NASCAR Results at Darlington
Yesterday, NASCAR had its 6th race of its season. The 6th race took place in Darlington County, South Carolina, at Darlington Raceway (“The Lady in Black”) or (“The Track Too Tough To Tame”).
Darlington Raceway is one of the most challenging and unforgiving tracks in the NASCAR series, with the track being more challenging than the other tracks NASCAR races at and goes to. This gives the reason why the nicknames for Darlington are The Lady in Black or The Track Too Tough To Tame.
The reason why Darlington is the most challenging track out of all the other tracks is that Darlington is a 1.366-mile track shaped like an egg-shaped oval track. The banking is also very different than any other tracks because turn 1 and turn 2’s banking is 25 degrees, and turns 3 and 4’s banking is 23 degrees, and even the frontstretch and backstretch have a bit of banking that is 6 degrees.
The overall results (overall winner) were #45 Tyler Reddick (Toyota), with that being his fourth win of this season. Though he won the race and started on pole, he encountered mechanical issues but overcame them to win. He also wasn’t the dominant car, the person who was #6, Brad Keselowski.
The Top 10 for Stage 1 were:
1st was #6 Brad Keselowski (Ford), 10 points, 2nd was #45 Tyler Reddick (Toyota), 9 points, 3rd was #12 Ryan Blaney (Ford), 8 points, 4th was #23 Bubba Wallace (Toyota),7 points, 5th was #5 Kyle Larson (Chevy), 6 points, 6th was #17 Chris Buescher (Ford), 5 points, 7th was #9 Chase Elliot (Chevy), 4 points, 8th was #2 Austin Cindric (Ford), 3 points, 9th was #7 Daniel Suarez (Chevy), 2 points, 10th was #24 William Byron (Chevy), 1 point.
The Top 10 for Stage 2 were:
1st was #6 Brad Keselowski (Ford), 10 points, 2nd was #17 Chris Buescher (Ford), 9 points, 3rd was #5 Kyle Larson (Chevy), 8 points, 4th was #19 Chase Briscoe (Toyota), 7 points, 5th was #45 Tyler Reddick (Toyota), 6 points, 6th was #60 Ryan Preece (Ford), 5 points, 7th was #24 William Byron (Chevy), 4 points, 8th was #2 Austin Cindric (Ford), 3 points, 9th was #54 Ty Gibbs (Toyota), 2 points, 10th was #7 Daniel Suarez (Chevy), 1 point.
The Top 10 for the Final Stage (Stage 3) (Overall Race Winner) were:
1st was #45 Tyler Reddick (Toyota), 70 points, 2nd was #6 Brad Keselowski (Ford), 55 points, 3rd was #12 Ryan Blaney (Ford), 42 points, 4th was #77 Carson Hocevar (Chevy), 33 points, 5th was #2 Austin Cindric (Ford), 38 points, 6th was #54 Ty Gibbs (Toyota), 33 points, 7th was #7 Daniel Suarez (Chevy), 33 points, 8th was #24 William Byron (Chevy), 34 points, 9th was #17 Chris Buescher (Ford), 42 points, 10th was #43 Erik Jones (Toyota), 27 points.
The next race is Sunday, March 29th at 3:30 PM ET at the Martinsville Speedway (Cook Out 400), which is located in Ridgeway, Virginia.