NASCAR Cup PR

John Hunter Nemechek took the green flag in the 34th position in The Real Heroes 400 Sunday afternoon at Darlington Raceway.

Michael McDowell took the green flag in Sunday’s Real Heroes 400 from the 31st position at Darlington Raceway. He noted early on in Stage 1 that his CarParts.com Ford Mustang was, “tight in the center of turn three and four” which made it hard for him to run the bottom of the race track and would go on to finish Stage 1 from the 26th position.

In his return to the track – and NASCAR’s return to action – Ryan Newman turned in a gutty performance, recovering from a late spin to drive his No. 6 Oscar Mayer Ford to a 15th-place finish in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series event at the famed Darlington Raceway.

RYAN NEWMAN, No. 6 Oscar Mayer Ford Mustang -- "Really proud of everybody's effort today to unload the Oscar Mayer Ford as good as we did. We started pretty strong and for the first 180 laps or so we were really good, then we got the car too free and we needed it to turn better, but we never got the front to work and made the back loose."

After fighting his way through multiple incidents in NASCAR’s return to on-track action, Chris Buescher took the checkered flag 32nd in his Fastenal Ford Mustang.

ARIC ALMIROLA, No. 10 Smithfield Ford Mustang -- “It was a decent day for us. When we had track position we ran up front. That was nice. Then we lost a little bit of our track position and then had a penalty where we got put to the "back of the field.

KEVIN HARVICK, No. 4 Busch Light #YOURFACEHERE Ford Mustang -- POST-RACE INTERVIEW -- “I want to thank everybody from NASCAR and all the teams for letting us do what we do.

Roush Fenway Racing will show its support for first responders, nurses, doctors and paramedics serving during the COVID-19 pandemic with a special ‘Frontline Hero’ logo on masks worn by team personnel at Darlington Raceway this weekend.

Richard Childress Racing at Darlington Raceway ... Richard Childress is tied for third in all-time car owner victories with Holman-Moody and the Wood Brothers in NASCAR Cup Series competition at Darlington Raceway with eight wins each.

Corey LaJoie and sponsor Keen Parts will salute frontline workers by running a special Keen Parts "Thank a Hero" paint scheme at Darlington Raceway on May 20 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.