NASCAR: When and how to watch the Cup and Xfinity series at Darlington Raceway
The NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series make stops at Darlington Raceway this weekend. The highlight of the weekend is the Cup Series Cook Out Southern 500 as it is the last race before the playoffs, putting a lot of pressure on the drivers vying for a coveted spot in the championship battle.
Here’s everything you need to know to follow all the action in both the Cup and Xfinity Series this coming weekend.
When can you see NASCAR at Darlington Raceway?
Saturday, August 31
10:30 a.m. ET: NASCAR Xfinity Series – Practice
11:10 a.m. ET: NASCAR Xfinity Series – Qualifying
12:35 p.m. ET: NASCAR Cup Series – Practice
1:20 p.m. ET: NASCAR Cup Series – Qualifying
3:30 p.m. ET: NASCAR Xfinity Series – Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200
Sunday, September 1st
6:00 p.m. ET: NASCAR Cup Series – Cook Out Southern 500
How to watch NASCAR at Darlington Raceway
Fans can watch the action live on USA Network and stream on NBC Sports. Additional coverage is available on TSN in Canada and on radio on PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
Tickets are also still available (at the time of writing) through the Darlington Raceway website.
NASCAR Cup Series: Current status
- Tyler Reddick – 823 points
- Kyle Larson – 806 points
- Chase Elliott – 805 points
- Ryan Blaney – 755 points
- William Byron – 743 points
- Christopher Bell – 737 points
- Brad Keselowski – 718 points
- Denny Hamlin – 712 points
- Martin Truex Jr. – 695 points
- Ty Gibbs – 676 points
- Chris Buescher – 658 points
- Alex Bowman – 648 points
- Bubba Wallace – 637 points
- Ross Chastain – 631 points
- Joey Logano – 586 points
- Kyle Busch – 552 points
- Daniel Suárez – 527 points
- Chase Briscoe – 514 points
- Austin Cindric – 486 points
- Todd Gilliland – 480 points
- Carson Hocevar – 467 points
- Michael McDowell – 459 points
- Josh Berry – 448 points
- Noah Gragson – 426 points
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – 404 points
- Erik Jones – 381 points
- Ryan Preece – 368 points
- Daniel Hemric – 365 points
- Austin Dillon – 360 points
- Justin Haley – 356 points
- John H. Nemechek – 343 points
- Corey LaJoie – 335 points
- Zane Smith – 316 points
- Harrison Burton – 306 points
- Kaz Grala – 166 points
- Cody Ware – 98 points
- Joey Hand – 43 points
- Jimmie Johnson – 39 points
- Derek Kraus – 32 points
- David Ragan – 17 points
- Kamui Kobayashi – 8 points
- Will Brown – 6 points
- Cam Waters – 2 points
NASCAR Cup Series: Current playoff situation
- Kyle Larson
- Christopher Bell
- Tyler Reddick
- William Byron
- Ryan Blaney
- Denny Hamlin
- Chase Elliott
- Brad Keselowski
- Joey Logano
- Austin Cindric
- Daniel Suarez
- Alex Bowman
- Harrison Burton
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Ty Gibbs
- Chris Buescher
(Drivers outside the playoffs below) - Bubba Wallace
- Ross Chastain
- Kyle Busch
- Chase Briscoe
- Todd Gilliland
- Carson Hocevar
- Michael McDowell
- Josh Berry
- Noah Gragson
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Eric Jones
- Ryan Preece
- Daniel Hemric
- Austin Dillon
NASCAR Xfinity Series: Current status
- Justin Allgaier – 806 points
- Cole Custer – 773 points
- Chandler Smith – 731 points
- Austin Hill – 704 points
- AJ Allmendinger – 674 points
- Riley Herbst – 665 points
- Sheldon Creed – 654 points
- Jesse Love – 620 points
- Parker Kligerman – 605 points
- Ryan Victory – 576 points
- Sammy Smith – 561 points
- Shane Van Gisbergen – 532 points
- Sam Mayer – 527 points
- Brandon Jones – 468 points
- Anthony Alfredo – 445 points
- Brennan Poole – 378 points
- Josh Williams – 354 points
- Parker Retzlaff – 337 points
- Leland Honeyman – 330 points
- Jeb Burton – 315 points
- Jeremy Clements – 307 points
- Kyle Weatherman – 298 points
- Ryan Ellis – 276 points
- Kyle Victory – 267 points
- Matt DiBenedetto – 253 points
- Aric Almirola – 248 points
- Blaine Perkins – 240 points
- Ryan Truex – 234 points
- Carson Kvapil – 194 points
- Hailie Deegan – 174 points
- Josh Bilicki – 171 points
- Garrett Smithley – 149 points
- Patrick Emerling – 120 points
- Austin Green – 112 points
- Joey Gase – 110 points
- BJ McLeod – 78 points
- David Starr – 77 points
- Jordan Anderson – 71 points
- JJ Yeley – 61 points
- Ed Jones – 57 points
- Sage Karam – 49 points
- Joe Graf Jr. – 48 points
- Logan Bearden – 48 points
- Caesar Bacarella – 46 points
- Alex Labbe – 46 points
- Nick Leitz – 41 points
- Brad Perez – 32 points
- Bubba Pollard – 31 points
- Natalie Decker – 27 points
- Justin Bonsignore – 25 points
- Patrick Gallagher – 25 points
- CJ McLaughlin – 24 points
- Conor Daly – 23 points
- Myatt Snider – 18 points
- Preston Pardus – 18 points
- Dexter Bean – 17 points
- Nathan Byrd – 17 points
- Daniil Kvyat – 16 points
- Andre Castro – 16 points
- Chad Finchum – 15 points
- Thomas Annunziata – 12 points
- Glen Reen – 10 points
- RC Enerson – 9 points
- Boris Said – 9 points
- Greg Van Alst – 5 points
- Armani Williams – 4 points
- Timothy Viens – 2 points
- Ryan Vargas – 2 points
- Gus Dean – 1 point