The NASCAR Cup Sequence heads to for scuttle one of its oldest tracks this weekend for the annual “Throwback Weekend” at Darlington Raceway. The tournament will feature a series of aged-faculty paint schemes, visits from legendary personalities and one throwback driver within the sector.
Here’s every thing you may per chance possibly presumably also must know for the Goodyear 400:
Saturday, Would possibly per chance 13 10:30-11:20 a.m.: Practice (FS1, MRN, Fox Sports actions app) 11:20 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Qualifying (FS1, MRN, Fox Sports actions app)
Sunday, Would possibly per chance 14 1:30-3 p.m.: Pre-speed command (FS1) 3-6:30 p.m.: Goodyear 400 (FS1, MRN, Fox Sports actions app)
Goodyear 400 info
Song: Darlington Raceway (1.366-mile egg-fashioned oval), Darlington, South Carolina Size: 293 laps for 400.238 miles Banking: • 3 levels on the front straight • 25 levels in turns 1-2 • 2 levels on the aid straight • 23 levels in turns 3-4 Closing year’s winner: Joey Logano
Opened in 1950, the music they’ve dubbed “too demanding to tame” is for scuttle one of many oldest on the circuit and for scuttle one of its most neatly-known. The unheard of, egg-fashioned, 1.366-mile oval parts huge, sweeping Turns 1 and a pair of but has tighter third and fourth turns in command to preserve the pond that the distinctive proprietor of the farmland stipulated must build in place of residing when the speedway became once constructed. On the music neatly-known for multiple racing grooves, drivers trip finding what works for them on long runs, and in-speed adjustments are a truly noteworthy.
Top drivers and simplest bets for the Goodyear 400
Despite never having gained at Darlington in 10 profession begins, Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson enters the weekend as the well-liked at BetMGM. Three Toyotas and two Chevrolets note because the six entries with 10-to-1 or better odds.
Simplest odds to gain
• Kyle Larson +500 • Denny Hamlin +600 • Martin Truex Jr. +700 • Tyler Reddick +900 • Kyle Busch +1000 • William Byron +1000
Yahoo Sports actions’ Reduce Bromberg suggests you may per chance possibly presumably also receive wonderful mid-tier cost in Larson’s teammate Lumber Elliott (+1400) and the Stewart-Haas Racing Ford of Kevin Harvick (+1400). Elliott has three high-5 finishes in 12 begins at Darlington, whereas Harvick has been a high-10 machine, having finished there 18 instances in 30 profession begins. Whereas you happen to’re searching to receive a protracted shot, Josh Berry, riding the fourth Hendrick Motorsports entry moderately than the injured Alex Bowman, enters the weekend at +6600.
Despite no longer posting a NASCAR Cup Sequence gain at Darlington, Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson enters the Goodyear 400 weekend because the making a bet well-liked. (Photo by Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire by contrivance of Getty Photos)
‘Throwback Weekend’: Hi there … Newman
Mother’s Day weekend at Darlington is consistently a event of NASCAR’s heritage. Some automobiles may per chance possess classic paint schemes, obvious branding across the music turns relief the clock, and legends of the game topple on the runt South Carolina town to meet fans and signal autographs. This “Throwback Weekend” will additionally feature a ragged driver returning to the sector.
Ryan Newman, who drove beefy-time within the Cup Sequence from 2002 to ’21, makes his return to the music in his first of loads of decide out events riding for Rick Ware Racing. Newman, 45, has gained 51 Cup Sequence poles and 18 races and became once the championship runner-up in 2014.
It’s going to be warm with a 51% likelihood of rain on both days of Cup Sequence running. The forecast requires sunny skies at some stage in Saturday’s qualifying, and there’ll be cloud cowl for the speed Sunday, which may per chance also invent for a mixed up grid and very excellent racing in Darlington’s multiple grooves.