Haas Factory Team
Charlotte Motor Speedway
NASCAR Cup Series Notes
Race Information
● Event: Coca-Cola 600 (Round 13 of 36)
● Date/Time: Sunday, May 24 | 6 p.m. ET
● TV/Radio: Prime / PRN / SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (channel 90)
● Location: Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina
● Layout: 1.5-mile quad-oval (24 degrees of banking in the turns)
● Laps/Miles: 400 laps/600 miles (Stages: 100-100-100-100)
Notes of Interest
● After suffering the tragic loss of NASCAR driver Kyle Busch, the sport visits Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend as the NASCAR Cup Series is set for the famed Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday night. Teams will be honoring the late two-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion with decals featuring his number ‘8″.
● NASCAR Salutes begins on Memorial Day Weekend, anchored by a special tribute called “600 Miles of Remembrance,” where every Cup Series car in Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 will feature the name of a fallen service member on the windshield.
● Each team gets 13 sets of Goodyear Racing Eagle tires for the race (12 new race sets plus one set transferred from qualifying). Teams will also receive five sets of wet-weather tires (four new race sets plus one set transferred from qualifying).
By the Numbers
● Cole Custer will make his sixth Cup Series start at Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend, where he holds an 18.6 average finish. His best result at the track came in 2020 with a 12th-place finish, and he has never finished worse than 21st at the 1.5-mile facility.
● He has one top-10 starting spot at Charlotte, qualifying a career-best ninth in 2020, and carries a 22.0 average starting position.
● Custer is set to make his third NASCAR O’Reilly Series start of the season at Charlotte, after starts at Las Vegas (18th) and Kansas (7th) earlier this season.
No. 41 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Driver and Crew Chief
Driver: Cole Custer
Hometown: Ladera Ranch, California
Crew Chief: Aaron Kramer
Hometown: Wellsville, New York