garrow | ||
| Turn announcers | Andrew Kurland (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4) | ||
For the third year in a row, a driver will attempt to complete the "Double Duty," as Katherine Legge will attempt to compete in both the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on the same day,[5][6] as well as the first race without Kyle Busch since the 2015 SpongeBob SquarePants 400, as he had announced on May 21st that he would miss the race after being hospitalized with a severe illness before he died that day.[7][8]
Report
Background
The race will be held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, located in Concord, North Carolina. The speedway complex includes a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) quad-oval track is utilized for the race, as well as a dragstrip and a dirt track. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams based in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith serving as track president.
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Media
Television
Prime Video will cover the race on the television side. Adam Alexander, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Steve Letarte will call the race from the broadcast booth. Kim Coon, Marty Snider, and Trevor Bayne will handle pit road for the television side.
| Prime Video | |
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| Booth announcers | Pit reporters |
| Lap-by-lap: Adam Alexander Color-commentator: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Color-commentator: Steve Letarte | Kim Coon Marty Snider Trevor Bayne |
Radio
Radio coverage of the race will be broadcast by the Performance Racing Network (PRN), and will also be simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Brad Gillie and Mark Garrow will call the race in the booth when the field races through the quad-oval. Andrew Kurland will call the race from a billboard in turn 2 when the field will race through turns 1 and 2 and halfway down the backstretch. Pat Patterson will call the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field will race through the other half of the backstretch and through turns 3 and 4. Wendy Venturini, Brett McMillan, and Alan Cavanna will be the pit reporters during the broadcast.
| PRN Radio | ||
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| Booth announcers | Turn announcers | Pit reporters |
| Lead announcer: Brad Gillie Announcer: Mark Garrow | Turns 1 & 2: Andrew Kurland Turns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson | Wendy Venturini Brett McMillan Alan Cavanna |