NASCAR qualifying results today: Corey Day to start 12th in O’Reilly Series race at Darlington, Kyle Larson on pole
DARLINGTON, S.C. – Hot, slick, unique and fast – Darlington Raceway presents a challenge
to all drivers, no matter which NASCAR series they’re participating in.
A large part of success come race time is determined in qualifying, and for NASCAR O’Reilly Series competitors
, that came early Saturday morning.
Driving the No. 17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, Corey Day will start 12th in his first start in the series at Darlington after a qualifying lap of 30.447 seconds. Kyle Larson, who is driving the No. 88 HendrtickCars.com Chevrolet for JR Motorsports, took the pole as the last car on track with a lap of 29.994 seconds.
Day enters the weekend riding a string of four straight top-10 finishes including an eighth-place run at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last weekend
. He currently resides in seventh place in the NOAPS points standings through five events in his first full-time series. He finished ninth in a NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Darlington last year.
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Larson drove the same car to victory lane at Las Vegas
last week. He is back in the car subbing for Alex Bowman, who continues his recovery from vertigo.
Practice and qualifying in the Cup Series was scheduled to follow with Saturday’s race in the NOAPS is slated to start at 5:30 p.m. Here’s a look at how the field will lineup as well as a TV schedule for the rest of the weekend:
NASCAR O’Reilly starting lineup
- Kyle Larson, No. 88, 29.994
- Christopher Bell, No. 19, 30.041
- Carson Kvapil, No. 1, 30.18
- Justin Allgaier, No. 7, 30.22
- Parker Retzlaff, No. 99, 30.299
- Sam Mayer, No. 41, 30.307
- William Sawalich, No. 18, 30.338
- Brandon Jones, No. 20, 30.355
- Ross Chastain, No. 9, 30.4
- Jesse Love, No. 2, 30.411
- Austin Hill, No. 21, 30.436
- Corey Day, No. 17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, 30.447
- Sheldon Creed, No. 00, 30.467
- Harrison Burton, No. 24, 30.481
- Taylor Gray, No. 54, 30.507
- Kyle Sieg, No. 28, 30.513
- Josh Williams, No. 92, 30.621
- Sammy Smith, No. 8, 30.644
- Rajah Caruth, No. 32, 30.683
- JJ Yeley, No. 5, 30.707
- Anthony Alfredo, No. 96, 30.736
- Ryan Sieg, No. 39, 30.761
- Brennan Poole, No. 44, 30.769
- Garrett Smithley, No. 0, 30.809
- Jeb Burton, No. 27, 30.841
- Blaine Perkins, No. 31, 30.873
- Nick Sanchez, No. 25, 30.874
- Patrick Staropoli, No. 48, 30.91
- Lavar Scott, No. 45, 30.924
- Jeremy Clements, No. 51, 30.955
- Austin Green, No. 87, 30.966
- Josh Bilicki, No. 07, 31.008
- Dean Thompson, No. 26, 31.14
- Alex Labbe, No. 91, 31.225
- Myatt Snider, No. 30, 31.254
- Ryan Ellis, No. 02, 31.297
- Joey Gase, No. 55, 31.507
- Nathan Byrd, No. 42 (did not run qualifying lap)
What channel is the NASCAR race on today?
(All times eastern)
Saturday, March 21
- 2:30 – Cup Series practice, Prime Video
- 3:40 – Cup Series qualifying, Prime Video
- 5:30 – NOAPS race, CW
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Sunday, March 15
- 3 p.m. – Cup Series race, FS1
Where is NASCAR racing this weekend?
The NASCAR Cup and NOAPS are at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina, this weekend.
