NASCAR Saturday Schedule at Darlington Raceway

Nascar’s top two national series practice and qualify on Saturday at Darlington Raceway, which will have almost eight consecutive hours on track.

The XFinity series takes the track just after 10am for a 55-minute practice and then qualifies. Cup cars will start practicing 55 minutes at 12:35 p.m., followed by qualifying for Sunday’s race.

Saturday is limited by a 200-round XFinity race starting shortly after 3:30 pm, Justin Allgaier is the defensive winner.

Darlington Raceway schedule

(All times east)

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 APP)
• 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)

Again

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.