Coca-Cola 600

Coca-Cola 600

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Venue	Charlotte Motor Speedway
Location	Concord, North Carolina, United States
Corporate sponsor	Coca-Cola
First race	1959
Distance	600 miles (970 km)
Laps	400 (Stage 1: 100 Stage 2: 100 Stage 3: 100 Stage 4: 100)
Previous names	World 600 (1960–1984) Coca-Cola World 600 (1985) Coca-Cola 600 (1986–2001, 2003–) Coca-Cola Racing Family 600 (2002)
Most wins (driver)	Darrell Waltrip (5)
Most wins (team)	Hendrick Motorsports (11)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Chevrolet (24)
Circuit information
Surface	Asphalt
Length	1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Turns	4

The Coca-Cola 600 is an annual 600-mile (970 km) Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series points race held at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, during Memorial Day weekend. The event, when first held in 1960, became the first race to be held at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Run since 1960, it is the longest race on NASCAR's schedule at 600 miles (970 km).^[1] It is also unique for the fact that the race changes drastically from start to finish. It starts around 6:20 PM and the track is bathed in sunlight for the first third of the race. The second third happens at dusk, and the final third under the lights.

Contents

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  1 Race origins
  


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  2 History
  


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  3 Name changes
  


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  4 Notable races
  


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  5 First-time winners
  


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  6 Past winners
  
  
  
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    6.1 Notes
    
  
  
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    6.2 Multiple winners (drivers)
    
  
  
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    6.3 Multiple winners (teams)
    
  
  
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    6.4 Manufacturer wins
    
  
  
  
  


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  7 World 600 qualifier
  


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  8 TV broadcasters
  


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  9 See also
  


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  10 References
  

Race origins

In the spring of 1959, Curtis Turner returned to Charlotte, North Carolina, after viewing Bill France Sr.'s Daytona International Speedway and had an idea of building a race track in the surrounding area. Turner thought he could borrow enough money to build a $750,000 track with 45,000 permanent seats on his property in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. Afterward, he learned that a group led by Bruton Smith had a similar idea to build a track near Pineville.^[2]

Smith and Turner formed an alliance to build the track, and they signed a contract with NASCAR to run a 600-mile event on Memorial Day. Once the construction crew broke ground, they found a layer of granite under the topsoil, making the construction costly. The area for the first turn alone used $70,000 worth of dynamite, making Turner's $750,000 construction plan near two million dollars. In the spring of 1960, Turner begged for a six-week postponement for the race after a snow storm delayed the pouring on concrete.^[2]

With two weeks remaining until the inaugural race, the paving subcontractor threatened to leave the job site for lack of payment. To solve the problem, Turner and one of his friends threatened the paving subcontractor with a shotgun and a revolver to make sure the track's backstretch would be completed.^[2] The first event at the recently completed Charlotte Motor Speedway was held on June 19, 1960.^[3]

History

The event was started as an attempt by NASCAR to stage a Memorial Day weekend event to compete with the open-wheel Indianapolis 500. It was not until 1974, however, that both races competed head-to-head on the same day.^[4] Before 1974, the two races were held on different days of the week, and on a few occasions, some drivers drove in both; this continued even after the Coca-Cola 600 was moved to the same day, albeit to a smaller degree. In fact, the first World 600 was not held on the Memorial Day weekend; it was held on June 16 due to snowstorms that delayed the completion of Charlotte Motor Speedway. The 2009 race, postponed by rain from its original May 24 date, was the first race to have run on Memorial Day itself.

With the installation of lights in 1992, fans complained to circuit management to have the race start later in the day because of the notorious North Carolina heat and humidity. They wanted to follow The Winston's popularity the previous week and switch the race to a nighttime finish to create cooler temperatures for spectators. The start time was moved back several times throughout the 1990s, and finally settled at 5:30 pm in 2001, to attempt to have the race finished by 10 pm ET, in time for local news on Fox affiliates.

With the new starting time came new challenges. Not only do race teams have to deal with the blistering Carolina heat, but the considerable temperature change at night make track conditions completely different.

