Practice Results
Rain forced NASCAR to cancel the scheduled qualifying session for the Coca‑Cola 600, leaving the teams to focus on a single practice session at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr topped the session with a best lap of 29.069 seconds, while Carson Hocevar finished second at 29.175 seconds and Michael McDowell took third with 29.200 seconds.
The tightly packed field saw Ryan Blaney fourth (29.240), Corey Heim fifth (29.276), Kyle Larson sixth (29.279) and Christopher Bell seventh (29.291), illustrating just how close the competition is shaping up.
With qualifying pushed back, drivers will have another opportunity to claim pole position later in the weekend, but the early practice order already sparked conversation about strategy and tire management for the 600‑mile endurance race.