Start Time: 3:30 p.m. 3rd - Kyle Busch. Its hard to pass., Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Finished 8th: It was kind of a crazy day. . We had a great car. NASCAR tv schedule for Darlington Raceway. That was the only way he was going to go by me was he was going to have to get physical. Were going to have track position racing, single-file, follow-the-leader, nobody can pass.. And Paul (Wolfe) did a good job of getting some good changes to the Verizon Mustang to where it got competitive. Andrews used to oversee the Hendrick engine program. Chastains lead showed the challenge in passing. This place has been so tough on me. The March 2015 Cup race at Martinsville had 2,688 green flag passes in 388 green flag laps for an average of 6.9 passes per lap. Pre-Sale Tickets. It was like that all day. I pride myself on not making mistakes, so that was pretty brutal there, but, like Ive said, we have a fast race car and really felt like we could have probably swept the stages and ran top three or top five. Paul was able to give me what I needed to get towards the front. I was super happy when that happened and just as surprised as probably everybody.. A strong run from those drivers should make them feel more comfortable about their prospects of advancing to the next round. START TIME: 3:30 p.m. Friday 5: How one Cup teams playoff slogan reinforces Every Point, 16 drivers, 16 questions: Analyzing the NASCAR Cup playoff field, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick look toward playoffs after winless regular season, Playoff baptism awaits for Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick, Michael McDowell, Personnel investment, pit strategy fuel best season Front Row has ever had, NASCAR Cup Series playoff primer: Schedule, points, TV info, JTG Daugherty Racing will field one entry in 2022, Next Gen cars to test Sept. 7-8 at Daytona. The race weekend at Darlington will not feature practice or qualifying sessions, as the sport attempts to cut costs for teams in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nothing wrong with that. . Theres just not enough speed difference in the cars. So, who will conquer "The Lady in Black" on Sunday? Sometimes you make the wrong one, but its hard when youre in the lead because everybody normally does the opposite of you. NASCAR Xfinity Series. Everyone on the No. There are eight scoring loops at Martinsville Speedway. It was pretty bad. Martin Truex Jr. Truex wrestled with an ill-handling race car much of the day but rebounded to finish third, his first top-five run of what has been a frustrating season. Like Rhodes, KBM driver John Hunter Nemechek will try for his third triumph of the season in the . Date: Sunday, May 9. 23 23XI Racing Toyota, 24. I dont know that the France family really wants us running big horsepower anymore. fter 26 regular season races, the 2021 NASCAR playoffs have officially arrived as the series heads to Darlington Raceway on Labor Day Weekend. Its not like you have to have it super straight, so that was good.. Like I said, I thought it was a little bit better, but it needs to be a lot more better., Aric Almirola Finished 6th: Its crazy that Martinsville is a track position race. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford, 28. Obviously, I was speeding, but I was like there is no way. The 367-lap, 501.3-mile event is scheduled for an evening. Blaney is +2000 to win, +650 to land in the top three, +330 to earn a top-five spot and -110 for a top-10 finish. You saw the 41 (Ryan Preece) dominate the race, and then he got caught and went to the back and that was it. I tried to get the No. With a little bit of them moving each other for second, I was able to get away (from the field) and I never thought Id be able to do that. 4. We will just keep on digging., Chase Elliott Finished 10th: It was about what I expected, so thats a good thing. Gambling problem? Kyle Busch, No. It is Next Gen racing with these tires and this aero package there is no passing. That would stress his repaired leg. We will just keep on digging., Chase Elliott Finished 10th: It was about what I expected, so thats a good thing. MARTINSVILLE, Va. Spotter Eddie DHondt echoed the feelings of Chase Elliott fans when he told the sports most popular driver welcome back, bud before Sundays Cup race at Martinsville Speedway. And then fight hard with Larson. I never ever would have thought that I would win here at Martinsville. William Byron, No. Even with the caution I thought we were gonna be OK, and then I thought we were gonna stay out, and then at the end it looked like more guys were gonna come down pit road, so we decided to come down with them. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet, 27. Anthony Alfredo, No. Because depending on the parts and pieces, some things, as I said, are easily six months to a year out from a planning perspective. Team Darlington ET Points Races September 14-16 / Thurs. Its a long-term decision for the engine companies to do that.. Below is the remaining schedule for the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series regular season and playoffs, beginning with Sunday's race at Darlington Raceway. The NASCAR Cup Series postseason kicks off Sunday at one of the sport's most historic race tracks, with the16 drivers in the playoff field, as well as the other drivers on the circuit, heading to Darlington Raceway. NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. This win here today means a lot for everybody and, too, Hendrick Motorsports as well with everything that theyve everything that this kind of racetrack and trip means to them., Joey Logano Finished 2nd: Solid recovery for what the start of the race looked like. It definitely didnt go unnoticed., Austin Dillon Finished 12th:What a battle today at Martinsville Speedway. We win and lose as a team. So this is an extremely special win for me. 4. There were 10 lead changes in Sundays race but only three happened on the track. It seems like a long time ago, and longer still now that the Next Gen car has been revealed to the public as well as the overall competitiveness of the 2021 season. Thats just what weve got., Chase Briscoe Finished 5th: It would have been more of a statement if we won the race, obviously. https://t.co/glV82ezJZx. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet, 19. NEXT GEN NEXT YEAR: NASCAR unveils Next Gen car: Six things to know about the car that will debut in 2022, CONFUSED? What comes first? Even if you were better than a guy, they could just kind of hang on. RADIO . That race had 634 position changes in 97 more green flag laps of racing than Sundays event. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, 6. Ive worked very hard to get better here. It was fun. The GEICO 500 marks the 104nd race hosted by Talladega Superspeedway in Cup Series history. Obviously, I was speeding, but I was like there is no way. I think were in the middle of an evolution of the tire, Chastain told NBC Sports. Darlington Raceway visits the South Carolina Governor's Mansion Thursday April 21 2022 Throwback Paint Schemes: NASCAR Cup Series Edition Tuesday April 12 2021 Recap: A look back at The Lady in Black Tuesday December 14 2021 Cook Out Southern 500 Race Weekend Tuesday September 7 2021 Terrence Carraway Memorial 5K Friday September 3 52 Rick Ware Racing Ford, NASCAR unveils Next Gen car: Six things to know about the car that will debut in 2022, NASCAR announces new format for All-Star race at Texas, leaving many confused, NASCAR announces times, TV and radio networks for 2021 Cup Series schedule, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Erik Jones has just two career wins, with one coming in the 2019 Southern 500. Were going to have track position racing, single-file, follow-the-leader, nobody can pass.. What drivers said at Sundays NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway: Kyle Larson Winner: Just huge congratulations to this whole 5 team and Hendrick Motorsports. His most recent victory there came in April 2021. I wish we turned a page there with the package. Just having him a part of the debrief after practice and qualifying again was nice, Larson said. Rarely does the car that dominates or the best car win, simply because you cant control the race when you need to at least we couldnt. Thats something that as a company we needed to go and run up front. When it was retained on the 2021 schedule, The 4Less Group took over as title sponsor with its LiftKits4Less.com brand. I was just so slow right in the center, and I couldnt make any passes for that reason, so I was trapped back there. For the second consecutive year, the Lady in Black will host . Martinsville winner Kyle Larson was glad to have Elliott back this weekend. And some of those would be as much as a year to possibly 18 months lead time to get that work done and get parts ordered. We pitted, which put us towards the end of the lead lap cars. FORECAST: Weather Undergrounds forecast calls for partly cloudy skies, a high of 85 degrees, and dry conditions around the start of the race. Larson and