The nighttime portion of the race is lit with a system that uses parabolic reflectors so that dangerous glare that would otherwise be in the drivers' eyes is minimized. The move of the race to the early evening made it possible for drivers to do Double Duty – run the Indianapolis 500, then immediately fly from Indianapolis to Charlotte, and participate in the Coca-Cola 600. Experts disagreed over whether, for health and safety reasons, anyone should be allowed to race 1100 miles in one day, but no regulation has been passed yet by any governing body to prevent it. From 2005 to 2010, the issue became moot when the state of Indiana finally decided to go to daylight saving time. This resulted in only an approximately one-hour long span between the end of the Indianapolis 500 and the start of the Coca-Cola 600. The Indianapolis 500 start time was moved back to noon Eastern in 2011, but only one attempt – by Kurt Busch in 2014^[5] – has been done since then.

Until the Ferko lawsuit settlement took effect, the race was considered the third leg of the grand slam, and was once part of the Winston Million. It is considered one of the top five annual NASCAR races.^[6]

Name changes

From 1960 to 1984 the race was known as the World 600. In 1985, the race's name was changed to the Coca-Cola World 600. In 1986 the name was shortened to the Coca-Cola 600, or Coke 600 which it was referred to at the time. The name changed again in 2002 to the Coca-Cola Racing Family 600 referring to the Coca-Cola family of drivers who are sponsored by Coca-Cola. In 2003, the name returned to the Coca-Cola 600.^[7]

Notable races

• 1960: In the inaugural World 600 in 1960, Don O'Dell's Pontiac smashed the driver's door of Lenny Page's Chevy. Lenny Page, who was lucky to even survive the crash due to the safety systems at that time, was near death afterwards, but reporter Chris Economaki rushed to the scene and aided Page with CPR until safety crews arrived. He was later credited with saving Lenny's life.


• 1961: The race saw numerous crashes, including a very bad collision involving Reds Kagle, who lost a leg when his Ford smashed through the guardrail in Turn Three.


• 1964: Fireball Roberts suffered a hard crash in this race, resulting in an inferno. Roberts was severely burned, and would die of related complications on July 2 of that year.


• 1974: The race was shortened to 540 miles because of the nation's short-lived fuel crisis, was won by David Pearson over Richard Petty. The lead changed 37 times between Pearson, Petty, Cale Yarborough, Buddy Baker, and Donnie Allison, the most lead changes in the event's history to that point.


• 1976: Bruton Smith reassumed full control of the speedway with the resignation of former track president Richard Howard. In a move to boost promotion of the race, Janet Guthrie was entered in a car wrenched by Ralph Moody. Pearson edged Petty again after a cut tire dropped Yarborough off the lead lap.


• 1977: Two racing legends win races on the same day. Richard Petty wins his second World 600, while A. J. Foyt was winning his fourth at Indy.


• 1978: Darrell Waltrip won the first of his record five 600s in 1978 in a race-long six-car shootout; on the final lap Benny Parsons and David Pearson crashed. The lead changed 43 times, the most competitive 600 to that point of its history.


• 1979: The race saw the most lead changes (54) in the race's history. Darrell Waltrip took the win over Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt.


• 1980: The race lasted seven hours due to 14 caution flags and two lengthy red flags for rain. Multiple tire failures helped lead to an epidemic of wrecks; at Lap 275 Dale Earnhardt blew a tire and his spin caught up Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough, and David Pearson. Waltrip had the lead but in the final 20 laps was challenged by Benny Parsons; the two battled with the lead changing some seven times before Parsons edged Waltrip by a car length.


• 1982: Neil Bonnett won his first World 600 driving the famous No. 21 Wood Brothers Ford.


• 1983: Neil Bonnett won his second World 600 driving for the No. 75 Rahmoc-Hodgdon Chevrolet.


• 1985: Considerable pre-race hype surrounds the race as Bill Elliott enters with a chance to win the Winston Million. Elliott won the pole position and led 81 laps, but faded to 18th at the finish. Darrell Waltrip took the victory, a key victory en route to the championship. Waltrip (who won The Winston a day earlier) nearly missed the race after a car/engine swap controversy with NASCAR Director of Competition Dick Beatty.^[8] Elliott went on to win the Winston Million later in the season at Darlington.


• 1988: The race came a week after multiple tire failures marred The Winston; the failures involved Goodyear tires but in the 600 Hoosier tires began blowing. Darrell Waltrip survived and edged Rusty Wallace for the win.


