Monday, March 23, 2026

NASCAR Race Weekend Recap (Darlington)

NASCAR Race Weekend Recap (Darlington)

Winners: Tyler Reddick (Cup); Justin Allgaier (O'Reilly); Corey Heim (Trucks)



NASCAR Cup

Reddick Overcomes Early Issues to Win at Darlington for Fourth Victory of 2026

Reddick Overcomes Early Issues to Win at Darlington for Fourth Victory of 2026
Tyler Reddick hoists the trophy after winning #NASCAR Cup race at Darlington!

 

Overcoming a succession of issues inside his No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota, Tyler Reddick delivered a convincing victory in Sunday’s Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway, beating runner-up Brad Keselowski to the finish line by 5.847 seconds.

 

The win was Reddick’s fourth of the season in six NASCAR Cup Series events, following his record-setting sweep of the first three races of the year. That four-victory total puts Reddick in the company of two pillars of the sport.

 

Only twice before has a Cup Series driver won four of the first six races in a given season: Dale Earnhardt in 1987 and Bill Elliott in 1992.

 

Nor did circumstances make it easy on the 30-year-old driver from Corning, California. With a malfunctioning alternator from the outset, Reddick had to conserve power by eliminating unnecessary electrical drains.

 

“I know never to give up,” said Reddick, who won for the 12th time in his career. “I think it’s very fitting that when we finally get our first win here at Darlington that the ‘Lady in Black’ would test us like that. We’ve been so close so many times. I mean, Lap 1 we had the charging problem where the battery wasn’t charging at all.

 

“All day long, just not running fans. Sweat my tail off inside the race car, and we knew it was going to be physical. Really worn out, but I guess I don’t need as much of that cooling stuff as I normally have.”

 






Pole: Tyler Reddick



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Next Race: The Cup Series will return on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 3:30 pm ET for the ‘Cook Out 400’ at Martinsville Speedway.


NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series

Justin Allgaier Rallies to Darlington Win

Justin Allgaier Rallies to Darlington Win
JR Motorsports driver Justin Allgaier celebrates 30th career series win.

 


Justin Allgaier’s formula for winning Saturday’s Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway was simple enough: Take advantage of excellent pit stops and muscle his way into the lead on the final two restarts.

 

After a slow pit stop under the third and final caution on Lap 127 buried the dominant car of Kyle Larson in fifth place, Allgaier seized the lead from Brandon Jones on the last restart with 15 laps left and beat Jones to finish line by 0.578 seconds.

 

Allgaier is the first repeat winner of the 2026 season, but his victory is the fourth straight for JR Motorsports Chevrolets.

 

“These guys have never quit all year-they won the race,” Allgaier said of his pit crew. “They’ve never given up. They were on top of it all day on pit road.

 

“We definitely weren’t the best all day. Kyle (Larson) obviously was amazing. He had us covered… I didn’t do a very good job with it all day, if I’m being honest with you. Probably one of the worst days personally I’ve had here at Darlington.

 

“At the end there, I was worried about Brandon (Jones) – he had a fast car – and I was worried that the 19 (third-place finisher Christopher Bell) and the 88 (Larson) were going to get through the traffic there.”

 






Pole: Kyle Larson



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Next Race: The NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series will return on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 3:30 pm ET for the ‘NFPA 250’ at Martinsville Speedway.





NASCAR Trucks

Corey Heim Storms to Truck Win in Stunning Last-lap Move

Tricon Garage driver Corey Heim celebrates in Victory Lane at Darlington Raceway.

 


Same guy. Different truck. Same result.

 

Driving the No. 5 Tricon Garage Toyota on a part-time basis, Corey Heim shocked race leader Ross Chastain with a last lap pass and collected his second straight victory at Darlington Raceway in Friday night’s Buckle Up South Carolina 200.

 

Heim was ninth for the final restart and used his tires to excellent advantage, making the pass for the win through Turns 3 and 4 on the final lap.

 

“I’m out of breath, for sure,” said Heim, who led three times for 28 laps and picked up his 24th win in 91 Truck Series starts. “Man, we had a set of scuffs laying, and they were five laps fresher than everyone else’s. It was worth a shot. I didn’t think we could win from where we were at.

 

“I felt like I made all the right moves. I had it three-wide coming to the white (flag) and bombed on in there on Ross (into Turn 3). I was shocked he gave me the bottom like that with fresher tires.”

 






Pole: Kaden Honeycutt



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Next Race: The Truck Series will return on Friday, April 3, 2026 at 4:30 pm ET for the ‘Black's Tire 200’ at Rockingham Speedway.




ARCA

The ARCA Series did not compete this weekend







Next Race: The ARCA Series will return on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. EST for the ‘Hickory 200’ at Hickory Motor Speedway.



 

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Sunday, March 22, 2026

#NASCAR Cup Qualifying Results +

#NASCAR Cup Qualifying Results +

Tyler Reddick and Teammate Bubba Wallace Start on the Front Row

NASCAR Cup Qualifying Results +

 

The NASCAR Cup Series is scheduled to race today at 3:00 pm ET at Darlington Raceway. 

