NCS 27/36 – Darlington Cook Out Southern 500
Play-off NASCAR Cup Series odštartovalo na Darlington Raceway a prvé preteky, v ktorých bojovali 16 jazdci o titul priniesli poriadnu drámu. Istotu v Round of 12 si zabezpečil Chase Briscoe.
Z pole position štartoval Denny Hamlin, no hneď po štarte ho predbehol Chase Briscoe, ktorý napokon v pretekoch dominoval. Z 376 kôl bol vo vedení 309 a s prehľadom ovládol oba segmenty. Rozhodujúci moment prišiel v 281. kole, keď sa Briscoe dostal pred Van Gisbergena a líderskú pozíciu si udržal. Do cieľa prišiel s náskokom 0,408 sekundy pred Reddickom, najlepšiu päťku následne doplnili jazdci mimo play-off Jones, Nemechek a Allmendinger. Víťazstvo znamená pre jazdca Joe Gibbs Racing istotu postupu do Round of 12.
Sezóna pokračuje druhým podujatím Round of 16 na World Wide Technology Raceway.
| Pozice | Jezdec | SČ | Značka | Odjetých kol | Startovní pozice | Kol ve vedení | Bodů | Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chase Briscoe | 19 | Toyota | 367 | 2 | 309 | 60 | 20 |
| 2 | Tyler Reddick | 45 | Toyota | 367 | 4 | 3 | 53 | 18 |
| 3 | Erik Jones | 43 | Toyota | 367 | 19 | 0 | 42 | 8 |
| 4 | John Hunter Nemechek | 42 | Toyota | 367 | 30 | 15 | 38 | 5 |
| 5 | AJ Allmendinger | 16 | Chevrolet | 367 | 22 | 0 | 38 | 6 |
| 6 | Bubba Wallace | 23 | Toyota | 367 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 10 |
| 7 | Denny Hamlin | 11 | Toyota | 367 | 1 | 12 | 38 | 8 |
| 8 | Kyle Busch | 8 | Chevrolet | 367 | 23 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 9 | Carson Hocevar | 77 | Chevrolet | 367 | 26 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 10 | Chris Buescher | 17 | Ford | 367 | 15 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 11 | Ross Chastain | 1 | Chevrolet | 367 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 12 |
| 12 | Austin Cindric | 2 | Ford | 367 | 10 | 0 | 28 | 3 |
| 13 | Zane Smith | 38 | Ford | 367 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 14 | Noah Gragson | 4 | Ford | 367 | 34 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 15 | Brad Keselowski | 6 | Ford | 367 | 32 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 16 | Ryan Preece | 60 | Ford | 367 | 27 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| 17 | Chase Elliott | 9 | Chevrolet | 367 | 21 | 8 | 20 | 0 |
| 18 | Ryan Blaney | 12 | Ford | 367 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| 19 | Kyle Larson | 5 | Chevrolet | 367 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 12 |
| 20 | Joey Logano | 22 | Ford | 367 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 21 | William Byron | 24 | Chevrolet | 367 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 22 | Ty Gibbs | 54 | Toyota | 367 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 23 | Austin Dillon | 3 | Chevrolet | 367 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 24 | Cole Custer | 41 | Ford | 367 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 25 | Daniel Suarez | 99 | Chevrolet | 366 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 26 | Todd Gilliland | 34 | Ford | 366 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 27 | Justin Haley | 7 | Chevrolet | 366 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 28 | Riley Herbst | 35 | Toyota | 366 | 33 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 29 | Christopher Bell | 20 | Toyota | 365 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 4 |
| 30 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 47 | Chevrolet | 365 | 35 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 31 | Alex Bowman | 48 | Chevrolet | 365 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 32 | Shane van Gisbergen | 88 | Chevrolet | 365 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 33 | Michael McDowell | 71 | Chevrolet | 365 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | Ty Dillon | 10 | Chevrolet | 365 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | Timmy Hill | 66 | Ford | 354 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Derek Kraus | 44 | Chevrolet | 282 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Cody Ware | 51 | Ford | 249 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Josh Berry | 21 | Ford | 239 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Fotografie: NASCARmedia.com