• 1989: Darrell Waltrip becomes the only driver to win the event for a record 5th time (1978, 1979, 1985, 1988, 1989). After also winning the season-opening Daytona 500, Waltrip now had won two legs of the Winston Million, setting himself up for a potential $1 million bonus at Darlington. He would not be successful.


• 1992: The race saw a controversial finish. Dale Earnhardt emerged from late green-flag pitstops with the lead after trailing by some three seconds entering the pits; there were complaints from several teams, notably Morgan-McClure Motorsports whose driver Ernie Irvan finished second, that Earnhardt had broken NASCAR's mandated pit road speed limit.


• 1993: Earnhardt was plagued by controversy again by first getting busted for speeding on pit road, then he was penalized a lap for aggressive driving after spinning out the lapped car of Greg Sacks. On a pit stop he was penalized for not having all 5 lug nuts tightened, when in fact all 5 were tight. NASCAR threw the caution after the debacle, but Earnhardt made up the two laps he was down to take the lead late in the race on his way to his third Coca-Cola 600 win. This was also the first Coca-Cola 600 to start late in the day and end under the lights, which has been done since.


• 1994: Second-year driver Jeff Gordon won the first race of his career. His team gambled on the final pit stop, taking on only two tires, giving him better track position.


• 1995: The race was a dramatic affair as the lead changed 32 times, the most since 1988, and the battle for the lead became a spirited multilap affair between Bobby Labonte, Dale Earnhardt, Rusty Wallace, and Sterling Marlin. Labonte punted Earnhardt out of the lead late in the race and sweated out late green-flag stops for fuel to take the win, his first in Winston Cup.


• 2000: Talk this year was of Dale Earnhardt Jr. trying to be the first rookie to win the race, winning the pole and dominating all of the phases of the race. However, Matt Kenseth became the first rookie to win the race after holding off Bobby Labonte over the final laps. It was Kenseth's first career win.


• 2001: While Jeff Burton won the race, Tony Stewart stunned the racing world by successfully pulling off the full distances of the Memorial Day Double.


• 2005: On that race, a new record for the most cautions of any NASCAR Cup Series race was set at 22 cautions. In addition, there was one red flag. On the last lap, Jimmie Johnson slid past Bobby Labonte in turn four, claiming the checkered flag by inches. In doing so he became the first driver to win three consecutive Coca-Cola 600s. He would finish a distant second to Kasey Kahne the following year.


• 2007: In one of NASCAR's biggest upsets, Casey Mears won. Tony Stewart led with ten laps remaining, hoping to win his first Coca-Cola 600, but had to pit for fuel with 8 laps left, giving the lead to Dale Earnhardt Jr. until he ran out of fuel. Denny Hamlin led with seven laps remaining until he also ran out of fuel. Mears, driving for Hendrick Motorsports in the No. 25, took the lead for six laps remaining to win, running out of fuel just after crossing the finish line. More upsets would happen such as the top ten including underrated drivers including J. J. Yeley (2nd), Kyle Petty (third), Reed Sorenson (4th), and Brian Vickers (5th).


• 2009: On Monday, although nicknamed by many as the 24 Hours of Charlotte, saw the shortest run of the race in its history. The race was delayed from Sunday to Monday due to a rainstorm, and the following day, more rain forced the race to go only 227 laps, although it took a 6 and a half hour marathon to reach that point, due to frequent interruptions by competition cautions and three red flags, including a two-hour period under the red flag which ended the race and declared David Reutimann the winner, one of few drivers who opted not to pit under the final caution. Reutimann was the second surprise first-time winner in 2009 after Brad Keselowski's win at Talladega the month before.


• 2011: The 2011 running, at 603 miles, was the longest distance in NASCAR history.^[9]Dale Earnhardt Jr., trying to break a long winless drought, ran out of gas coming off of turn 4, and Kevin Harvick scored his third win of 2011.


• 2013: The 2013 running was red-flagged 126 laps in when a cable that supported a Skycam used by Fox Sports over the front stretch of the race track, snapped and fell onto the racing surface. Several spectators were injured as a result of the failure, and several racecars were also damaged.^[10] The race was later red-flagged again on lap 325 for a large wreck entering turn 1. Kevin Harvick won the race for the second time when he took two tires on the final caution and passed Kasey Kahne, who did not pit.