Truex are the two favorites to win at Darlington for separate reasons. Truex dominated Darlingtons spring race, leading 248 of 293 laps to claim his second win at the track. What is the 2021 Darlington schedule? A look at winners and losers from Sundays NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway: Kyle Larson Larson took advantage of a late-race caution flag and excellent pit strategy to score a convincing four-second victory, his second win of the year. I couldnt do that. Its unfortunate. They are all within three points of Christopher Bell in 12th. Finding that sweet spotis often the key to finding victory lane. I thought our car was really, really good at that point. Thats part of it, and you just move on. NASCAR at Darlington schedule: How to watch on TV, weather, odds. NASCAR Cup Series 2021 regular season. We want to get better. It was really hard to pass. He started 24th and did not climb inside the top 20 until Lap 258 when he moved up to 19th. He was lapped in the first stage and got his lap back at the stage break. The two Martinsville races last year combined had 1,907 such passes 1,233 in the spring race and 674 in last falls playoff race. And then, like I said, when you can win at a place like this, it is definitely up there. Really nice that it went green there. Chastain also looks at the tire as a key to impact the racing. I heard Cliff was teared up, too. We went through that green flag pit sequence and then a caution comes out for a wheel and gives a lot of those guys just a free gift that stayed out. LAST TIME OUT: In May at Darlington, Martin Truex Jr.repelled a late push fromKyle Larson to score his third win of the season after leading 248 of 293 laps (see highlights in the video above). It was about what I expected, so thats a good thing. TV:FS1. The chicken or the egg? Follow your favorite team and driver's progress with daily updates That is a 15.9% decrease in green flag passes from that March 2015 race to Sundays race. You didnt want to smash them out of the way, but it was really hard to move around., Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Cup drivers say more changes are needed to improve short track racing, Winners and losers at Martinsville Speedway, Chase Elliott battles to 10th-place finish in return, What drivers said at Martinsville Speedway, Martin Truex Jr.repelled a late push fromKyle Larson, NASCAR started the trucks on wet weather tires, Elliott returned to racing six weeks after he broke his left tibia, MORE: Martinsville Cup results, driver points. 2) #4-John Hunter Nemechek, 2126, advances on . William Byron Byron was considered a favorite entering the race but failed to show up near the front and finished 23rd. Aric Almirola, No. Just had unfortunate timing of that caution in the green flag pit stop cycle. I personally do not disagree with you that more power would be something to take a look at some day. Since Sundays race had 400 laps and most Martinsville races have 500 laps, another way to compare races is to look at the average number of position changes per lap. We just couldnt get the car to rotate through the center of the corner. MORE ARTICLES. Just having him a part of the debrief after practice and qualifying again was nice, Larson said. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Tickets for the Cup Series race at Darlington are available on the track website right here. Right now, if you try to pivot or make the core do something you want it to do, it just cant take it.. Hall of Famers David Pearson (10 wins), Dale Earnhardt (9 wins), Jeff Gordon (7 wins), Bobby Allison (5 wins), Bill Elliott (5 wins), Darrell Waltrip (5 wins) and Cale Yarborough (5 wins) are Darlingtons all-time win leaders. Ross Chastain finished third, earning his third top five of the season. 5/14/2023. Rarely does the car that dominates or the best car win, simply because you cant control the race when you need to at least we couldnt. Some drivers again called for NASCAR to give them more horsepower to make passing less challenging. 