Harvick, who is retiring after the season, won the race in 20. Kevin Harvick finished 11th in his final Coca-Cola 600. “Much different than the car I have driven in the past.” “I think I learned a lesson with this aero package that I didn’t know about,” Johnson said. 84 Chevy behind the wall a few laps later and was joined by there by Legacy teammates Erik Jones and Noah Gragson, who suffered radiator damage.Īfter Johnson returned, he crashed into Gragson and spun out a second time and went behind the wall again. It was a rough night for Jimmie Johnson and his new Legacy Motor Club team.Īfter saying he has never been more ill-prepared for a race due to his inexperience in the NextGen car, Johnson spun out on lap 78 in a single-car crash.

“When you walk around with two faces, that’s what you get,” Wallace said. Wallace refused to say what sparked the altercation, and said he wasn’t surprised at what unfolded. I don’t care.”Įlliott denied intentionally wrecking Hamlin in retaliation.ĭuring the rain delay television cameras caught Aric Almirola shoving Wallace after the two exchanged words. “Right rear hooks are absolutely unacceptable. “It’s a tantrum and he shouldn’t be racing next week,” Hamlin said of Elliott. Hamlin claimed the Hendrick Motorsports driver intentionally wrecked him by hooking his right rear bumper following a dust-up earlier in the race. More rain caused the race to be red-flagged for nearly an hour after 158 laps, making the longest Cup race of the year even longer.ĭefending race champion Denny Hamlin was left fuming after his day ended with a wreck on lap 186, prompting him to call for NASCAR to suspend its most popular driver Chase Elliott. That meant drivers began the race without ever having turned a lap in the NextGen cars at the 1.5-mile oval for the first time in Coca-Cola 600 history. It was a rain-soaked weekend at Charlotte, which washed out practice and qualifying and postponed the race to Monday. The 5 1/2-hour race included five wrecks in the final 50 laps, including one with 26 to go when last week’s All-Star race winner Kyle Larson spun and took out defending Cup champion Joey Logano, Kyle Busch and Christopher Bell.īlaney had passed Byron on the previous restart, and then got the jump on him again on the final restart and ran away with the checkered flag.

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