Perhaps the most exciting racing weekend of the season is upon us. North American fans will see the Indianapolis 500 and then the Coca-Cola 600 this weekend as summer starts its kick off a few weeks early in the world of motorsports.
NASCAR stays home this week after running the All-Star race in Charlotte last week and sets up for its longest race of the season a 600 mile affair at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The event will have four segments instead of the normal three meaning it will pay more playoff points to drivers than any other single race. The Xfinity Series is also in action this week at Charlotte with their event being run on Saturday afternoon.
Below you can see the entire NASCAR Weekend schedule for Charlotte Motor Speedway and Memorial Day weekend.
NASCAR at Charlotte Weekend Schedule
THURSDAY, MAY 25:
2-3:25 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, FS1
4-4:55 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series practice, FS1
6-6:55 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series final practice, FS1
7:15 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, FS1
SATURDAY, MAY 27:
9-9:55 a.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, FS1
10:05 a.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, FS1
11:30 a.m.-12:25 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, FS1
1 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Hisense 4K TV 300 (200 laps, 300 miles), FS1 Green Flag 1:19 pm ET
SUNDAY, MAY 28:
6 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 (400 laps, 600 miles), FOX Green Flag 6:16 pm ET
Previous Winners
Cup Series: Martin Truex Jr. won this race last year while Jimmie Johnson is the most recent Charlotte winner. Kyle Busch won the All-Star race here last week.
Xfinity Series: Denny Hamlin won this event and Joey Logano won the fall race here for a Cup sweep.
Weather
Thunder storms are expected to keep the temperature in the low 70’s on Thursday but things heat up from there. On Friday we hit 82, on Saturday 88 and temperatures should still be in the 80s around race time for the Coca-Cola 600. There are 50% chances of rain on Saturday and Sunday.
