CONCORD, N.C. — After beginning NASCAR’s longest race from shotgun on the sector, Ross Chastain ended his 600-mile journey in Victory Lane when he handed William Byron with six laps to go to win the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Chastain’s win is the primary of 2025, the sixth of his profession, and his first in one in every of NASCAR’s crown jewel races.
After reducing a left rear tire and crashing in follow on Saturday, Chastain was pressured to overlook qualifying and needed to begin Sunday’s race from fortieth beginning spot. Utilizing the size of the race to his benefit and dealing his approach by the sector, Chastain was capable of finding the entrance by the ultimate run, passing Denny Hamlin for second earlier than closing in on Byron, who had the dominant automotive and led 283 laps all through the night. Hamlin then dropped out of the race for the win, as he was pressured to come back to pit highway low on gas with 12 laps to go.
Then, Hamlin would create Chastain’s probability: As Byron got here as much as lap Hamlin, Chastain was in a position to mount a run and lower to the within coming into Flip 1, sliding up in entrance of Byron and pinching his run to the surface off to finish the go.
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In profitable the Coca-Cola 600 from fortieth beginning spot, Chastain additionally turned the primary driver to win a Cup race from an official beginning spot of final since Corridor of Famer Bobby Allison did so at Richmond in 1969. By extension, Chastain additionally turns into the primary driver in NASCAR’s fashionable period (1972-present) to win from the ultimate beginning spot.
“When I left the shop last night, I went over, sat in this car for the first time — It was about 10 o’clock when I left. They worked until 2:30, they were back at 5:30 this morning. Most of them drive 30, 45 minutes home, a little shower I think, I don’t even know if they slept to get this thing ready. And that’s the dedication it takes from Trackhouse,” Chastain advised Prime Video. “There have been folks there that had their Saturdays off yesterday, and so they got here in … To drive on that last run within the World 600 and go two automobiles that had been approach higher all evening — (crew chief) Phil Surgen wished me to pit two laps earlier, I went two laps longer simply out of somewhat little bit of confusion. And man, that paid off on the finish.
“These Goodyear Eagles held on longer because they were a little bit fresher. And holy cow, we just won the World 600!”
Byron was pressured to accept second, adopted by Chase Briscoe and two drivers A.J. Allmendinger, and Brad Keselowski, who earned their first top-five finishes of the season. Chase Elliott, Michael McDowell, Christopher Bell, Ryan Preece and Noah Gragson rounded out the highest 10.
Kyle Larson’s Indy-Charlotte Double ends with crashes in each Indianapolis 500, Coca-Cola 600
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After racing within the Indianapolis 500 earlier within the day, Kyle Larson was in a position to make it to Charlotte for the Coke 600, making him the fifth driver in historical past to race in each the Indy 500 and Coke 600 on the identical day. Larson led 34 laps early, however that might show to be the excessive level of a day that ended on two completely different lows.
After Larson after he hit the wall and spun coming off Flip 4 halfway by the primary stage, he and his Hendrick Motorsports workforce needed to handle a knocked-out toe hyperlink, prompting them to make a number of journeys down pit highway to make repairs and absolutely consider the suspension. Simply as Larson seemed to be getting again within the race previous the midway level, he could be collected in a multi-car crash on the frontstretch on Lap 245, ending his evening and ending his Indy-Charlotte Double properly in need of the aim of racing all 1,100 attainable miles. Larson additionally crashed out at Indianapolis, having been eradicated from the Indy 500 in a multi-car crash on Lap 92.
Chastain is the eighth completely different driver to win a Cup race this season, that means that half of the accessible spots on NASCAR’s playoff grid have now been crammed on the midway level of the common season. The second half of the common season will start subsequent week at Nashville Superspeedway, the place Chastain is a previous winner.
Coca-Cola 600 outcomes
#1 – Ross Chastain
#24 – William Byron
#19 – Chase Briscoe
#16 A.J. Allmendinger
#6 – Brad Keselowski
#9 – Chase Elliott
#71 – Michael McDowell
#20 – Christopher Bell
#60 – Ryan Preece
#4 – Noah Gragson
#47 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
#21 – Josh Berry
#43 – Erik Jones
#88 – Shane van Gisbergen (R)
#8 – Kyle Busch
#11 – Denny Hamlin
#22 – Joey Logano
#34 – Todd Gilliland
#10 – Ty Dillon
#3 – Austin Dillon
#41 – Cole Custer
#17 – Chris Buescher
#87 – Connor Zilisch
#54 – Ty Gibbs
#51 – Cody Ware
#45 – Tyler Reddick
#42 – John Hunter Nemechek
#35 – Riley Herbst (R)
#48 – Alex Bowman
#7 – Justin Haley
#2 – Austin Cindric
#44 – Derek Kraus
#66 – Josh Bilicki
#77 – Carson Hocevar
#23 – Bubba Wallace
#99 – Daniel Suarez
#5 – Kyle Larson
#12 – Ryan Blaney
#38 – Zane Smith
#84 – Jimmie Johnson
