NASCAR 2024: Here’s what Saturday’s Cup and Xfinity schedule at Darlington Raceway looks like

The 2024 NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series are scheduled to be on the 1.366-mile-long track on Saturday, August 31. The action of regular season’s final weekend kicks off at Darlington Raceway.

Xfinity Series drivers and teams will compete in practice and qualifying before concluding the day with the 147-lap main event today.

The NASCAR Cup Series drivers will also take part in practice and qualifying before hitting the track for the Cook Out Southern 500 on Sunday, September 1.

Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin are the defending winners of the Cup and Xfinity events in the Darlington Fall race, respectively. However, Hamlin is not taking part in the Xfinity event this year.

The weather forecast on Saturday at Darlington predicts partly cloudy with a high temperature of 88 degrees and a 15 percent chance of rain at the start of the Xfinity race.

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Full NASCAR's Saturday schedule at Darlington Raceway

Below is the complete schedule for Saturday’s on-track action across NASCAR’s top-two national series at the Darlington Raceway:

Saturday, August 31, 2024

Garage Open

7 am ET – 3 pm ET: Cup Series

9 am ET: Xfinity Series

Track activity

10:30 am ET – 11:05 am ET: Xfinity Series practice

11:10 am ET – 12 pm ET: Xfinity Series qualifying

12:35 pm ET – 1:20 pm ET: Cup Series practice

1:20 pm ET – 2:30 pm ET: Cup Series qualifying

3:30 pm ET: Xfinity Series race (147 laps and 200.8 miles)

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Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway: Qualifying Order

Here’s the qualifying order for Cook Out Southern 500 at the Darlington Raceway:

Group A:

1. Shane Van Gisbergen - 33.600
2. Daniel Suarez - 31.800
3. Ryan Preece - 30.450
4. Denny Hamlin - 27.800
5. Austin Dillon - 26.850
6. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. - 25.750
7. Chase Elliott - 24.450
8. Erik Jones - 21.600
9. John Hunter Nemechek - 19.250
10. Zane Smith - 18.500
11. Harrison Burton - 17.850
12. William Byron - 16.900
13. Ross Chastain - 16.150
14. Tyler Reddick - 15.450
15. Kyle Larson - 14.450
16. Chris Buescher - 12.150
17. Brad Keselowski - 9.150
18. Bubba Wallace - 8.600

Group B:

1. Timmy Hill - 42.050
2. Corey LaJoie - 32.850
3. Noah Gragson - 30.950
4. Kaz Grala - 30.000
5. Justin Haley - 27.700
6. Michael McDowell - 25.850
7. Josh Berry - 24.800
8. Joey Logano - 22.850
9. Todd Gilliland - 21.100
10. Austin Cindric - 18.850
11. Ryan Blaney - 18.450
12. Martin Truex, Jr. - 16.950
13. Daniel Hemric - 16.700
14. Alex Bowman - 15.650
15. Chase Briscoe - 15.250
16. Carson Hocevar - 12.450
17. Kyle Busch - 9.600
18. Christopher Bell - 9.150
19. Ty Gibbs - 6.600