All-time Coca-Cola 600 winners
This Sunday, the NASCAR Cup Series will host the 66th annual Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Eight of the 40 entered drivers are past winners of the Coke 600.
For the second straight year, Kyle Larson will attempt “the double,” participating as a competitor in the Indianapolis 500 scheduled earlier in the day before racing the Coke 600.
History
The first Coke 600 was held in 1960 in which Joe Lee Johnson, who raced in the Cup Series from 1957 to 1962, won the inaugural event.
The first five events saw five different winners. Fred Lorenzon was the first driver in 1965 to win the race on more than one occasion.
Buddy Baker was the first driver to win the race in consecutive seasons (1972 and 1973).
Jimmie Johnson was the first and only driver to win three consecutive Coke 600s (2003-2005).
Darrell Waltrip holds the most Coke 600 wins with five.
Of the 38 Coke 600 winners, only 15 have won it more than once.
The last seven races have featured seven different winners.
All-time Coca-Cola 600 wins
5: Darrell Waltrip
4: Jimmie Johnson
3: Bobby Allison, Buddy Baker, Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, Kasey Kahne, David Pearson
2: Neil Bonnett, Jeff Burton, Kevin Harvick, Fred Lorenzen, Jim Paschal, Richard Petty, Martin Truex Jr.
1: Donnie Allison, Davey Allison, Christopher Bell, Ryan Blaney, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Austin Dillon, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Dale Jarrett, Joe Lee Johnson, Matt Kenseth, Brad Keselowski, Bobby Labonte, Kyle Larson, Mark Martin, Casey Mears, Marvin Panch, Benny Parsons, Kyle Petty, David Reutimann, Nelson Stacey, Rusty Wallace, LeeRoy Yarbrough
Coca-Cola 600 winners by year
1960 Joe Lee Johnson
1961 David Pearson
1962 Nelson Stacey
1963 Fred Lorenzen
1964 Jim Paschal
1965 Fred Lorenzen
1966 Marvin Panch
1967 Jim Paschal
1968 Buddy Baker
1969 LeeRoy Yarbrough
1970 Donnie Allison
1971 Bobby Allison
1972 Buddy Baker
1973 Buddy Baker
1974 David Pearson
1975 Richard Petty
1976 David Pearson
1977 Richard Petty
1978 Darrell Waltrip
1979 Darrell Waltrip
1980 Benny Parsons
1981 Bobby Allison
1982 Neil Bonnett
1983 Neil Bonnett
1984 Bobby Allison
1985 Darrell Waltrip
1986 Dale Earnhardt
1987 Kyle Petty
1988 Darrell Waltrip
1989 Darrell Waltrip
1990 Rusty Wallace
1991 Davey Allison
1992 Dale Earnhardt
1993 Dale Earnhardt
1994 Jeff Gordon
1995 Bobby Labonte
1996 Dale Jarrett
1997 Jeff Gordon
1998 Jeff Gordon
1999 Jeff Burton
2000 Matt Kenseth
2001 Jeff Burton
2002 Mark Martin
2003 Jimmie Johnson
2004 Jimmie Johnson
2005 Jimmie Johnson
2006 Kasey Kahne
2007 Casey Mears
2008 Kasey Kahne
2009 David Reutimann
2010 Kurt Busch
2011 Kevin Harvick
2012 Kasey Kahne
2013 Kevin Harvick
2014 Jimmie Johnson
2015 Carl Edwards
2016 Martin Truex Jr.
2017 Austin Dillon
2018 Kyle Busch
2019 Martin Truex Jr.
2020 Brad Keselowski
2021 Kyle Larson
2022 Denny Hamlin
2023 Ryan Blaney
2024 Christopher Bell
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
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