Ross Chastain has become the eighth winner to lock himself in the Nascar Cup Series 2025 qualifiers, Capture a victory in Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The track racing pilot ended an 18 -races without victory in the Chevrolet N ° 1 with his sixth career victory during his 236th departure. He also won for the first time at his eighth departure from the oval of 1.5 mile to Concord, NC (where his best previous finish was eighth).
Chastain started the last time after crashing in training on Saturday, Ane led twice for eight of the 400 laps (including the last six). By becoming the 40th pilot to win the COKE 600, his starting position in the 40th place was the lowest by a winner of the Crown Jewel Race.
According to Racing Insights, Chastain was the first pilot of the Cup to be won in a rescue car since William Byron in the 2024 Daytona 500.
Byron, who led a 283 -laps summit and won the first three stages, finished second in Charlotte after losing the advance in Chastain with six laps to play.
The winning pass is delivered with five laps removing in Nascar’s longest race.
Chase Briscoe finished a third summit of the season. AJ ALLMENDINGER has taken fourth for his first top-five since October 2023. Brad Keselowski ranked fifth for his first top 10 this season.
Chase Elliott, Michael McDowell, Christopher Bell, Ryan Preece and Noah Gragson completed the top 10 of a race which had 34 head changes among 11 pilots.
In the regular season ranking, Byron entered first by 29 points on Kyle Larson, who finished 37th after an accident.
Quotes from the longest race in the calendar in the NASCAR series.
Finishing order at Charlotte Motor Speedway:
1. Ross Chastain, n ° 1 Chevrolet
2. William Byron, n ° 24 Chevrolet
3. Chase Briscoe, n ° 19 Toyota
4. AJ ALLMENDINGER, n ° 16 Chevrolet
5. Brad Keselowski, n ° 6 Ford
6. Chase Elliott, n ° 9 Chevrolet
7. Michael McDowell, n ° 71 Chevrolet
8. Christopher Bell, n ° 20 Toyota
9. Ryan Preece, n ° 60 Ford
10. Noah Gragson, n ° 4 Ford
11. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., n ° 47 Chevrolet
12. Josh Berry, n ° 21 Ford
13. Erik Jones, n ° 43 Toyota
14. Shane Van Gisbergen, n ° 88 Chevrolet
15. Kyle Busch, n ° 8 Chevrolet
16. Denny Hamlin, n ° 11 Toyota
17. Joey Logano, n ° 22 Ford
18. Todd Gilliland, n ° 34 Ford
19. Ty Dillon, n ° 10 Chevrolet
20. Austin Dillon, n ° 3 Chevrolet
21. Cole Custer, n ° 41 Ford
22. Chris Buescher, n ° 17 Ford
23. Connor Zilisch, n ° 87 Chevrolet
24. Ty Gibbs, n ° 54 Toyota
25. Cody Ware, n ° 51 Ford
26. Tyler Reddick, n ° 45 Toyota
27. John Hunter Nemechek, n ° 42 Toyota
28. Riley Herbst, n ° 35 Toyota
29. Alex Bowman, n ° 48 Chevrolet
30. Justin Haley, n ° 7 Chevrolet
31. Austin Cindric, n ° 2 Ford
32. Derek Kraus, n ° 44 Chevrolet
33. Josh Bilicki, n ° 66 Ford
34. CARSON HOCEVAR, n ° 77 Chevrolet
35. Bubba Wallace, n ° 23 Toyota
36. Daniel Suarez, n ° 99 Chevrolet
37. Kyle Larson, n ° 5 Chevrolet
38. Ryan Blaney, n ° 12 Ford
39. Zane Smith, n ° 38 Ford
40. Jimmie Johnson, n ° 84 Toyota
