The second half of the Cup regular season begins with this weekend’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The weekend also includes the ARCA, Craftsman Truck and Xfinity Series competing on the 1.5-mile speedway. Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 again will feature a salute to military members.
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Weekend weather
Friday: Cloudy throughout the day and evening. High of 63 degrees with a 4% chance of rain at the start of the Truck race.
Saturday: Rain in the forecast. High of 62 degrees with a 39% chance of rain at the start of the Xfinity race. High of 60 degrees and a 68% chance of rain at the start of Cup qualifying at night.
Sunday: High of 67 degrees with a 62% chance of rain at the start of the Coca-Cola 600.
Friday, May 26
(All times Eastern)
Garage open
- 7 a.m. -- ARCA Series
- 8:30 a.m. -- Craftsman Truck Series
- 10:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. -- Xfinity Series
Track activity
- 11:40 a.m. - 12:25 p.m. -- ARCA practice
- 12:40 - 1 p.m. -- ARCA qualifying
- 1:35 - 2:05 p.m. -- Truck practice (FS1)
- 2:05 - 3 p.m. -- Truck qualifying (FS1)
- 3:35 - 4:05 p.m. -- Xfinity practice (FS1)
- 4:05 - 5 p.m. -- Xfinity qualifying (FS1)
- 6 p.m. -- ARCA race (100 laps, 150 miles; FS1, Motor Racing Network)
- 8:30 p.m. -- Truck race (134 laps, 201 miles; FS1, Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
Saturday, May 27
Garage open
- 9 a.m. -- Xfinity Series
- 1 - 9 p.m. -- Cup Series
Track activity
- 12 p.m. -- Xfinity race (200 laps, 300 miles; FS1, Performance Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
- 7 - 7:45 p.m. -- Cup practice (FS1)
- 7:45 - 9 p.m.. -- Cup qualifying (FS1)
Sunday, May 28
Garage open
- 3 p.m. -- Cup Series
Track activity
- 6 p.m. -- Coca-Cola 600 (400 laps, 600 miles; Fox, Performance Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)