Darlington Racewawe Weeksie -Appendix, TV information for NASCAR CUP and XFINITY

Darlington Raceway’s first annual Nacar weekend is moving to an earlier spring date this season after falling in mid-May for the past four years.

This is the first April weekend on the 1.366-mile oval since 2014. Nascar moved the Southern 500 back to the Labor Day weekend in 2015 on “The Track Too Tough to Tame”.

Sunday’s cup race is 400 miles with Brad Keselowski as the defensive winner.

Justin Allgaier is the defensive winner of Satuday’s 200-Mile XFinity race.

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Darlington Raceway schedule

(All times east)

Friday 4th April

Garage open

• Afternoon – 17:00 – XFinity Series

Trace activity

• Afternoon-17: 00-XFinity Tech Inspection
• 3 – 17:00 – Cup Series Haulers Enter

Saturday 5 April

Garage open

• 07:00 – 15:00 – Cup series
• 08:30 – 21:00 – XFINITY SERIES

Trace activity

• 10:05 – 11 Hours – XFINITY PRACTICE (CW -IPP)
• 11:10 AM – Afternoon – XFinity Qualifying (CW -App)
• 12:35 – 1:30 pm – Cup Practice (Prime, MRN)
• 1:40 – 14:30 – Qualifying (Prime, MRN)
• 15:30 – XFINITY RACE (147 rounds, 200.8 miles, Phase 1 on lap 45, Phase 2 on LAP 90; CW, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR RADIO)

Sunday April 6

Garage open

• 12 – 8:45 Hours – Cup – Series

Trace activity

• 15:00 – Cup Race (293 rounds, 400.2 miles, Phase 1 at Lap 90, Phase 2 on Lap 185; FS1, Mrn, SiriusXM Nascar Radio)

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Weekend weather

Saturday: Mostly to partly cloudy air with an almost record high of 87 degrees and winds from the south to southwest at 10 to 15 mph. It is expected to be 85 degrees with no chance of rain at the beginning of the Xfinity race.

Sunday: Cloudy in the afternoon with a chance for evening showers. High from 89 degrees and winds from the south to southwest at 10 to 20 mph. It is expected to be 87 degrees with a 5% chance of rain at the beginning of the cup race.