CONCORD, North Carolina — Of the 37 cars that started the 63rd running of the Coca-Cola 600, the vast majority of them ended up either torn up, chewed up, spun out or turned over — which included Denny Hamlin. And in spite of all that, it was Hamlin who took home arguably the most difficult edition of NASCAR’s longest race ever seen.
After taking four fresh tires on his final pit stop heading into overtime, Denny Hamlin emerged from a four-wide battle for the lead on the first restart, then held off a charge from Kyle Busch in double overtime to win the Coke 600 for the first time in his career. With his win, Hamlin became the 12th driver in NASCAR history to win all three of the sport’s majors — the Daytona 500, the Coca-Cola 600, and the Southern 500 — and he did so in what was the longest race in NASCAR history at 413 laps and just over 600 miles.
Coca-Cola 600 unofficial results
- #11 – Denny Hamlin
- #18 – Kyle Busch
- #4 – Kevin Harvick
- #14 – Chase Briscoe
- #20 – Christopher Bell
- #8 – Tyler Reddick
- #47 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- #34 – Michael McDowell
- #5 – Kyle Larson
- #48 – Alex Bowman