3 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Off Road Chevy team worked hard all day, and a 12th-place finish is pretty good considering how loose our Chevy was throughout the race and some of the strategy that played out. DISTANCE: The race is 367 laps (501.3 miles) on the 1.366-mile speedway. All four cars were in contention. Darlington Raceway Qualifying Data. The November 2020 race had 4.6 such changes per green flag lap. Both were two laps down. Like I said, overall, it feels like a win considering how the day went so far., Martin Truex Jr. Finished 3rd: We had kind of a crazy day with the Bass Pro Shops Toyota Camry TRD, but really just got a little bit lucky there getting back on the lead lap mid-race and kept working on our car. I like to roll momentum, and thats just not what this place is like. NASCAR recorded 2,206 green flag passes over 350 green flag laps Sunday for an average of 5.8 passes per green flag lap. Obviously, Monday morning quarterback. Fastest lap from the previous race (15 percent) NASCAR is conducting qualifying for just eight of the 36 Cup Series races in the 2021 season. I think when you can accomplish something that you dont see possible, when you do accomplish it, it moves up the ladder pretty high. TV/RADIO:NBCSN coverage begins withCountdown to Green at 5 p.m., leading into race coverage on NBCSN at 6 p.m. Post-race coverage follows on NBCSN at 10 p.m. Motor Racing Networks radio coverage begins at 5 p.m. on mrn.comand will be simulcast on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Our No. We just couldnt get the car to rotate through the center of the corner. We made it a little bit better. 47 JTG DaughertyRacing Chevrolet, 29. We went through that green flag pit sequence and then a caution comes out for a wheel and gives a lot of those guys just a free gift that stayed out. That ultimately cost us the track position. Martinsville winner Kyle Larson was glad to have Elliott back this weekend. Each end of Darlington Raceway is configured differently, and the steep banks make for an exciting challenge for pit crews setting up their drivers' race cars, attempting to make them handle well at both ends of the race track. 2021 Darlington Spring Cup race 2021 Darlington Truck Race 2021 Spring Darlington NXS Race All News Cup News Trucks XFINITY News. Yeah, very soon. Browse through 2021 NASCAR Cup Darlington results, statistics, rankings and championship standings. Since Sundays race had 400 laps and most Martinsville races have 500 laps, another way to compare races is to look at the average number of position changes per lap. 99 Trackhouse Racing Toyota, 17. Next Gen racing is all about strategy, execution on pit road thats who wins. Information about parking, camping, scanner rentals, pre-race pit passes and tickets for the weekend are also available on the tracks website. Kyle Larson enters the race as the top seed in the reset standings ahead of Ryan Blaney and . That was the best my car had been, I think, being able to get out front and manage. Darlington Raceway to Host 2023 NASCAR Race Weekends on May 12-14 & Sept. 2-3, 2023. Yeah, I thought it was five to 10 percent better even though theres still a really long way to go. Second seed Martin Truex Jr., winner at Darlington on Mothers Day, and third seed Ryan Blaney, winner of the last two races, are tied behind Larson with 2,024 points. This years playoff field consists of seven former champions (Harvick, Truex, Elliott, Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski), 15 race winners (all but Tyler Reddick) and three drivers making their postseason debuts (Reddick, Michael McDowell, Christopher Bell). 47 Kroger/Tree Top Camaro was just a little tight in the center all day. It was really hard to pass. There are eight scoring loops at Martinsville Speedway. RADIO:Motor Racing Networkand SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. It is his seventh top-10 finish in 2021. Christopher Bell, No. Ive worked very hard to get better here. The chicken or the egg? So that feels really, really special because he is so strong and, like, emotionally strong. Theres a couple of ways to look at how challenging passing was. I think were in the middle of an evolution of the tire, Chastain told NBC Sports. Truex, meanwhile, won the May race at Darlington. All-in-all, a good day for this RCR team. (NASCAR) (5-9-2021) Cup Series Playoff Standings after Darlington: This is one of my favorite tracks and we come here and run sixth-to-ninth every time. So I dont know if were ever going to fix this until we put more horsepower on the cars or build a tire that somehow falls off. Im 95 percent sure I was good. I felt like we were slowly making gains on our Chevy. Last season, in returning from a pandemic-related hiatus, NASCAR restarted its season with a full week of racing at Darlington last May. J.R. (Houston), my engineer, and I just walked to figure out where that last section was. Cars that I was lapping 10 laps before, we caught a caution, and I couldnt pass them for second. Schedule a Call. They