# How big is Charlotte Motor Speedway?

A lap of Charlotte Motor Speedway is 1.5 miles (2.414 km). The Coca-Cola 600 is 400 laps, 600 miles (966 km) in all.

- 1.5 miles a lap
- 2.414 km a lap
- 400 laps
- 600 miles race
- 4 turns
- 16,093 hamsters nose to tail

Interactive map, to drop it on any town at its true size: https://how-big-is.com/charlotte-motor-speedway/

## Drop the lap on your town

Move the track onto your own streets with the map above and see how far one lap would reach.

## Built in under a year

It was built in less than 11 months. It hosts the Coca-Cola 600 each May, 400 laps of its quad-oval.

## How it compares

- 6.00× a lap of [Bowman Gray Stadium](https://how-big-is.com/bowman-gray-stadium/), the shortest
- ≈ 1× about the same length as a lap of [Homestead-Miami Speedway](https://how-big-is.com/homestead-miami-speedway/)
- 97% of a lap of [EchoPark Speedway](https://how-big-is.com/echopark-speedway/)
- 56% of a lap of [Talladega Superspeedway](https://how-big-is.com/talladega-superspeedway/), the longest

## Questions people ask

**How long is a lap of Charlotte Motor Speedway?**
1.5 miles (2.414 km).

**How many laps is the Coca-Cola 600?**
400 laps, 600 miles (966 km).

**What kind of track is Charlotte Motor Speedway?**
An intermediate track, an oval between one and two miles long.

**How steep are the banks at Charlotte Motor Speedway?**
24 degrees in the turns.

## Where the numbers come from

Official figure: 1.5 miles (NASCAR). Track: © OpenStreetMap contributors, licence: ODbL 1.0.

Credit: Map: how-big-is.com. Outline: © OpenStreetMap contributors.