• 2014: Jimmie Johnson won his fourth Coca-Cola 600, and first since 2005. During the race, the world’s biggest photo was captured. The 348-gigapixel image captured during the race is 70,000 times bigger than a standard self-portrait and allows each and every one of the more than 100,000 fans in the stands who attended the event to zoom in on the 360 degree image and find themselves.^[11]
  


• 2015: Carl Edwards won his first Coca-Cola 600 and first while driving for Joe Gibbs Racing.^[12]
  


• 2016: Martin Truex Jr. started on the pole and led an event record 392 of 400 laps and a series record 588 of 600 miles en route to his first win at the Coca-Cola 600. Additionally, the race was the fastest-ran Coca-Cola 600 in history at an average speed of 160.655, clocking in at 3 hours, 44 minutes and 5 seconds.


• 2017: First race to run in four stages rather than three. Austin Dillon, running on fumes, held off Kyle Busch to score his first career Cup win. The race also marked the return of the #3 to victory lane for the first time since Dale Earnhardt scored his final career victory at Talladega in 2000. Just before halfway, a rain storm happened delaying the race for an hour and 30 mins. With the delay, the race finished 12:30 am EDT on Memorial Day Monday. Danica Patrick leads 7 laps becoming the first woman to lead the Coca-Cola 600.


• 2018: Kyle Busch dominated the race by winning sweeping all the stages, and leading 377 of the 400 laps to score his first career win at Charlotte, making him the first driver to win a race at every racetrack in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series that he has competed at, and every track that is on the current schedule.

First-time winners

The Coca-Cola 600 has been the site of many drivers' first wins, including David Reutimann, Casey Mears, and future champions David Pearson (1961), Jeff Gordon (1994), Bobby Labonte (1995), and Matt Kenseth (2000). The most recent driver to have the 600 as his first win was Austin Dillon, who won in 2017.

