Coca-Cola Drops Green Flag on Summer with “Quarter-Mile Cookout” at Lowe’s Motor Speedway

(L to R) NASCAR stars Kyle Petty and Bobby Labonte join Food Network chef Tyler Florence to ignite the nation’s longest grill, kicking off summer barbecue season on May 22. Measuring 1,320 feet, the oval ring of fire can cook 30,000 hotdogs at a time. The monster grill was the centerpiece of the Coca-Cola Quarter-Mile Cookout. Florence and members of the Coca-Cola Racing Family of drivers cooked a feast for thousands of fans in Concord, N.C., for the 50th Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. (Photo: Worth Canoy)

(L to R) NASCAR stars Kyle Petty and Bobby Labonte join Food Network chef Tyler Florence to ignite the nation’s longest grill, kicking off summer barbecue season on May 22. Measuring 1,320 feet, the oval ring of fire can cook 30,000 hotdogs at a time. The monster grill was the centerpiece of the Coca-Cola Quarter-Mile Cookout. Florence and members of the Coca-Cola Racing Family of drivers cooked a feast for thousands of fans in Concord, N.C., for the 50th Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. (Photo: Worth Canoy)