NASCAR drivers honoured fallen military members on their cars this past weekend

BarDown Staff

NASCAR Cup Series: Coca-Cola 600

The 2020 Coca-Cola 600 took place at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina this past weekend.

Since it happened to be Memorial Day Weekend and Monday being Memorial Day, every single driver in the race did something very touching as they all added the name of a fallen military member on their cars.

On Sunday at @CLTMotorSpdwy, each NASCAR Cup Series car carried the name of a fallen American hero as part of 600 Miles of Remembrance. #CocaCola600 pic.twitter.com/poKKTNnDLL
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) May 25, 2020

Some of the drivers and the teams had closer connections to the person they honoured than others, but it was a touching tribute overall.

This is what this weekend is all about. On Sunday, we race for SSgt. Donovan Reep, his family and the other heroes who have lost their lives protecting our freedom. It was a privilege to let his family be the first to see his name on my car. Hope to make them proud. pic.twitter.com/IM5Bn13xkh
— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) May 23, 2020

Brad Keslowski took home the victory at the event and set a NASCAR record by doing so as he completed the longest race distance in the promotion’s history (607.5 miles OR 977.7 kilometres).

(H/T NASCAR)