Tonight’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway (5:30 p.m. ET, FOX) caps off the greatest day of racing, following the Monaco Grand Prix in the morning and the Indianapolis 500 in the afternoon. For auto racing fans, this truly is a day like no other.
And for the racers, this is a special day, too.
The Coca-Cola 600, first run as the World 600 in 1960, has long been one of NASCAR’s crown jewel events along with the Daytona 500, Southern 500 and Brickyard 400.
Here are four keys to having a successful night in NASCAR’s longest race:
The first key to success in the Coca-Cola 600 is to simply stay on the lead lap for the first 500 miles and then race hard over the last 100.