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 Charlotte Fast Facts
  • The 2012 Coke 600 will be Charlotte Motor Speedway’s 107th Cup race.
  • There have been 44 different winners and 39 drivers have won the pole.
  • 14 times the winner has started from the first position. Jimmie Johnson was the most recent to do it, in October of 2009.
  • Johnson has won six times at CMS which ties him with Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip for all-time best. Ryan Newman nine poles (out of 22 starts!!), to lead actives. Hall of Famer David Pearson had 14 of ‘em (in 46 starts).
  • Mark Martin is the active leader in Top Fives and Top Tens with 18 and 23. Allison and Richard Petty had 23 top fives while Petty grabbed 31 top tens.
  • Johnson has led 1386 laps but Mr.Allison led more – 2339.
  • Martin Truex has not had a DNF here in 13 races. Dave Marcis Did Not Finish in 36 of his 54 tries.
  • Jeff Gordon is the youngest previous winner. He was 22 years, 9 months and 25 days old when he won the race on 5/29/1994. Cale Yarborough was 46 years, 6 months and 9 days old when he won on 10/6/1985.
  • Charlotte is a 1.5 mile steeply banked tri-oval, very similar to and somewhat like  Texas Motor Speedway Atlanta and Las vegas. Look at stats for all of those tracks when picking your teams.

You can scope out 40 pages of NASCAR Loop data stats for the upcoming race by clicking on the link towards the bottom of the page. And there are tons of stats for Charlotte Motor Speedway and your favorite drivers at our On Pit Row stat site here.

Race Weekend Schedule
2012 Coca Cola 600
  • 3:30 PM ET  Thursday 5/31 First Practice on Speed
  • 7:00 PM ET Thursday 5/31 Qualifying on Speed
  • 10:00 AM ET Saturday 6/2 Practice o Speed
  • 1:00 PM ET Saturday 6/2 Practice on Speed
  • 5:30 PM ET Sunday 6/3 Coke 600 live on Fox
Pre-race Loop Data for the 2011 Bank of America 500 from Charlotte Motor Speedway
Pre-race Loop Data for the 2011 Coca Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway
Pre-race Loop Data for the 2010 Bank of America 500 from Charlotte Motor Speedway

Pre-race Loop Data for the NASCAR Banking 500 at Lowes Motor Speedway Oct 2009

Pre-race Loop Data for the Coca Cola 600 at Lowes Motor Speedway May 2009