Past winners

Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report
						Laps	Miles (km)
1960	June 19*	89	Joe Lee Johnson	Paul McDuffie	Chevrolet	400	600 (965.606)	5:34:06	107.735	Report
1961	May 28	3	David Pearson	John Masoni	Pontiac	400	600 (965.606)	5:22:29	111.633	Report
1962	May 27	29	Nelson Stacy	Holman-Moody	Ford	400	600 (965.606)	4:46:44	125.552	Report
1963	June 2*	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody	Ford	400	600 (965.606)	4:31:52	132.417	Report
1964	May 24	41	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	600 (965.606)	4:46:14	125.772	Report
1965	May 23	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody	Ford	400	600 (965.606)	4:55:38	121.722	Report
1966	May 22	42	Marvin Panch	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	600 (965.606)	4:26:35	135.042	Report
1967	May 28	14	Jim Paschal	Frieden Enterprises	Plymouth	400	600 (965.606)	4:25:02	135.832	Report
1968	May 26	3	Buddy Baker	Ray Fox	Dodge	255*	382.5 (615.574)	3:04:14	104.207	Report
1969	May 25	98	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Mercury	400	600 (965.606)	4:27:56	134.361	Report
1970	May 24	27	Donnie Allison	Banjo Matthews	Ford	400	600 (965.606)	4:37:36	129.68	Report
1971	May 30	12	Bobby Allison	Holman-Moody	Mercury	400	600 (965.606)	4:16:20	140.422	Report
1972	May 28	11	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	400	600 (965.606)	4:13:04	142.255	Report
1973	May 27	71	Buddy Baker	Nord Krauskopf	Dodge	400	600 (965.606)	4:26:53	134.89	Report
1974	May 26	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	360*	540 (869.045)	3:58:21	135.72	Report
1975	May 25	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	400	600 (965.606)	4:07:42	145.327	Report
1976	May 30	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	400	600 (965.606)	4:22:06	137.352	Report
1977	May 29	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	400	600 (965.606)	4:21:29	137.676	Report
1978	May 28	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	600 (965.606)	4:20:12	138.355	Report
1979	May 27	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	600 (965.606)	4:23:24	136.674	Report
1980	May 25	27	Benny Parsons	M. C. Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	400	600 (965.606)	5:01:51	119.265	Report
1981	May 24	28	Bobby Allison	Ranier-Lundy	Buick	400	600 (965.606)	4:38:22	129.326	Report
1982	May 30	21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	400	600 (965.606)	4:36:48	130.058	Report
1983	May 29	75	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	Chevrolet	400	600 (965.606)	4:15:51	140.707	Report
1984	May 27	22	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports	Buick	400	600 (965.606)	4:38:34	129.233	Report
1985	May 26	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	600 (965.606)	4:13:52	141.807	Report
1986	May 25	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	600 (965.606)	4:16:24	140.406	Report
1987	May 24	21	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	400	600 (965.606)	4:33:48	131.483	Report
1988	May 29	17	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	600 (965.606)	4:49:15	124.46	Report
1989	May 28	17	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	600 (965.606)	4:09:52	144.077	Report
1990	May 27	27	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	400	600 (965.606)	4:21:32	137.65	Report
1991	May 26	28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	400	600 (965.606)	4:19:05	138.951	Report
1992	May 24	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	600 (965.606)	4:30:43	132.98	Report
1993	May 30	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	600 (965.606)	4:07:25	145.504	Report
1994	May 29	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	600 (965.606)	4:18:10	139.445	Report
1995	May 28	18	Bobby Labonte	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	400	600 (965.606)	3:56:55	151.952	Report
1996	May 26	88	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	400	600 (965.606)	4:03:56	147.581	Report
1997	May 25–26*	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	333*	499.5 (803.867)	3:39:10	136.745	Report
1998	May 24	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	600 (965.606)	4:23:53	136.424	Report
1999	May 30	99	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	Ford	400	600 (965.606)	3:57:50	151.367	Report
2000	May 28	17	Matt Kenseth	Roush Racing	Ford	400	600 (965.606)	4:12:23	142.64	Report
2001	May 27	99	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	Ford	400	600 (965.606)	4:20:40	138.107	Report
2002	May 26	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	400	600 (965.606)	4:21:23	137.729	Report
2003	May 25	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	276*	414 (666.268)	3:16:50	126.198	Report
2004	May 30	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	600 (965.606)	4:12:10	142.763	Report
2005	May 29	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	600 (965.606)	5:13:52	114.698	Report
2006	May 28	9	Kasey Kahne	Evernham Motorsports	Dodge	400	600 (965.606)	4:39:25	128.84	Report
2007	May 27	25	Casey Mears	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	600 (965.606)	4:36:27	130.222	Report
2008	May 25	9	Kasey Kahne	Gillett Evernham Motorsports	Dodge	400	600 (965.606)	4:25:09	135.772	Report
2009	May 25*	00	David Reutimann	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	227*	340.5 (547.981)	2:48:59	120.899	Report
2010	May 30	2	Kurt Busch	Penske Racing	Dodge	400	600 (965.606)	4:08:20	144.966	Report
2011	May 29	29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	402*	603 (970.434)	4:33:14	132.414	Report
2012	May 27	5	Kasey Kahne	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	600 (965.606)	3:51:14	155.687	Report
2013	May 26	29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	600 (965.606)	4:35:49	130.521	Report
2014	May 25	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	600 (965.606)	4:07:27	145.484	Report
2015	May 24	19	Carl Edwards	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	600 (965.606)	4:03:34	147.803	Report
2016	May 29	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	400	600 (965.606)	3:44:05	160.655	Report
2017	May 28–29*	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	600 (965.606)	4:19:22	138.8	Report
2018	May 27	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	600 (965.606)	4:23:22	136.692	Report

Notes

• 1960: The race was moved by three weeks because of construction delays.


• 1963 and 2009: The race was moved from Sunday to Monday because of rain.


• 1968, 2003, and 2009: The race was shortened due to rain.


• 1974: The race was shortened due to 1973-74 energy crisis.


• 1997: The race was shortened due to a rain delay and a 1 a.m. noise ordinance. Finished at 12:57 AM on Monday.


• 2011: The race was lengthened due to a NASCAR overtime finish, making this race the longest distance to date.


• 2017: The race was broken up into four stages started on Sunday but finished at 12:30 AM on Monday due to a rain delay.


• 1997, 2009 and 2017: The race was either run or finished on Memorial Day.

