DARLINGTON, S.C. – With a brand new horsepower and aerodynamics bundle within the NASCAR Cup Series for Darlington Raceway
this weekend, there are a myriad of uncertainties groups all through the storage will face come race time Sunday
.
One factor is for positive: a strong beginning spot may go a good distance in avoiding the chaos that figures to come back.
The excellent news for Hendrick Motorsports ? All 4 of the group’s Chevrolets locked down top-15 qualifying spots on Saturday. The brigade was led by Chase Elliott, whose single-lap time of 29.319 seconds earned the third beginning spot the place he’ll line up alongside teammate Kyle Larson in fourth (29.377). William Byron will begin thirteenth whereas Justin Allgaier, who’s filling in for Alex Bowman
, will roll off fifteenth.
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Both Larson
and Byron
are previous winners at Darlington whereas Allgaier has visited victory lane 3 times within the NASCAR O’Reilly Series. Elliott
(fifth), Larson and Byron (tied for seventh) enter the weekend in strong form when it comes to the Cup Series points standings
.
Sunday’s race is ready for a 3 p.m. begin time and can air on FS1.
Here’s a glance at how the sphere will line up for the weekend’s most important occasion.
NASCAR qualifying outcomes
- Tyler Reddick, No. 45, 29.072
- Bubba Wallace, No. 23, 29.196
- Chase Eliott No. 9 UniFirst Chevrolet, 29.319
- Kyle Larson, No. 5 HendrickVehicles.com Chevrolet, 29.377
- Brad Keselowski, No. 6, 29.424
- Chris Buescher, No. 17, 29.443
- Ryan Blaney, No. 12, 29.476
- Kyle Busch, No. 8, 29.478
- Denny Hamlin, No. 11, 29.5
- Austin Dillon, No. 3, 29.538
- Daniel Suarez, No. 7, 29.55
- Austin Cindric, No. 2, 29.57
- William Byron, No. 24 RAPTOR Chevrolet, 29.601
- Riley Herbst, No. 35, 29.613
- Justin Allgaier, No. 48 Ally Chevrolet, 29.624
- Carson Hocevar, No. 77, 29.677
- Ryan Preece, No. 60, 29.708
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47, 29.721
- Zane Smith, No. 38, 29.723
- Michael McDowell, No. 71, 29.731
- John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42, 29.776
- Christopher Bell, No. 20, 29.785
- Chase Briscoe, No. 19, 29.819
- Erik Jones, No. 43, 29.825
- Ross Chastain, No. 1, 29.847
- Josh Berry, No. 21, 29.878
- AJ Allmendinger, No. 16, 29.885
- Ty Gibbs, No. 54, 29.889
- Joey Logano, No. 22, 29.912
- Noah Gragson, No. 4, 29.98
- Todd Gilliland, No. 34, 29.997
- Connor Zilisch, No. 88, 30.091
- Shane van Gisbergen, No. 97, 30.125
- Cody Ware, No. 51, 30.309
- Cole Custer, No. 41, 30.422
- Ty Dillon, No. 10, 30.584
- Timmy Hill, No. 66, 32.044
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What channel is the NASCAR race on at present?
(All instances japanese)
Saturday, March 21
- 2:30 – Cup Series observe, Prime Video
- 3:40 – Cup Series qualifying, Prime Video
- 5:30 – NOAPS race, CW
Sunday, March 15
- 3 p.m. – Cup Series race, FS1
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Where is NASCAR racing this weekend?
The NASCAR Cup and NOAPS are at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina, this weekend.
NASCAR factors standings after Las Vegas
Driver | Points |
|---|---|
| 255 |
2. Bubba Wallace | 194 |
3. Ryan Blaney | 188 |
4. Denny Hamlin | 177 |
5. Chase Elliott | 168 |
6. Christopher Bell | 164 |
T-7. Kyle Larson | 157 |
T-7. William Byron | 157 |
9. Chris Buescher | 146 |
10. Ty Gibbs | 140 |
11. Joey Logano | 135 |
12. Brad Keselowski | 127 |
13. Ryan Preece | 125 |
14. Michael McDowell | 122 |
15. Carson Hocevar | 118 |
T-16. Shane van Gisbergen | 117 |
T-16. Daniel Suarez | 117 |
T-16. AJ Allmendinger | 117 |
——————— | —— |
19. Zane Smith | 108 |
20. Ross Chastain | 94 |