NASCAR: When And How To Watch Cup And Xfinity Series At Darlington Raceway

The NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series are heading to Darlington Raceway this weekend. The highlight of the weekend is the Cup Series Cook Out Southern 500 as it is the last race before the playoffs, putting a lot of pressure on those drivers vying for a coveted spot to fight for the championship.

This is everything you need to know to watch all of the action for both the Cup and Xfinity Series this coming weekend.

When to watch NASCAR at Darlington Raceway

Saturday 31 August

10.30am ET: NASCAR Xfinity Series – Practice

11.10am ET: NASCAR Xfinity Series – Qualifying

12.35pm ET: NASCAR Cup Series – Practice

1.20pm ET: NASCAR Cup Series – Qualifying

3.30pm ET: NASCAR Xfinity Series – Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200

Sunday 1 September

6pm ET: NASCAR Cup Series – Cook Out Southern 500

How to watch NASCAR at Darlington Raceway

Fans can catch the action live on the USA Network and stream it on NBC Sports, with additional coverage available on TSN in Canada and radios on PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

Tickets are also still available (at the time of writing) via the Darlington Raceway website.

NASCAR Cup Series: Current Standings

1. Tyler Reddick – 823 points
2. Kyle Larson – 806 points
3. Chase Elliott – 805 points
4. Ryan Blaney – 755 points
5. William Byron – 743 points
6. Christopher Bell – 737 points
7. Brad Keselowski – 718 points
8. Denny Hamlin – 712 points
9. Martin Truex Jr – 695 points
10. Ty Gibbs – 676 points
11. Chris Buescher – 658 points
12. Alex Bowman – 648 points
13. Bubba Wallace – 637 points
14. Ross Chastain – 631 points
15. Joey Logano – 586 points
16. Kyle Busch – 552 points
17. Daniel Suárez – 527 points
18. Chase Briscoe – 514 points
19. Austin Cindric – 486 points
20. Todd Gilliland – 480 points
21. Carson Hocevar – 467 points
22. Michael McDowell – 459 points
23. Josh Berry – 448 points
24. Noah Gragson – 426 points
25. Ricky Stenhouse Jr – 404 points
26. Erik Jones – 381 points
27. Ryan Preece – 368 points
28. Daniel Hemric – 365 points
29. Austin Dillon – 360 points
30. Justin Haley – 356 points
31. John H. Nemechek – 343 points
32. Corey LaJoie – 335 points
33. Zane Smith – 316 points
34. Harrison Burton – 306 points
35. Kaz Grala – 166 points
36. Cody Ware – 98 points
37. Joey Hand – 43 points
38. Jimmie Johnson – 39 points
39. Derek Kraus – 32 points
40. David Ragan – 17 points
41. Kamui Kobayashi – 8 points
42. Will Brown – 6 points
43. Cam Waters – 2 points

NASCAR Cup Series: Current Playoff Picture

1. Kyle Larson
2. Christopher Bell
3. Tyler Reddick
4. William Byron
5. Ryan Blaney
6. Denny Hamlin
7. Chase Elliott
8. Brad Keselowski
9. Joey Logano
10. Austin Cindric
11. Daniel Suárez
12. Alex Bowman
13. Harrison Burton
14. Martin Truex Jr.
15. Ty Gibbs
16. Chris Buescher
    (Drivers outside the playoff below)
17. Bubba Wallace
18. Ross Chastain
19. Kyle Busch
20. Chase Briscoe
21. Todd Gilliland
22. Carson Hocevar
23. Michael McDowell
24. Josh Berry
25. Noah Gragson
26. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
27. Erik Jones
28. Ryan Preece
29. Daniel Hemric
30. Austin Dillon

NASCAR Xfinity Series: Current Standings

1. Justin Allgaier – 806 points
2. Cole Custer – 773 points
3. Chandler Smith – 731 points
4. Austin Hill – 704 points
5. AJ Allmendinger – 674 points
6. Riley Herbst – 665 points
7. Sheldon Creed – 654 points
8. Jesse Love – 620 points
9. Parker Kligerman – 605 points
10. Ryan Sieg – 576 points
11. Sammy Smith – 561 points
12. Shane Van Gisbergen – 532 points
13. Sam Mayer – 527 points
14. Brandon Jones – 468 points
15. Anthony Alfredo – 445 points
16. Brennan Poole – 378 points
17. Josh Williams – 354 points
18. Parker Retzlaff – 337 points
19. Leland Honeyman – 330 points
20. Jeb Burton – 315 points
21. Jeremy Clements – 307 points
22. Kyle Weatherman – 298 points
23. Ryan Ellis – 276 points
24. Kyle Sieg – 267 points
25. Matt DiBenedetto – 253 points
26. Aric Almirola – 248 points
27. Blaine Perkins – 240 points
28. Ryan Truex – 234 points
29. Carson Kvapil – 194 points
30. Hailie Deegan – 174 points
31. Josh Bilicki – 171 points
32. Garrett Smithley – 149 points
33. Patrick Emerling – 120 points
34. Austin Green – 112 points
35. Joey Gase – 110 points
36. BJ McLeod – 78 points
37. David Starr – 77 points
38. Jordan Anderson – 71 points
39. JJ Yeley – 61 points
40. Ed Jones – 57 points
41. Sage Karam – 49 points
42. Joe Graf Jr – 48 points
43. Logan Bearden – 48 points
44. Caesar Bacarella – 46 points
45. Alex Labbe – 46 points
46. Nick Leitz – 41 points
47. Brad Perez – 32 points
48. Bubba Pollard – 31 points
49. Natalie Decker – 27 points
50. Justin Bonsignore – 25 points
51. Patrick Gallagher – 25 points
52. CJ McLaughlin – 24 points
53. Conor Daly – 23 points
54. Myatt Snider – 18 points
55. Preston Pardus – 18 points
56. Dexter Bean – 17 points
57. Nathan Byrd – 17 points
58. Daniil Kvyat – 16 points
59. Andre Castro – 16 points
60. Chad Finchum – 15 points
61. Thomas Annunziata – 12 points
62. Glen Reen – 10 points
63. RC Enerson – 9 points
64. Boris Said – 9 points
65. Greg Van Alst – 5 points
66. Armani Williams – 4 points
67. Timothy Viens – 2 points
68. Ryan Vargas – 2 points
69. Gus Dean – 1 point