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Cup Playoffs Open at Darlington’s 75th Anniversary With RFK Racing in Focus

Keselowski’s No. 6 will honor 643 veterans’ names as RFK arrives with steady form for the Round of 16 opener.

NASCAR Cup Series Darlington- #23: Bubba Wallace, 23XI Racing, Columbia Sportswear Company Toyota Camry, #77: Carson Hocevar, Spire Motorsports, Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet, #38: Zane Smith, Front Row Motorsports, Long John Silver's Ford Mustang
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Overview

  • The Southern 500 at Darlington starts the Round of 16 on Sunday, Aug. 31 at 6 p.m. ET on USA, running 367 laps with stage breaks at laps 115 and 230.
  • RFK fields Brad Keselowski (No. 6), Chris Buescher (No. 17), and Ryan Preece (No. 60), with their post-reseed standings listed as 22nd, 17th, and 18th, respectively.
  • Keselowski is a two-time Darlington winner (2018, 2024) with 12 top-10s in 23 starts and four top-10 finishes in his last six races entering the weekend.
  • Buescher owns the third-best average start this season (11.7) and 13+ top-10s, while Preece has set career highs with 3 top-fives and 10 top-10s.
  • Xfinity heads to Portland for the penultimate regular-season race, where Sam Mayer carries a 9.3 average finish among full-timers and a four-race top-five streak.