The first two national series of Nascar will train and qualify on Saturday in Darlington Raceway, who will have cars on the right track for almost eight consecutive hours.
The Xfinity series will take the track just after 10:00 a.m. HE for a 55 -minute practice and then qualifies. Cup cars will start to train for 55 minutes at 12:35 p.m., followed by qualifying for Sunday’s race.
Saturday will be capped by an Xfinity race of 200 laps which will start shortly after 3.30 p.m., Justin Allgaier is the defending winner.
Darlington breed schedule
(All time is)
Saturday April 5
Open garage
- 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. – Series of Cups
- 8:30 a.m. – 9 p.m. – Xfinity series
Track activity
- 10:05 am – 11 a.m. – Xfinity Practice (CW application)
- 11:10 a.m. – Midi – Xfinity Qualifying (CW APP)
- 12:35 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Cup practice (bonus, mrn)
- 1:40 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. – Cup cup (bonus, mrn)
- 3.30 p.m. – XFINITY RACE (147 rpm, 200.8 miles, stage 1 Tour 45, step 2 at the turn 90; CW, MRN, Siriusxm Nascar Radio)
Weather report
SATURDAY: Mainly in a partially cloudy sky with an almost record summit of 87 degrees and winds from south to southwest to 10 to 15 MPH. It should be 85 degrees without any chance of rain at the start of the Xfinity race.