The NASCAR Charlotte Sprint Cup Series race is live Sunday and the Coca-Cola 600 is streaming online from FOX and the FOX Sports Go website and starts up past 6 pm ET from Concord NC and it has Jimmie Johnson in the pole position after he won last year and comes after the Indianapolis 500 earlier in the day, which Kurt Busch also ran in.
Jeff Gordon comes into the weekend in the lead in the Sprint Cup standings and last year Jimmie Johnson was the winner and he comes in the best position after winning the pole and he put up the best lap for the Coca-Cola 600. Kurt Busch raced in the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday and will be competing in Charlotte as well and he is doing that for the first time since 2004 when Robby Gordon did and before that it was Tony Stewart and he had an amazing run back in 2001, coming in the top in both Charlotte and the Indy 500 on the same day and now Busch will try and complete both with the help of some air travel and that means over 1,000 miles in one day.
Johnson has won the pole heading into the race and he had the fastest go of things at Charlotte Motor Speedway and he will be in behind Brad Keselowski and that puts him on the front row for the seventh time this year and Kasey Kahne is third, while Danica Patrick had a nice run and she is in at fourth in front of Clint Bowyer. Gordon comes into the day leading the standings by 15 points and he is ahead of Matt Kenseth and Kyle Busch, while Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Carl Edwards are next. Kurt Busch finished sixth at the Indy 500 and now he is coming to Charlotte for the next race and that is a wild feat and he is going to be pushing hard to finish in the top 10 in both races. Busch was excited with his finish at Indianapolis and he got into a helicopter after that and then hit a private plane to make it back in time.
Busch will have to start from the back of the field and the race starts up at 6:18 pm ET and he is looking to make the start after leaving Indy and he had a short amount of time to make it. Busch said he wouldn't have a problem with the 1,000 miles in one day and he will have a major challenge ahead. Johnson comes into things after having won six times at Charlotte and now he has a good chance to perform well after starting in the pole position. Keselowski has come in second in a number of races this season and he is looking to turn that into a victory as well.
The schedule next week has the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Dover and it will be at Dover International Speedway and comes after this big race weekend for Memorial Day. The next few weeks are big for drivers trying to position themselves for the Chase and Jeff Gordon comes in at 27th after dealing with his practice runs.
Check here for the NASCAR Charlotte race live coverage from FOX.
