An abbreviated weekend at Darlington Raceway starts Saturday as two national NASCAR series get on track.
The Xfinity Series teams will take part in a one-day show. They will practice, qualify, and race on Saturday. Cup Series teams will practice and qualify for Sunday's Goodyear 400.
Darlington Raceway Saturday forecast and schedule
Saturday forecast: Partly cloudy skies throughout the day. A high of 89 degrees and an 11% chance of rain.
Saturday, April 5, schedule (Eastern Time)
- 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. -- Cup Series garage hours
- 8:30 a.m. -- Xfinity Series garage hours
- 10:05 - 11 a.m. -- Xfinity Series practice (Streaming on CW app)
- 11:10 a.m. - 12 p.m. -- Xfinity Series qualifying (Streaming on CW app)
- 12:35 - 1:30 p.m. -- Cup Series practice (Prime Video)
- 1:40 - 2:30 p.m. -- Cup qualifying (Prime Video)
- 3:30 p.m. -- Xfinity Series race (147 laps, 200.8 miles. CW, Radio coverage on MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
The Xfinity entry list features 40 names. Only 38 will make the show, so two will go home after the morning's qualifying session.
Notable names on this list include Nick Leitz (SS GreenLight Racing), Ross Chastain (JR Motorsports), Chase Elliott (Hendrick Motorsports), Christopher Bell (Joe Gibbs Racing), Austin Green (Jordan Anderson Racing), Greg Van Alst (Joey Gase Motorsports), Mason Massey (Alpha Prime Racing), Dawson Cram (Mike Harmon Racing), and Josh Bilicki (DGM Racing with Jesse Iwuji Motorsports).
The entry list features multiple drivers with Xfinity wins at Darlington. This includes Bell (2024), Elliott (2014), Brandon Jones (2020), and Justin Allgaier (three wins). All of Allgaier's Darlington wins have been since 2021.
The Xfinity Series has competed at Darlington Raceway 69 times since the inaugural event in 1982. Geoffrey Bodine won the first Xfinity race at The Lady in Black.
The South Carolina track hosted two Xfinity events each season from 1984 until 2004. It hosted one event each season between 2005 and 2019. Darlington went back to hosting two Xfinity races each season in 2020 as COVID-19 disrupted the schedule. It has continued to do so ever since.