Charlotte Motor Speedway once again will be the NASCAR hub for the Cup, Xfinity and Truck series on one of the biggest motorsports weekends of the year.

The Memorial Day weekend extravaganza will begin with an ARCA-Truck doubleheader Friday night at the 1.5-mile oval. Tanner Gray (ARCA) and Nick Sanchez (Trucks) won the races last year.

Chase Elliott is the defending winner of Saturday’s 300-mile race in the Xfinity Series.

Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600, the longest race on the Cup Series schedule, was shortened to 374 miles last year because of rain with Christopher Bell taking the victory.

Cup drivers will compete in the longest race of the season Sunday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Coca-Cola 600 schedule at Charlotte Motor Speedway

(All Times Eastern)

Friday, May 23

Garage open

• 1 – 6 p.m. — Xfinity
• 10:30 a.m. – 11:55 p.m. — Truck Series
• 9 a.m. – 11 p.m. — ARCA

Track activity

• 1:30 – 2:15 p.m. — ARCA practice
• 2:30 – 2:50 p.m. — ARCA qualifying
• 3:35 – 4:30 p.m. — Truck Series practice (FS2)
• 4:40 – 5:30 p.m. — Truck Series qualifying (FS2)
• 6 p.m. — ARCA race (100 laps, 150 miles, FS1)
• 8:30 p.m. — Truck race (134 laps, 201 miles, Stage 1 at Lap 30, Stage 2 at Lap 60; FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

Saturday, May 24

Garage open

• 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. — Cup
• 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. — Xfinity

Track activity

• 11 – 11:55 a.m. — Xfinity practice (CW App)
• 12:05 – 1 p.m. — Xfinity qualifying (CW App)
• 1:35 – 2:35 p.m. — Cup practice (Prime)
• 2:45 – 3:30 p.m. — Cup qualifying (Prime)
• 4:30 p.m. — Xfinity race (200 laps, 300 miles, Stage 1 at Lap 45, Stage 2 at Lap 90; CW, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

Sunday, May 25

Garage open

• 3 p.m. – 11:55 p.m. — Cup

Track activity

• 6 p.m. — Cup race (400 laps, 600 miles, Stage 1 at Lap 1, Stage 2 at Lap 200, Stage 3 at Lap 300; Prime, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

Weekend weather

Friday: Partly cloudy with a high of 78 degrees and winds from west to northwest at 10 to 15 mph. It’s expected to be 76 degrees with a 0% chance of rain at the start of the ARCA race. It’s expected to be 73 degrees with a 0% chance of rain at the start of the Truck race.

Saturday: Intervals of clouds and sunshine with a high of 78 degrees and winds from the northwest at 5 to 10 mph. It’s expected to be 76 degrees with a 0% chance of rain at the start of the Xfinity race.

Sunday: Cloudy skies with a slight chance of a rain shower, a high of 78 degrees and winds light and variable. It’s expected to be 77 degrees with a 15% chance of rain at the start of the Cup race.

Alpine Partners extended its Kalitta Motorsports partnership and will sponsor Doug Kalitta’s Top Fuel Dragster at the upcoming Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol, Tenn., the team announced. The 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Season resumes May 30-June 1 at the NHRA New England Nationals in Epping, N.H.

Alpine will deploy Aflac branding on Kalitta’s car for the race set for the Tennessee mountains June 6-8, 2025. Alpine Partners and Aflac, the leading provider of supplemental health insurance in the U.S.¹, will host their clients and guests at the Kalitta Motorsports VIP hospitality area during the Thunder Valley Nationals as well as many of the remaining races on the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing schedule.

In addition, company executives from both Alpine and Aflac will join other Kalitta Motorsports partners at the team’s annual Business-to-Business Summit at the Kalitta Air headquarters in Ypsilanti, Mich., in late June. 

“We joined Kalitta Motorsports last year because it is an iconic NHRA team led by a true legend in the sport, Connie Kalitta,” Alpine Partners President Neil Browder said. “We extended that partnership this year because of this team’s strong business-to-business focus. Their successful B2B program is right in our wheelhouse of growing our Employee Benefits industry business, and we look forward to attending the summit late next month. We are also thrilled to deploy the Aflac brand with primary placement in Bristol, and this race is just the beginning. We look forward to additional partnership in the near future.”

“It’s great to have Alpine Partners back with us this year,” Team Kalitta General Manager Chad Head said. “We were able to introduce them to NHRA Drag Racing last year, and they had a good experience so we’re happy they’re back with their partners from Aflac this year. We look forward to a growing, mutually-beneficial partnership in the future.”

Alpine Benefits was established using its 50+ year experience in group benefits to bring high quality employee benefits to brokers, agencies and employers. With a commitment to service excellence and cutting-edge technology, Alpine helps companies create benefits programs that attract and retain top talent, all while reducing administrative burdens. Alpine’s client-first approach ensures that its clients receive the personalized attention and tailored solutions necessary to succeed in today’s competitive environment.

This story was originally published on May 22, 2025.

This Sunday, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio brings you live coverage of all 400 laps of the historic 66th running of the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

NASCAR Coca-Cola 600

How to Listen to the Live Radio Broadcast

May 25, tune in to SiriusXM NASCAR Radio on satellite channel 90 and the SiriusXM app and web player to hear coverage of every second of every lap.

Plus, experience live driver audio from Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, and Jimmie Johnson.

Full SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Broadcast Schedule

Driver Channels

About SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Every race and everything in between: SiriusXM NASCAR Radio takes you inside the sport with unparalleled access to the drivers, crew chiefs, team owners, and other racing insiders. From post-race interviews in victory lane and in the garage, you’ll get the latest news and information from your trusted source for all things NASCAR.

IHOP already had Amazon Prime Video and Thursday Night Football on its sponsorship plate, but it wanted to sweeten the proposition by targeting young families on the go. With that in mind, Amazon pointed out that Dale Earnhardt Jr. and NASCAR had room in the passenger seat for another brand.

NASCAR’s new $7.7 billion rights deal with Amazon, NBC Universal, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Fox kicks off for Amazon on May 25 when it airs the Coca-Cola 600 out of Charlotte Motor Speedway. It’s the first of a five-race series for Amazon stretching into late June that’s seen the company nearly sell out of inventory for NASCAR on Prime Video and create a two-box commercial format for the whole season so sponsors don’t have to break into race coverage.

Meanwhile, Amazon’s four-part documentary about the Earnhardt racing family—”Earnhardt”—debuted today ahead of the first race on Prime.

From personal experience, Lenna Yamamichi, IHOP’s vp of brand creative, saw an opportunity to meet busy families on the move through streaming.

“I am a huge fantasy football fan, and 10 years ago, I used to not leave the house on Sundays, which meant the kids were at home and I couldn’t interact with them because Mommy had to sit in front of the TV,” Yamamichi said. “So now that we’re on the go, I can go to Disneyland with the family, and also have my streaming property.”

Earlier this year, Jay Johns—a six-year IHOP president, and 16-year veteran of IHOP parent company Dine Brands—announced his retirement and succession as IHOP’s leader by former Yum! Brands chief innovation officer Lawrence Kim. That made Yamamichi and her team take a look at their ad spending, where they saw that they had the back half of the upfront to spend with Amazon. 

Seeing a trend at the last upfront toward streaming live sports, IHOP approached Amazon with a brief and partnered with them. Amazon came back with seven ideas, one of them being NASCAR.