put a rain tire on the trucks that fell off 1.5 seconds in 25 laps, Hamlin said. He has won two of the past four races at Darlington and is in need of a victory to rise out of the bottom four. The 1.366-mile oval of Darlington Raceway hosts the Playoff opener for the NASCAR Cup Series. Blaney owns a single top-10 finish at Darlington, but that did come in May, when he took eighth. The points standings are now reset for the playoffs with seeding based on three regular season totals: wins, stages wins and points earned. We need to be better, but overall, proud of our McDonalds Toyota Camry group. So, it was fun at the end passing a lot of cars and getting up there, but still needed to be a little bit better, but overall, you know, proud of everybody for sticking with it and just grinding one out today., Denny Hamlin Finished 4th: The package was terrible its either the package or the tires. Erik Jones, No. Dirty air against the pack. You cant make mistakes. Even though Blaney sits on the pole and won last time out at Daytona, he carries much steeper odds to win than Larson and Truex. We have to try something different because we cant just have follow-the-leader racing. Hes still winless in 2021 after nine victories last year, so Darlington could be the place for the lowest playoff seed to break into the win column. To hear that means a lot. Then after that, we got the car really good. I couldnt do that. We got these Cup cars that somehow dont fall off a half a second in 80 laps. It seemed like tires it took them 50-60 laps for them to fall off even if you had older tires. I knew I was going to get bumped. The 10 winners in 2021 do not include Kevin Harvick, who won two of three races at Darlington last season, nor Denny Hamlin, who won the third. Its a lot easier to say you should have stayed out, but we didnt. Chandler Smith (P) (seventh) was the highest finishing rookie. Elliott returned to racing six weeks after he broke his left tibia in a snowboarding accident and finished 10th. Anyway, it is good to just stay in it, mentally for myself and the team and pull that strategy there. NASCAR announces new format for All-Star race at Texas, leaving many confused, 2021 SCHEDULE: NASCAR announces times, TV and radio networks for 2021 Cup Series schedule, Track: Darlington Raceway(1.366 mile oval) in Darlington, South Carolina, Streaming: FOX Sports app (subscription required); MRN.com and SiriusXM for audio (subscription required), 1. Call 1-800-GAMBLER (NJ/WV/PA), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (CO), 1-800-BETS OFF (IA), or call or text the TN REDLINE: 800-889-9789 (TN). Harvick has ruled Darlington lately, winning two of three races at the track last season. I was just so slow right in the center, and I couldnt make any passes for that reason, so I was trapped back there. Date. One thing that you need to realize is that all these engine companies have ordered parts and pieces for really the remainder of 2023, and to start to change that architecture around, it gets very, very complicated very quickly. I was calling that tire in the restart zone for three laps Im like, Call it, this is our chance. We capitalized. The No. Thats something that as a company we needed to go and run up front. I was racing in the 20s and we stayed out, Chastain said. ChrisBuescher, No. Chase Elliott Elliott didnt count on a top-10 finish entering the race, his first back since suffering a broken leg. SUNDAY, APRIL 25TH 2021 2:00 PM. Cars that I was lapping 10 laps before, we caught a caution, and I couldnt pass them for second. I wish we turned a page there with the package. Larson begins the race in sixth place. Stage 2 ends at Lap 230. They felt like if we stayed out, our lap times would come back around and wed be able to hang on. At the time, I thought that was gonna be OK with the amount of laps we still had to go, but track position was obviously super important. Event. Was able to stay out and get a lucky caution there during a green flag cycle. We had a great car. It was about what I expected, so thats a good thing. Theres just not enough speed difference in the cars. Until we get lap-time variation, Im going to keep harping and keeping saying it over and over and over. DARLINGTON, S.C. (WMBF) - The first race in NASCAR's Cup Series Playoffs just got a whole lot bigger. Legacy Motor Club Noah Gragson finished 30th and was followed one spot behind by teammate Erik Jones. STARTING LINEUP:Southern 500 starting lineup. Harrison Burton Burton caused the first on-track caution with a spin and