Overview The first race of the Cup Series playoffs is here and takes place at Darlington Raceway. The drivers will go 367 laps for 501 miles on the 1.366-mile oval track. As I mentioned in Saturday’s Xfinity article Darlington is an extremely tricky track and one that the drivers often find themselves dealing with turn two, one of the toughest corners in NASCAR. With this weekend came a new wrinkle as the often-patched turn two was completely repaved. This came into play during yesterday’s as drivers took some time adjusting. Three Cup regulars had a run on the track on Saturday with Denny Hamlin, Austin Dillon, and Tyler Reddick getting the extra seat time. This is the time of the...
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