NASCAR 2017 Race 25: Darlington Southern 500 Schedule, Starting Order and Picks

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Major, Sunday Night Race...

SATURDAY, Sept. 2 (Times EDT)

DARLINGTON
12:05 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, NBCSN (Watch live) (Canada: TSN GO)
1:45 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, NBCSN (Watch live) (Canada: TSN 3)
3:30 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 (147 laps, 200.8 miles), NBCSN (Watch live) (Canada: TSN 3)

PRESS PASS (Watch live)
2:30 p.m.: Post-Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying
6 p.m.: Post-NASCAR XFINITY Series race

SUNDAY, Sept. 3
DARLINGTON
6 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bojangles’ Southern 500 (367 laps, 501.3 miles), NBCSN (Watch live) (Canada: TSN 5)

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Starting Order:

1. Kevin Harvick
2. Martin Truex Jr.
3. Kyle Busch
4. Kyle Larson
5. Jamie McMurray
6. Brad Keselowski
7. Kurt Busch
8. Joey Logano
9. Denny Hamlin
10. Erik Jones
11. Matt Kenseth
12. Ryan Blaney
13. Austin Dillon
14. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
15. Aric Almirola
16. Clint Bowyer
17. Ryan Newman
18. Jimmie Johnson
19. Daniel Suarez
20. Chase Elliott
21. Paul Menard
22. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
23. Kasey Kahne
24. Trevor Bayne
25. Ty Dillon
26. David Ragan
27. Chris Buescher
28. Matt DiBenedetto
29. AJ Allmendinger
30. Michael McDowell
31. Landon Cassill
32. Reed Sorenson
33. Danica Patrick
34. Cole Whitt
35. Corey LaJoie
36. Gray Gaulding
37. Jeffrey Earnhardt
38. Derrike Cope
39. Cody Ware

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I'll go with the Chalk here... Harvick clearly the fastest car, but Larson also had a good initial practice.

Kevin Harvick
Martin Truex, Jr.
Kyle Busch

[crazed 9.6]

Kenseth :)

Go Go Kenseth !

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Congrats to Martin Truex, Jr, winning the first two stages, and clinching the overall regular season title. I think he probably can just finish all the playoff races and still be in contention for the championship at Homestead.

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Wow... Denny Hamlin had a lead of 8 seconds with 52 laps to go, then missed pit road for a green flag stop.

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Denny Hamlin makes up those 10 seconds, and wins when Martin Truex loses his tire. Kyle Busch then Kurt Busch finish the podium.

Nice win!

Saturday night race at Richmond later this week.

[crazed 9.6]

Good on Denny :)
Another Southern 500 in the books for Denny