CONCORD, N.C. — Jeff Gordon leaves no doubt. Kyle Larson will be at Charlotte Motor Speedway to start Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600.
Gordon, the vice chairman of Hendrick Motorsports, said Saturday that Larson “is going to be here for driver introductions at 5:25 (p.m. ET). That’s the call.”
That would put Larson — attempting to become the second driver in 20 years to compete in both the Indy 500 and Coke 600 on the same day — at Charlotte an hour ahead of the 6:27 p.m. ET start for one of NASCAR’s premier races.
This is the second consecutive year Larson has attempted to run both races in the same day — and possibly the last for the near future.