 




NASCAR Qualifying Results

      1.  Tyler Reddick, No. 45, 29.072
      2.  Bubba Wallace, No. 23, 29.196
      3.  Chase Eliott No. 9 UniFirst Chevrolet, 29.319
      4.  Kyle Larson, No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, 29.377
      5.  Brad Keselowski, No. 6, 29.424
      6.  Chris Buescher, No. 17, 29.443
      7.  Ryan Blaney, No. 12, 29.476
      8.  Kyle Busch, No. 8, 29.478
      9.  Denny Hamlin, No. 11, 29.5
    10.  Austin Dillon, No. 3, 29.538
    11.  Daniel Suarez, No. 7, 29.55
    12.  Austin Cindric, No. 2, 29.57
    13.  William Byron, No. 24 RAPTOR Chevrolet, 29.601
    14.  Riley Herbst, No. 35, 29.613
    15.  Justin Allgaier, No. 48 Ally Chevrolet, 29.624
    16.  Carson Hocevar, No. 77, 29.677
    17.  Ryan Preece, No. 60, 29.708
    18.  Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47, 29.721
    19.  Zane Smith, No. 38, 29.723
    20.  Michael McDowell, No. 71, 29.731
    21.  John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42, 29.776
    22.  Christopher Bell, No. 20, 29.785
    23.  Chase Briscoe, No. 19, 29.819
    24.  Erik Jones, No. 43, 29.825
    25.  Ross Chastain, No. 1, 29.847
    26.  Josh Berry, No. 21, 29.878
    27.  AJ Allmendinger, No. 16, 29.885
    28.  Ty Gibbs, No. 54, 29.889
    29.  Joey Logano, No. 22, 29.912
    30.  Noah Gragson, No. 4, 29.98
    31.  Todd Gilliland, No. 34, 29.997
    32.  Connor Zilisch, No. 88, 30.091
    33.  Shane van Gisbergen, No. 97, 30.125
    34.  Cody Ware, No. 51, 30.309
    35.  Cole Custer, No. 41, 30.422
    36.  Ty Dillon, No. 10, 30.584
    37.  Timmy Hill, No. 66, 32.044


What channel is the NASCAR race on today?

  • 3 p.m. - Cup Series Race, FS1


NASCAR Points Standings Before Darlington Event

  • 1. Tyler Reddick----255
  • 2. Bubba Wallace----194
  • 3. Ryan Blaney----188
  • 4. Denny Hamlin----177
  • 5. Chase Elliott----168
  • 6. Christopher Bell----164
  • T-7. Kyle Larson----157
  • T-7. William Byron----157
  • 9. Chris Buescher----146
  • 10. Ty Gibbs----140
  • 11. Joey Logano----135
  • 12. Brad Keselowski----127
  • 13. Ryan Preece----125
  • 14. Michael McDowell----122
  • 15. Carson Hocevar----118
  • T-16. Shane van Gisbergen----117
  • T-16. Daniel Suarez----117
  • T-16. AJ Allmendinger----117
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  • 19. Zane Smith----108
  • 20. Ross Chastain----94




 

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Friday, March 20, 2026

Kaulig Racing's 'Epic Undertaking' Fulfills Ram's Ambition

Kaulig Racing's 'Epic Undertaking' Fulfills Ram's Ambition

From Scratch to a Five-Truck Fleet

Kaulig Racing's 'Epic Undertaking' Fulfills Ram's Ambition

 

It was audacious, ridiculous and outrageous all at once, and Matt Kaulig knew it

 

Kaulig stood on pit road in the minutes before the start of the Feb. 13 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series opener at Daytona International Speedway, the track's lights high atop the frontstretch grandstands illuminating the 37-truck grid. Kaulig's new Ram truck team had yet to run a lap in anger, and already he could enjoy a moment of major accomplishment.

 

Five shiny Kaulig Racing trucks were scattered across the starting field. Only a few months earlier, the team had not even a truck fender, with the upcoming season an onrushing bull and the clock ticking.

 

"It was very, very, very surreal," Kaulig said. "For us to build five trucks -- we didn't even sign the Ram deal until the summer -- it was an epic undertaking. Some people in the racing world understand what we did to accomplish that, but they don't really understand how we did it. I mean, we had nothing.

 

"Daytona was an awesome moment."

 

Now the Truck season is three races old, and teams have been enjoying a three-week break before Race No. 4 today at Darlington Raceway.

 

Kaulig Racing's 'Epic Undertaking' Fulfills Ram's Ambition

 

Three races in, Kaulig executives are pleased to have had a top-10 finish in each race but are more excited by the fact that they "won" the rushed preseason construction process and have dominated much of the current talk about the Truck Series, in particular Ram's big splash at Daytona.

 

The Kaulig Truck Team Darlington Line-Up





 

source: Kaulig Racing Media
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