The 2017 Coca-Cola 600, the 58th running of the event, was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on May 28 and 29th, 2017 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 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.
The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams based in the Charlotte metropolitan area.
[16] Kyle Larson was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.970 seconds and a speed of 186.400 mph (299.982 km/h).
[18] Brad Keselowski was making a pass on Martin Truex Jr. when Elliott's car started slowing down in front of him.
Harvick settled into second, but made an unscheduled stop for what turned out to be a loose left-rear wheel on lap 125.
Rounding Turn 1 on lap 141, Matt DiBenedetto suffered a right-front tire cut and slammed the wall, bringing out the third caution.
When the red flag was lifted shortly after 9:30 p.m., the field paced a few laps under yellow to help the drying process.
Ryan Blaney, who was running in the top-five, broke a rear axle exiting pit road, sending him to the garage for a few laps.
It was disrupted on lap 245 when Ty Dillon blew an engine exiting Turn 4, bringing out the sixth caution.
I just got loose and then I hit it and it ruined our day.”[26] Ricky Stenhouse Jr. elected not to pit and assumed the race lead who also alongside Menard tried to also save a set of tires.
[22] Truex took the lead back from Busch on the ensuing restart with 67 to go and held it until the final cycle of green flag stops with 33 to go.
[27] Truex and Busch on fresher tires made their way through the field and cut the deficit to 3.5 seconds back of the race leader.
[28] Austin Dillon assumed the race lead and preserved enough fuel and hold off Kyle Busch and Truex Jr. to score his maiden Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory and take the 3 car back to victory lane since Dale Earnhardt in 2000 at Talladega.
[29] Dillon said in victory lane that, "truthfully," the notion that he won hadn't "sunk in," and that he was "proud of all the effort that" his team "put in.
[32] Truex, who led a race-high of 233 laps on his way to a third-place finish, said it "stings a little bit," but added he couldn't "say enough about the guys on the team and everybody in Denver.
Jamie Little, Chris Neville, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum reported from pit lane during the race.
Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Jim Noble and Steve Richards were the pit reporters during the broadcast.