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race held on May 12, 2024, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Contested over 293 laps on the egg-shaped oval, it was the 13th race of the

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110 races previously, and in the process becoming the first owner-driver to win a Cup race since Tony Stewart at the 2016 Toyota/Save Mart 350, and it was Ford's first win with the seventh-generation Mustang. Ty Gibbs finished second, and rookie

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came home in third. Denny Hamlin and Chase Briscoe rounded out the top five, and William Byron, Bubba Wallace,

Alex Bowman Alex Michael Bowman (born April 25, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 48 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Hendrick Motorsports, part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Seri ...

, Justin Haley, and Michael McDowell rounded out the top ten.

Report

Background

Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition." It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that is effective at both ends. Since

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, the race has hosted NASCAR's Throwback weekend, which features cars sporting paint schemes that pay homage to past teams and drivers. (The lineage of this race includes races billed as the Southern 500 from 2005 to 2020.)

Entry list

* (R) denotes rookie driver. * (i) denotes the driver ineligible for series driver points.

Practice

Michael McDowell was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.022 seconds and a speed of .

Practice results

Qualifying

Tyler Reddick Tyler George Reddick (born January 11, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 45 Toyota Camry for 23XI Racing, and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving ...

scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.906 and a speed of .

Qualifying results

Race

Race results

Stage results

Stage One ''Laps:'' 90 Stage Two ''Laps:'' 95

Final Stage results

Stage Three ''Laps:'' 108

Race statistics

* Lead changes: 16 among 10 different drivers * Cautions/Laps: 6 for 38 laps * Red flags: 0 * Time of race: 3 hours, 12 minutes, and 30 seconds * Average speed:

Media

Television

The race will be carried by FS1 in the United States. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer and Kevin Harvick will call the race from the broadcast booth.

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and

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will handle the pit road for the television side.

Larry McReynolds Lawrence Joseph McReynolds III (born January 10, 1959) is a current NASCAR crew chief and current racing analyst on Fox Sports as well as a columnist on Foxsports.com. In the past, he has served as an advisor to Petty Enterprises, and as a mi ...

provide insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

Radio

MRN will have the radio call for the race, which will also be simulcasted on

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NASCAR Radio.

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Manufacturers' Championship standings *Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. *. – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

References

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