Multiple winners (drivers)

# wins	Driver	Years won
5	Darrell Waltrip	1978, 1979, 1985, 1988, 1989
4	Jimmie Johnson	2003, 2004, 2005, 2014
3	Buddy Baker	1968, 1972, 1973
	David Pearson	1961, 1974, 1976
	Bobby Allison	1971, 1981, 1984
	Dale Earnhardt	1986, 1992, 1993
	Jeff Gordon	1994, 1997, 1998
	Kasey Kahne	2006, 2008, 2012
2	Fred Lorenzen	1963, 1965
	Jim Paschal	1964, 1967
	Richard Petty	1975, 1977
	Neil Bonnett	1982, 1983
	Jeff Burton	1999, 2001
	Kevin Harvick	2011, 2013

Multiple winners (teams)

# wins	Team	Years won
11	Hendrick Motorsports	1988–1989, 1994, 1997–1998, 2003–2005, 2007, 2012, 2014
6	Richard Childress Racing	1986, 1992–1993, 2011, 2013, 2017
5	Petty Enterprises	1964, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1977
4	Holman-Moody	1962–1963, 1965, 1971
	Wood Brothers Racing	1974, 1976, 1982, 1987
	Roush Racing	1999–2002
3	DiGard Motorsports	1978–1979, 1984
	Joe Gibbs Racing	1995, 2015, 2018
2	Junior Johnson & Associates	1969, 1985
	Robert Yates Racing	1991, 1996
	Gillett Evernham Motorsports	2006, 2008

Manufacturer wins

# wins	Manufacturer	Years won
24	Chevrolet	1960, 1978–1980, 1983, 1985–1986, 1988–1989, 1992–1995, 1997–1998, 2003–2005, 2007, 2011–2014, 2017
12	Ford	1962–1963, 1965, 1970, 1982, 1987, 1991, 1996, 1999–2002
8	Dodge	1968, 1972–1973, 1975, 1977, 2006, 2008, 2010
4	Mercury	1969, 1971, 1974, 1976
	Toyota	2009, 2015, 2016, 2018
3	Plymouth	1964, 1966–1967
2	Buick	1981, 1984
	Pontiac	1961, 1990

World 600 qualifier

Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race distance		Race time	Average speed (mph)	Report
						Laps	Miles (km)
1961	May 21	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	67	100.5 (161.739)	0:45:09	133.554	Report
		8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	67	100.5 (161.739)	0:52:18	115.591	Report
1963	June 1	30	Bunkie Blackburn	Fred Clark	Chevrolet	20	30 (48.28)	0:17:30	102.857	Report

TV broadcasters

^{[dubious – discuss]}

Year	Network	Lap-by-lap	Color commentator(s)
1964	CBS
1970	ABC	Keith Jackson	Chris Economaki
1975	CBS	Ken Squier
1976
1977			David Hobbs
1978
1979			David Hobbs
1980
1981
1982	Mizlou	Dave Despain	Dick Brooks
1983		Ken Squier	Phil Parsons
1984		Mike Joy	Donnie Allison
1985	Jefferson-Pilot		Ned Jarrett
1986
1987
1988	TBS	Ken Squier	Johnny Hayes
1989
1990			Johnny Hayes Chris Economaki
1991			Neil Bonnett
1992
1993
1994			Richard Petty
1995			Richard Petty Ernie Irvan
1996			Buddy Baker Dick Berggren
1997
1998
1999
2000		Allen Bestwick
2001	Fox	Mike Joy	Darrell Waltrip Larry McReynolds
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016			Darrell Waltrip Jeff Gordon
2017
2018

See also

• Double Duty

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Lore	1979-1989 The Fight Fastest 500 In History The Bumpergate The Slingshot Pass Elliott's Dominant Performance Beginning of the Curse of Dale Earnhardt Like Father, Like Son Waltrip's Fuel Milage 1990-2000 Derrike Cope's Upset over Earnhardt The Dale and Dale Show Smith/Bonnett Incidents and Photo Finish Marlin's First Win: Tragedy in Speedweeks Miller edges Skinner by 0.001 seconds The Dale and Dale Show II Last Tape Delayed Cup race: Earnhardt's Big Wreck at Talladega This One's For You (Hendrick Podium Sweep) "20 Years of Trying..." Junior Breaks Through Adam's lone start/Junior's First Cup Win Jeff Burton wins the final NASCAR Winston Cup race on CBS Dennis Setzer wins the very last NASCAR race broadcast by CBS
Daytona 500	1960 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
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