Race Winner: Chase Briscoe of Stewart-Haas Racing (Ford)
Stage 1 Winner: Kyle Larson of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet)
Stage 2 Winner: Kyle Larson of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet)
RWR Race Finish:
● Justin Haley (Started 21st, Finished 27th / Running, completed 363 of 367 laps)
● Kaz Grala (Started 35th, Finished 34th / Running, completed 332 of 367 laps)
RWR Points:
● Justin Haley (30th with 366 points)
● Kaz Grala (35th with 169 points)
RWR Notes:
● This was Haley’s seventh NASCAR Cup Series start at Darlington. His best finish remains ninth, earned on May 12.
● This was Grala’s second NASCAR Cup Series start at Darlington. His best finish remains 18th, earned on May 12.
Race Notes:
● Chase Briscoe won the Cook Out Southern 500 to score his second career NASCAR Cup Series victory, his first of the season and his first at Darlington. His margin of victory over second-place Kyle Busch was .361 of a second.
● This was Ford’s 735th all-time NASCAR Cup Series victory, its sixth of the season and its second straight. Ford driver Harrison Burton won last weekend at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway.
● This was Ford’s 34th all-time NASCAR Cup Series victory at Darlington and its second straight. Ford won its first race at the 1.366-mile oval on Sept. 3, 1956 with NASCAR Hall of Famer Curtis Turner. Brad Keselowski won the series’ prior race at Darlington in May when he took the checkered flag in the Goodyear 400.
● There were seven caution periods for a total of 39 laps.
● Only 17 of the 37 drivers in the race finished on the lead lap.
● Tyler Reddick won the NASCAR Cup Series regular-season championship by one point over second-place Kyle Larson. But with the points reset for the 16 drivers who qualified for the NASCAR Playoffs, Larson takes over first place in the playoff standings via his series-leading four victories.
Sound Bites:
“We had a really fast Fraternal Order of Police Ford Mustang Dark Horse, but mistakes on pit road cost us a chance to show that. Atlanta next weekend is a good opportunity for us to get the No. 51 back into the top-10 and find some redemption after Daytona.”– Justin Haley, driver of the No. 51 NC Fraternal Order of Police Ford Mustang Dark Horse
Next Up:
The next event on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule is the Quaker State 400 on Sunday, Sept. 8 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The race starts at 3 p.m. EDT with live coverage provided by USA and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
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