NASCAR PICKS! Coca-Cola 600...Charlotte!

[NC Belle]

Welcome to 600 miles at Charlotte Motor Speedway for The Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday, May 26 at 6pm ET on the Fox network.
2025 race will be part of the Amazon Prime Video streaming and will be the kick off event for their race broadcast season.

from Wikipedia
Charlotte Motor Speedway is a 1.500-mile quad-oval intermediate speedway in Concord, North Carolina. It has hosted various major races since its inaugural season of racing in 1960, including NASCAR, IndyCar, and IMSA SportsCar Championship races. Wikipedia
Length: 1.500 miles

Owner: Speedway Motorsports
Opened: 1960
Construction cost: $2 million USD


Architectural style: Modern architecture

Former names: Lowe's Motor Speedway (1999–2009)
Broke ground: 28 July 1959; 64 years ago

default picks: https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-default-picks-2024-season.3939391/#post-65311970
Daytona 500 thread: https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-daytona-500.3939388/#post-65325052
Atlanta: https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-ambetter-health-400-atlanta.3940494
Las Vegas: https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-pennzoil-400-las-vegas.3940934/
Phoenix: https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-shriners-children’s-500-at-phoenix.3941395/#post-65364935
Bristol: https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-food-city-500-bristol.3941854/
COTA (Austin): https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-echopark-automotive-grand-prix-cota.3942372/
Richmond (Toyota Owners 400): https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-toyota-owners-400-richmond.3942803/
Martinsville: https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-cook-out-400-at-martinsville.3943260/#post-65425309
Texas: (Ft. Forth) https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-autotrader-echopark-automotive-400-texas.3943777/
Talladega: https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-geico-500-at-talladega.3944244/#post-65455536
Dover: https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-würth-400-at-dover.3944687/#post-65467202
Kansas: https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-adventhealth-400-kansas.3945108/#post-65479876
Darlington: https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-goodyear-400-darlington.3945545/
All Star Race: https://www.disboards.com/threads/nascar-picks-all-star-race-north-wilkesboro.3946055/#post-65504487
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NC Beast's Picks:
1. #11 Denny Hamlin
2. #22 Joey Logano
3. ##6 Brad Kes.
4. #9 Chase Elliot
5. #8 Kyle Busch
spare: #84 Jimmie Johnson(or when he is not available: #12 Ryan Blaney)

My Picks:
1.#19 Martin Truex, Jr
2. #24 William Bryon
3.# 5 Kyle Larson
4. ##20 Christopher Bell
5. #48 Alex Bowman
spare: #2 Austin Cindric

 

[DawnM]

Are you going? Thanks for the reminder. I will stay away from the area on that day!

 

[LAB81018]

Blaney
Larson
Keselowski
Truex
Lagano

Spare: Byron

 

[jimmalru80]

#5 - Larson
#11 - Hamlin
#12 - Blaney
#24 - Byron
#45 - Reddick

#19 - Truex Jr. (spare)

 

[shoes99]

Shoes99
Hamlin
Buscher
Larson
Logono
Blaney
Spare Keselowski

MRETRACC
Logono
Blaney
Elliott
Chastain
Keselowski
Spare Hamln

 

[NC Belle]

Race Day

 

[_19disnA]

Kyle Larson stayed for the entire rain delayed Indy 500. Not sure why when there was all this talk prior to the race about competing in both events. Seems he has more to lose by not being at the NASCAR race. The rules at Indy sounded like any 'replacement' driver had to meet specific criteria. He could have run 1 lap just to be considered as having started and he & his team would have won last place prize money. TV announcers never said why he decided to stay and seemed to forget about that subject once the race started.

 

[NC Belle]

Chili327's Defaults:

Kyle Larson
William Byron
Ryan Blaney
Martin Truex Jr.
Ross Chastain

Austin Dillon

 

[NC Belle]

Shorten race:
ResultsFinal

Pos	Driver	Status	Pts
1	C. Bell Toyota · #20	Running	67
2	B. Keselowski Ford · #6	Running	53
3	W. Byron Chevrolet · #24	Running	61
4	T. Reddick Toyota · #45	Running	41
5	D. Hamlin Toyota · #11	Running	45

