CONCORD, N.C. — The 58th running of the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway is under a delay because of lightning in the area that was followed by rain.
At 7:53 p.m. ET, just after the caution flag came out on Lap 142 of the 400-lap race because of Matt DiBenedetto’s car hitting the wall, NASCAR officials made the call to red-flag the race and ordered the 40-car field to pit road until the poor weather cleared the area around the 1.5-mile track.
Martin Truex Jr. was leading the race at the time, with Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Larson, Kyle Busch and Matt Kenseth making up the rest of the top five.