NASCAR Xfinity Series
Next Race: Steakhouse Elite 200
The Place: Darlington Raceway
The Date: Saturday, May 8
The Time: 1 p.m. ET
TV: FS1, 12:30 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 200.1 miles (147 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 45),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 90), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 147)
What To Watch For:
The NASCAR Xfinity Series has held 61 races at Darlington Raceway. the inaugural Xfinity Series race at Darlington was on April 3, 1982 and the event was won by Geoffrey Bodine driving a Pontiac for car owner Frank Plessinger.
The 61 Xfinity Series races at Darlington Raceway have produced 29 different pole winners and 33 different race winners.
NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin leads the series poles at Darlington with eight (1992 sweep, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000 sweep).
None of the drivers entered this weekend have won a pole at Darlington.
Mark Martin also leads the series in wins at Darlington with eight victories (1993, 1994 sweep, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000 sweep).
Brandon Jones (2020) is the only former Xfinity Darlington winner entered this weekend.
15 of the 61 Xfinity races at Darlington have been won from the pole or first starting position.
The most recent driver to win from the pole is Denny Hamlin in 2017.
The youngest Xfinity Series winner at Darlington is Chase Elliott (04/11/2014 – 18 years, 4 months, 14 days) and the oldest winner is Dick Trickle (09/05/1998 – 56 years, 10 months, 9 days).
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