6	T. Gibbs Toyota · #54	Running	45
7	C. Elliott Chevrolet · #9	Running	38
8	R. Chastain Chevrolet · #1	Running	34
9	A. Bowman Chevrolet · #48	Running	43
10	J. Berry Ford · #4	Running	33
11	D. Wallace Jr. Toyota · #23	Running	39
12	M. Truex Jr. Toyota · #19	Running	31
13	J. Allgaier Chevrolet · #5	Running	0
14	J. Logano Ford · #22	Running	23
15	K. Busch Chevrolet · #8	Running	22
16	M. McDowell Ford · #34	Running	22
17	T. Gilliland Ford · #38	Running	20
18	D. Hemric Chevrolet · #31	Running	19
19	E. Jones Toyota · #43	Running	18
20	A. Cindric Ford · #2	Running	17
21	C. Hocevar Chevrolet · #77	Running	16
22	J. Haley Ford · #51	Running	15
23	C. Buescher Ford · #17	Running	14
24	D. Suárez Chevrolet · #99	Running	13
25	C. Briscoe Ford · #14	Running	12
26	R. Preece Ford · #41	Running	11
27	A. Dillon Chevrolet · #3	Running	10
28	S. van Gisbergen Chevrolet · #16	Running	0
29	J. Johnson Toyota · #84	Running	8
30	J. Nemechek Toyota · #42	Running	7
31	R. Stenhouse Jr. Chevrolet · #47	Running	6
32	H. Burton Ford · #21	Running	5
33	Z. Smith Chevrolet · #71	Running	4
34	K. Grala Ford · #15	Running	3
35	C. LaJoie Chevrolet · #7	Running	2
36	T. Dillon Chevrolet · #50	Running	0
37	B. J. McLeod Ford · #66	Running	0
38	N. Gragson Ford · #10	DNF	1
39	R. Blaney Ford · #12	DNF	5
40	J. J. Yeley Chevrolet · #44	DNF	0

 

[NC Belle]

Scoring:
1. NC Beast: 5,14,2,7,15-> 8.6 (ifwe did my spare...he would had won)
*2. NC Belle: (w/#5) 12,3,13, 1,9-> 7.6 if... using spare Cindric: 12,3,20,1,9-> 9.0
3. LAB81018: using spare Bryon since Larson did not race: 39,3,2,12,14-> 14.0
4. jimmalru80: using #5: 13,5,39,3,4-> 12.8 if....using spare Truex:12,5,39,3,4-> 12.6
5. Shoes99:using spare Kes: 5,23,2,14,39->16.6
6. MRETRACC: 14,39,7,8,2-> 14.0
7. Chili327: using spare Austin Dillon: 27,3,39,8,2-> 15.8
Victory Lane:
1. NC Belle: 7.6
2. NC Beast: 8.6
3. jimmalru80: 12.8 (3rd with either #5 car or the spare)
4.tie Lab81018: 14.0
tie MRETRACC: 14.0
6. Chili327: 15.8
7. Shoes99: 16.6

Link : https://www.disboards.com/forums/community-board.33/post-thread for racing at Madison, Illinois.

 

[NC Belle]

Kyle Larson stayed for the entire rain delayed Indy 500. Not sure why when there was all this talk prior to the race about competing in both events. Seems he has more to lose by not being at the NASCAR race. The rules at Indy sounded like any 'replacement' driver had to meet specific criteria. He could have run 1 lap just to be considered as having started and he & his team would have won last place prize money. TV announcers never said why he decided to stay and seemed to forget about that subject once the race started.

Danica Patrick support is decision because Larson was awesome at other racing and it is a shot at aiming for the ideal for both where the last one who tried was Kurt Busch ten years ago. He just went for it and got the not so great outcome, but his decision was support by those who count like the Hendricks. Larson did well and had the lead for a short time and did a good placement for first Indy 500. I enjoyed the races all day.

 

[_19disnA]

A few drivers over the years have tried competing in both races not sure what any of them ever accomplished by doing that. It still doesn't explain why he stayed @ Indy for the entire race given the 4 hr rain delay. He is leading the NASCAR points race and they commented that 1-2 points could make a big difference in the outcome at the end of the season. Larson also had a drive-thru penalty for speeding on pit lane. Any type of penalty effectively ends your chance of winning. Leading for a short time @ Indy could simply be the result of a pit strategy. Danica led one race for a short time for the same reason but was never a factor in the outcome of any Indy race.