August 30, 2023
Cook Out Southern 500
Darlington Raceway
NASCAR Cup Series (NCS)
Sunday, September 3 at 6:00 p.m. EDT on USA
AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Action Industries Camaro ZL1
– AJ Allmendinger on Darlington Raceway
“Darlington is a place that I’ve had success at in the Xfinity car. Our first race there this year in the Cup car was not as good as we hoped, but we’ve improved our race cars since then so I’m looking forward to getting back there and seeing what we have. We’ll use these next 10 races to build momentum and continue to get better as a team.”
Justin Haley, No. 31 LeafFilter Gutter Protection Camaro ZL1
“Darlington has slowly become one of my favorite race tracks. We’ve has some really good runs there, including a third place last year and a top 10 this past spring. I’m excited to get to a track where we can really get after it and race hard.”
– Justin Haley on Darlington Raceway
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Darlington Raceway
NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS)
Saturday, September 2 at 3:30 p.m. EDT on USA
Kyle Busch, No. 10 LA Golf Chevrolet Camaro
– Kyle Busch on Darlington Raceway
“Darlington is going to be my final Xfinity Series race I get to run with Kaulig. They won there earlier this year with Kyle Larson behind the wheel. I’d like to think that I could go out there and win there too. Kyle is so good at driving a loose car and I know he was really loose for most of the day and I’ve been loose in the Kaulig car for the majority of the races that I’ve ran this year. I was looking forward to Charlotte, and didn’t get my chance to run there, but it’s going to be neat to close out the season and see how far those guys have come. I feel like they’ve made some good improvements throughout the season. That 10 car has been fast, they’ve won some races with about all their drivers except me, so we’ve got to get out there and get one.”
Daniel Hemric, No. 11 Cirkul Chevrolet Camaro
“Darlington is a race track that all the drivers get excited about, and I fall right in that category. It takes a lot of patience, thinking ahead and trying to be methodical about what you want your racecar to feel like when you end practice to begin the race. Then, it comes to risk vs reward with how close you want to run to the wall. It takes something different to be good on the short run or good on the long run. I am excited to go there and try to put ourselves in position to have a good weekend. We look to continue to build as we get close to the playoffs.”
– Daniel Hemric on Darlington Raceway
Chandler Smith, No. 16 Quick Tie Products Chevrolet Camaro
“I felt like we were gaining speed in the few laps we ran at Darlington back in May. Our one-lap speed was good, but it was a really hot day and we pushed hard, killing the tires early. Then we didn’t get a chance to move back up into the top 10 after getting wrecked. We’re taking what we learned then and will hopefully build off it this weekend.”
– Chandler Smith on Darlington Raceway