With one race to go in the regular season, everything is on the line for the NASCAR Cup Series drivers at Darlington Raceway’s Southern 500 on Sunday evening.
This weekend NASCAR travels to Darlington Raceway. The Cook Out Southern 500 is the final race of the NASCAR Cup Series regular season for the first time since the Playoffs began in 2004.
Many long-time viewers of NASCAR who have watched the sport know who Dick Berggren, PhD is. He's been a color commentator and pit reporter in NASCAR broadcasting for many years.
The 2018 Daytona 500 champion from Welcome, North Carolina, officially faces a "must-win" scenario entering the 2024 Cup Series regular-season finale at Darlington Raceway to race his way back into Playoff contention after being denied a final overturn attempt of his Richmond penalties from the Final Appeal Officer.
The 22-year-old Riggs from Bahama, North Carolina, led the final 53 of 175-scheduled laps en route to his first Truck Series career victory in his 23rd series start while being a non-Playoff contender at the Milwaukee Mile.
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1. Christopher Bell: Bell finished third in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona.
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With their respective top-10 runs at Daytona, Chris Buescher and Ty Gibbs are currently scored above the top-16 cutline to make the 2024 Cup Series Playoffs while Bubba Wallace is scored below the cutline ahead of next weekend's regular-season finale at Darlington.
The 23-year-old Burton from Huntersville, North Carolina, executed a final lap pass on Kyle Busch amid an overtime shootout to become the 205th competitor to win in NASCAR's premier series, the 13th competitor to claim a 2024 Cup Series Playoff berth by winning a regular-season event and deliver a milestone victory for Wood Brothers at the World Center of Racing.
The three-time Supercars champion from Auckland, New Zealand, will pilot the No. 88 Chevrolet for Trackhouse Racing that is set to expand to three cars in 2025.
The 32-year-old Truex from Mayetta, New Jersey, led 28 of 102 over-scheduled laps and survived an overtime shootout to record his second Xfinity Series victory in eight starts in 2024 along with his first at Daytona.
Landen Lewis will pay homage to his mentor and close friend, Ron Hornaday, with a special tribute paint scheme on his No. 45 J.F. Electric Chevrolet Silverado on October 30 at Martinsville Speedway.
The NASCAR schedule turns to Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend with its return to the Oval this fall, pivoting from the track’s road-course (the “ROVAL”), this will be the first time since 2017 the NASCAR Cup Series ran the oval at Charlotte twice in the same season.
