2015 Coca-Cola 600

2015 Coca-Cola 600
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Race 12 of 36 in the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
The 2015 Coca-Cola 600 program cover, featuring the Coca-Cola Racing Family. Artwork by Sam Bass. The painting is called "Top Stars!"
The 2015 Coca-Cola 600 program cover, featuring the Coca-Cola Racing Family. Artwork by Sam Bass. The painting is called "Top Stars!"
Date May 24, 2015 (2015-05-24)
Location Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance 400 laps, 600 mi (960 km)
Weather Mostly sunny with a temperature of 81 °F (27 °C); wind out of the south/southeast at 7 mph (11 km/h)
Average speed 147.803 mph (237.866 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Joe Gibbs Racing
Time 27.799
Most laps led
Driver Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing
Laps 131
Winner
No. 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network Fox
Announcers Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip
Nielsen Ratings 3.6/7 (Overnight)[11]
3.8/8 (Final)[12]
6.41 Million viewers[12]
Radio in the United States
Radio PRN
Booth Announcers Doug Rice, Mark Garrow and Brendan Gaughan
Turn Announcers Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Brad Gillie (3 & 4)

The 2015 Coca-Cola 600, the 56th running of the event, was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on May 24, 2015 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 400 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.42 km) asphalt speedway, it was the 12th race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Carl Edwards won the race, his first of the season and first with Joe Gibbs Racing. Greg Biffle finished second. Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished third. Matt Kenseth and Martin Truex Jr. rounded out the top five.

Matt Kenseth won the pole for the race and led 26 laps on his way to a fourth-place finish. Martin Truex Jr. led the most laps for the second consecutive race with a race high of 131 laps on his way to a fifth-place finish. The race had 22 lead changes among nine different drivers, as well as eight caution flag periods for 39 laps.

This was the 24th career victory for Carl Edwards, first at Charlotte Motor Speedway and fifth at the track for Joe Gibbs Racing. This win moved Edwards up to 16th in the points standings. Despite being the winning manufacturer, Toyota left Charlotte trailing Chevrolet by 71 points in the manufacturer standings.

A commemorative pin for the 2015 Coca-Cola 600.

The Coca-Cola 600 was carried by Fox Sports on the broadcast Fox network for the American television audience. The radio broadcast for the race was carried by the Performance Racing Network and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

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