What to note in tonight’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway

Concord, NC-The Nascar Cup series celebrates one of its most prestigious races with tonight’s Coca-Cola 600 on Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Here are some things to watch in tonight’s race, which is the center of the usual season:

Kyle Larson Double

Kyle Larson wants to complete the search for last year when he made his first attempt on the same day to run in the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600. Rain put that effort on hold. This should not be a problem on Sunday.

Larson attempts to become only the fifth driver who competes on both races on the same day. Only one, Tony Stewart, has already completed 1100 miles.

Larson qualified second on Charlotte and will be one of the favorites in tonight’s race. Larson’s three wins, eight top five finals, nine top 10 results and 817 laps that led this season, she is most through 12 races in a season.

Larson has a chance to add to his legacy in a significant way today.

Is Denny Hamlin the happiest driver?

After Denny Hamlin qualified the 20th for the Coca-Cola 600, Denny Hamlin entered the media center and lamented the pit stall he would probably have. Cup teams choose their pit stalls based on how they qualify. This means that Hamlin would not have one of the better pit stalls. And probably would either have a good car in front of him or behind him, which would make it harder to get into his pit stall or go out with it, which costs him time.

In last year’s 600, Hamlin was blocked by Chris Buescher on Pit Road and last year lost places on Pit Road on each of the warning stops.

Hamlin was worried that he was a similar night until his happiness changed Saturday.

After qualifying, crew heads choose their pit stalls. Hamlin’s crew chief Chris Gayle chose Pit Stall 10. The crew heads for the two cars starting in the next row in the next row each chose around Hamlin. It had Derek Kraus in the no. 44 -car placed in the stall in front of Hamlin. Josh Bilicki in the no. 66 -Motor will sit in the stall behind Hamlin.

This is significant because both cars probably won’t be on the lead for much of the race. Hamlin must have an open entrance and an open exit to his pit stall for most of the race. It can help him find places on Pit Road.

Can Tyler Spring Reddick’s team back?

Tyler Reddick enters today’s race after finishing outside the top -10 in five of the last six events.

He starts the 12th and this is an important race for Reddick and the no. 45 team, according to the co-owner of the team, Denny Hamlin.

“The 45 team in specific needs has a breakdown,” Hamlin said. “They have to return to the basics and not chase a lot of things. I probably think, with the success of the 20 and 11 on intermediate products, I think you can sometimes focus on the wrong things.

‘… both are all talented enough, the driver, the crew head, the team. The cars, I know, have an absolute speed in them. They just struggle to find the balance now. ‘

Whose mistakes will it cost?

In a 600-mile race, it is just as much to avoid mistakes as having the best car.

Drivers can overcome mistakes, just as William Byron did in Saturday’s XFinity race. Byron won both phases, but at the beginning of the final phase quickly captured on the Pit Road. Byron gathered to win overtime.

Keep a penalty or lose time on the Pit Road, but it becomes more difficult in the cup series with so many good teams and drivers. Sometimes it is not who wins a race, but who loses it.