NASCAR fans meet behind the pit road and pit box at the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 29, 2022. Today we will discuss about Charlotte Motor speedway: Starting lineup| Winner| Results
Charlotte Motor speedway: Starting lineup| Winner| Results
Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsport complex located in Concord, North Carolina, 13 miles (21 km) outside Charlotte. The complex features a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing, including the iconic Coca-Cola 600 and Bank of America Roval 400, on Memorial Day weekend. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR, with several race teams based in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports, with Greg Walter as track president.
| Born | Kevin Michael Harvick December 8, 1975 Bakersfield, California |
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Achievements | 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Regular Season Champion 2001, 2006 Busch Series Champion 1998 Winston West Series Champion 2002 IROC Champion 2007 Daytona 500 Winner 2003, 2019, 2020 Brickyard 400 Winner 2011, 2013 Coca-Cola 600 Winner 2007 NEXTEL All-Star Challenge Winner 2009, 2010, 2013 Sprint Unlimited Winner |
Starting lineup
The second half of the 2022 NASCAR regular season begins with its longest race of the year. The Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway will be a test of endurance for the sport’s new Next Gen chassis, a 400-lap race in a crown jewel event for the Cup Series.
Sunday’s race will also serve as another test of how much the new car can fix aerodynamic problems on these 1.5-mile ovals. Charlotte’s competition has eroded in recent years, with cars unable to turn side-to-side or pass while a driver exits the front. Racing here got so bad that Charlotte abandoned one of her dates in favor of the infield road course. The success of its ROVAL has created a modern phenomenon that has seen other tracks, such as Indianapolis, begin using these elective courses.
Winner
Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway started in front of Denny Hamlin and ended in front of Denny Hamlin.
What happened in the midst of disobedient faith. And a driver who claimed to thrive in the chaos proved to be a man of his word.
Hamlin won the longest race in NASCAR history—619.5 miles—in two overtime, beating Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch by 0.014 seconds to the finish line.
With the win – the second of this season and the 48th of his career – Hamlin has now won trophies in all three NASCAR crown-jewel races: the Daytona 500, the Coca-Cola 600 and the Southern 500. Kevin Harvick is the only other active driver to have held all three titles.
Results
According to Forbes, in 2020, Harvick was the fourth-highest-paid NASCAR driver, earning a salary of $10.9 million including award winnings, and $1.3 million annually in licensing and endorsements. He has appeared in commercials for Coca-Cola and Subway.
According to the Daytona International Speedway website, Harwick won NASCAR’s Daytona 500 in 2007, with the driver and his team earning “a minimum of $1,445,250” out of a total of $18.7 million purse. Sports Casting noted that NASCAR drivers typically take 40% to 45% of the winnings, while the team gets the rest.
