NASCAR weekend schedule for playoff opener at Darlington Raceway
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Cup and Xfinity Series teams will be in action this weekend at Darlington Raceway.
The Xfinity teams will compete in one of the two remaining regular-season races on Saturday (3:30 p.m. ET on USA Network). The Cup Series teams will start the playoffs on Sunday evening (6 p.m. ET on USA Network, post-race show on Peacock).
Darlington Raceway Weekend Schedule
Weekend weather
Friday: Mostly sunny skies with a high of 79 degrees and an 11% chance of precipitation.
Saturday: Mostly sunny skies with a high of 80 degrees and a 1% chance of precipitation at the start of the Xfinity Series race.
Sunday: Sunny skies with a high of 80 degrees and a 1% chance of precipitation at the start of the Cup Series race.
Friday, Sept. 1
(All times Eastern)
Garage open
- 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. — Xfinity Series
Saturday, Sept. 2
(All times Eastern)
Garage open
- 7:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. — Cup Series
- 9 a.m. — Xfinity Series
Track activity
- 10:35 – 11:05 a.m. — Xfinity practice (NBC Sports App)
- 11:05 a.m. – 12 p.m. — Xfinity qualifying (NBC Sports App)
- 12:35 – 1:20 p.m. — Cup practice (USA Network, Motor Racing Network)
- 1:20 – 2:30 p.m. — Cup qualifying (USA Network, MRN)
- 3:30 p.m. — Xfinity Series race (147 laps, 200.8 miles; USA Network, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
Sunday, Sept. 3
(All times Eastern)
Garage open
Track activity
- 6 p.m. — Cup race (367 laps, 501.32 miles; USA Network, NBC Sports App, Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
