Darlington Raceway -
NASCAR RaceWeather Forecast
Friday 4/4
Partly Cloudy
High: 85°F - Low: 69°F
Wind: SW 5-15 mph
Saturday 4/5
Partly Cloudy
High: 85°F - Low: 65°F
Wind: SW 5-15 mph
Sunday 4/6
Partly Cloudy w/ Evening Showers & T-Storms
High: 84°F - Low: 68°F
Wind: SW 15-25 mph
Darlington Raceway -
NASCAR Weekend Schedule
Friday 4/4
No Scheduled Sessions
Sat 4/5
10:05 AM - NASCAR Xfinity Series - Practice
11:10 AM - NASCAR Xfinity Series - Qualifying
12:35 PM - NASCAR Cup Series - Practice
1:40 PM - NASCAR Cup Series - Qualifying
3:30 PM - NASCAR Xfinity Series - Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200
Sun 4/6
3:00 PM - NASCAR Cup Series - Goodyear 400
All Times Are Eastern Time
Darlington Raceway -
NASCAR Weather Forecast Discussion
During the week and into Saturday, a strong upper-level ridge will be sitting over the area, leading to a surface high-pressure system sitting over the Atlantic Ocean and calm skies.
Into Sunday, a strong upper-level trough, which is forecasted to have been sitting over the Central US for most of the week, will finally begin to push Eastward. Timing is still highly uncertain as of now, but current model guidance shows a low-pressure system moving into the Carolinas and moving a cold front through the region sometime Sunday afternoon into Sunday Evening.
We will continue to update the forecast throughout the week!
Updated March 31, 2025, 1:10 PM EDT
More about Darlington Raceway
Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located in 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 will be effective at both ends.
For many years, Darlington was the site of two annual NASCAR Cup Series races. One, the Rebel 400, was held in the spring while the other, the Southern 500, was always held on Labor Day weekend. In 2003, the Labor Day race was given to California Speedway, and the Southern 500 was moved to November 2004 and was run as part of the Chase for the Nextel Cup. In 2005, NASCAR eliminated the Southern 500 altogether as a result of the Ferko lawsuit, offending many fans who had followed the sport for generations. The race was merged into the 400-mile (640 km) spring race, and moved to Mother’s Day weekend. A 500-mile race named after a Dodge vehicle was held for the next four years, before the race was given the Southern 500 moniker in 2009.
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