finished 29th, two laps down. I was racing in the 20s and we stayed out, Chastain said. We went down a lap twice, two times. It was still obviously extremely hard to pass. Obviously that was a tough race on him, tough race on any driver. Updated: Sep 15, 2021 / 06:36 PM EDT. I felt like a Stewart-Haas car probably should have won the race, and we just couldnt catch the breaks we needed there at the end, but, overall, a great day. Everything should be clear for NASCARs playoff opener. Cole Custer, No. So I dont know if were ever going to fix this until we put more horsepower on the cars or build a tire that somehow falls off. Darlington Raceway is a 1.25 mile egg-shaped race track, and is considered legendary among NASCAR drivers. It definitely didnt go unnoticed., Austin Dillon Finished 12th:What a battle today at Martinsville Speedway. I pride myself on not making mistakes, so that was pretty brutal there, but, like Ive said, we have a fast race car and really felt like we could have probably swept the stages and ran top three or top five. Anyway, it is good to just stay in it, mentally for myself and the team and pull that strategy there. We were just as good as anybody, but its really tough. The starting lineup for the Cook Out Southern 500 was set using NASCARs qualifying metric, which is a formula combining each drivers finish last week, each drivers fastest lap last week and each drivers points position. We made it a little bit better. The cars are so close and so competitive. Our war room back at the shop said we should stay out there. After 26 grueling regular season races, 16 drivers must reset their focus and set their sights on winning the championship. We probably made the wrong decision at the end, but at the time and the perspective that we had, we thought it was gonna be the best decision. Martin Truex Jr., No. But our NAPA Chevy, we struggled every run but the last one. The race at Darlington is on NBCSN starting at 6 p.m. I knew I was going to get bumped. But it came on a day when, according to NASCARs statistics, there were more green flag passes than in either of last seasons two Martinsville races combined. Live Stream:NBCSports.com and NBC Sports app, Ryan Blaney on the pole, Denny Hamlin on the front row Sunday night for the Southern 500 at Darlington. He is one of three Hendrick Motorsports drivers starting on the first three rows. We win and lose as a team. 21+. We didnt have the best race cars today, and he and (crew chief Alan Gustafson) fought all day long together.. It wasnt an easy day for Elliott. Sundays race had 1,305 positions change in 350 laps of green flag racing (out of 400 total laps). 1. Ill take blame for that. I could set them up, but I couldnt get the throttle down. I didnt have a fighting chance there. We finally got it going there at the end, and I was able to make some passes and do things that I didnt really think Id be capable of doing, or at least of us fixing it to that degree here at the race track. It was warm. The problem is when you can downshift and things like that, these cars have so much forward drive and obviously not a lot of power coming off the corner, so everybody is kind of the same speed. Only position changes that take place at the start/finish line are counted. I just needed to stay in the lead. Today is when you are pretty stoked that you finished a little better than I thought we were going to. Even dating back a few decades, Lake Speed nabbed his only career victory in the 1988 Darlington race. A couple of other cars snuck on our inside and we lost the top 10. One thing that you need to realize is that all these engine companies have ordered parts and pieces for really the remainder of 2023, and to start to change that architecture around, it gets very, very complicated very quickly. Formula One livery in 2021 . I felt like we were slowly making gains on our Chevy. I dont know that the France family really wants us running big horsepower anymore. Thats a long-term decision for sure.. But Mike Kelley (crew chief) and all the guys did a great job. Seven of those races have already been run; the one. We are missing something. It was pretty good, honestly. Elliott said of his leg. Here is all the informationyou need to get ready for the Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway. Thats any time a car gets ahead of another car on the track whether the car being passed is on the same lap. I was super happy when that happened and just as surprised as probably everybody.. 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