Coca-Cola 600 at a glance
This week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race: Coca-Cola 600
What: 400 laps (600 miles)
Where: Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5-mile banked paved oval in Concord, N.C.
When: 6 p.m. Sunday
TV: Fox
Radio: Performance Racing Network
Last year’s winner: Jimmie Johnson
Also this week: Hisense 300, Xfinity Series, Charlotte Motor Speedway, 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Fox.
Worth mentioning: Last weekend in Raleigh, N.C., Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports and Hendrick Automotive Group, was enshrined in the N.C. Sports Hall of Fame. Hendrick Motorsports has grown from five employees to more than 600, while Hendrick Automotive Group has expanded from nine employees to 10,000.
Who’s Hot/Who’s Not
HOT
Denny Hamlin: His first All-Star win is also the first for Joe Gibbs Racing and Toyota.
Kevin Harvick: May not have won the All-Star Race, but he certainly showed he continues to have the fastest car.
Kasey Kahne: Remarkable racing in win at Charlotte continued his equally remarkable Truck series record.
Kyle Busch: So far, so good in his first competitive event since February.
Chris Buescher: Picks up first Xfinity Series win of the season in a wild race at Iowa.
NOT
Dale Earnhardt Jr.: Not anywhere near an “all-star” weekend for NASCAR’s most popular driver.
NASCAR: Call the “Boys have at it” wrecking the same or don’t bother calling it at all.
Jamie Dick: In his first race back after treatment for diabetes, he’s hit by lead weight from another car.
Jim Utter
Points Standings
Cup
1. Kevin Harvick437
2. Martin Truex Jr.391
3. Jimmie Johnson389
4. Joey Logano375
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr.360
6. Brad Keselowski343
7. Matt Kenseth331
8. Jamie McMurray328
9. Jeff Gordon317
10. Kasey Kahne313
11. Aric Almirola312
12. Paul Menard306
13. Ryan Newman305
14. Kurt Busch292
15. Denny Hamlin284
16. Clint Bowyer272
17. Danica Patrick270
18. Carl Edwards265
19. AJ Allmendinger259
20. Casey Mears242
21. Greg Biffle242
22. Kyle Larson237
23. David Ragan235
24. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.227
25. Austin Dillon225
26. David Gilliland212
27. Sam Hornish Jr.210
28. Justin Allgaier207
29. Trevor Bayne190
30. Tony Stewart179
31. Cole Whitt177
32. Brett Moffitt161
33. Michael Annett137
34. Alex Bowman132
35. Josh Wise116
36. Matt DiBenedetto109
37. Michael McDowell87
38. Jeb Burton53
39. Alex Kennedy40
40. Bobby Labonte38
41. Brian Vickers32
42. Michael Waltrip26
43. Reed Sorenson22
44. Mike Wallace8
45. Ron Hornaday Jr.2
Xfinity
1. Chris Buescher368
2. Ty Dillon360
3. Chase Elliott337
4. Darrell Wallace Jr.331
5. Brian Scott326
6. Regan Smith320
7. Elliott Sadler317
8. Ryan Reed288
9. Brendan Gaughan283
10. Daniel Suarez281
Trucks
1. Matt Crafton217
2. Erik Jones201
3. Tyler Reddick199
4. Johnny Sauter182
5. John Wes Townley160
6. Timothy Peters158
7. Cameron Hayley153
8. Justin Boston149
9. Spencer Gallagher145
10. Daniel Hemric136
This story was originally published May 21, 2015 at 7:10 PM with the headline "Coca-Cola 600 at a glance."