CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA – MAY 26: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #19 Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER/USO Toyota, wins the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images)
The Monster Energy Cup Series capped off a Sunday full of racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway with the Coca Cola 600. To start it was an awesome Memorial Day celebration while giving great recognition to those who fight for our freedom. Then all forty drivers geared up for 600 miles off non-stop action.
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA – MAY 26: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #19 Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER/USO Toyota, applies the winner’s sticker after the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
CONCORD, N.C. – Martin Truex Jr. survived an early brush with the outside wall and a frenetic restart with five laps left to win Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA – MAY 25: Tyler Reddick, driver of the #2 TAME the BEAST Chevrolet, poses with the winner’s decal on his car in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Alsco 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 25, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
CONCORD, N.C. – NASCAR Xfinity Series leader Tyler Reddick ran the top lane throughout most of Saturday’s Alsco 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway—without clobbering the outside wall.
The same couldn’t be said of Reddick’s pursuers, many of whom developed a ‘Charlotte stripe’ on the right sides of their cars.
HAMPTON, GA – OCTOBER 30: Team race engineer Brian Burns reviews data with Dario Franchitti, driver of the #40Target Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge during NASCAR testing at Atlanta Motor Speedway on October 30, 2007, in Hampton, Georgia. Photo by Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Each Memorial Day weekend NASCAR Salutes introduces the sport and its fans to a long and esteemed list of fallen heroes – servicemen and servicewomen who have given their life while protecting our country.
CHARLOTTE, NC – MAY 17: Alex Bowman, driver of the #88 Axalta Chevrolet, sits in his car during practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race and the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Open Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 17, 2019, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – On the brink. Oh, so close.
Hendrick Motorsports driver Alex Bowman has heard the words and lived the sentiment.