Darlington Raceway has introduced its race dates for the 2027 season. The historic observe, which opened in 1950, will once more maintain a triple-header weekend from April 2-4 with all three nationwide divisions.
Nevertheless, there’s a change for later within the season when NASCAR returns to Darlington for 78th operating of the Southern 500. The race can be held on September 5, and preceded by the NASCAR O’Reilly Sequence on September 4 as a part of Labor Day Weekend.
That is notable as Darlington will now sit because the common season finale, as an alternative of the primary race of the Chase for the championship. The Southern 500 was final located because the common season finale in 2024, the place Chase Briscoe dramatically received his manner into the playoffs (below the outdated format) simply months earlier than Stewart-Haas Racing shut down.
This 12 months, Daytona Worldwide Speedway is the positioning of the common season finale.
“Darlington Raceway has a long-standing custom of internet hosting a few of NASCAR’s most memorable races, and our 2027 schedule delivers two excellent weekends that showcase all the things followers love in regards to the Monitor Too Robust To Tame,” mentioned Darlington Raceway President Josh Harris. “From our spring tripleheader that includes all three NASCAR nationwide collection to the historic Prepare dinner Out Southern 500 serving because the NASCAR Cup Sequence common season finale, we’re excited to welcome followers for an additional unimaginable 12 months of racing at one of many sport’s most iconic venues.”
The 2027 schedule is rapidly coming along with a flurry of bulletins from numerous tracks, and the complete schedule is predicted to be formally introduced very quickly.
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