Haas Factory Team
Darlington Raceway
NASCAR Cup Series Notes
Race Information
● Event: Goodyear 400 (Round 6 of 36)
● Date/Time: Sunday, March 22 | 3 p.m. ET
● TV/Radio: FS1 / MRN / SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (channel 90)
● Location: Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina
● Layout: 1.366-mile, asphalt oval (Banking in turns: 23-25°)
● Laps/Miles: 293 laps/400.24 miles
● Practice and qualifying:
Saturday, March 21
Practice 2:30 p.m. ET
Prime / MRN / SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (channel 90)
Qualifying 3:40 p.m. ET
Prime / MRN / SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (channel 90)
Notes of Interest
● Dubbed the track ‘Too Tough to Tame’, Darlington Raceway hosts the sixth race on the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series schedule this weekend.
● Darlington Raceway was built as a 1.25-mile paved superspeedway in 1949-1950. The track was re-measured to 1.375 miles in 1953. The track was reconfigured to 1.366 miles following the spring race in 1970.
● The second-closest finish in NASCAR history occurred at Darlington Raceway in March 2003, when Ricky Craven took the checkered flag ahead of Kurt Busch by 0.002 seconds.
● David Pearson holds the records for the most poles and wins, recording 10 and 12, respectively.
● Each team gets 11 sets of Goodyear Racing Eagle tires for the race (10 race sets plus one set transferred from qualifying).
By the Numbers
● Cole Custer makes his 10th Cup Series start at Darlington this weekend, where he has a 22.0 average finish.
● The Ladera Ranch, Calif., native has started inside the top 15 twice at Darlington Raceway, with a career-best 14th in 2020.
● Custer holds an average starting position of 23.6 at the Lady in Black.
● Custer has finished in the top 10 in all seven career O’Reilly Series events at Darlington, including a victory in 2019 after starting P3, posting an average finish of 3.4.
No. 41 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Driver and Crew Chief
Driver: Cole Custer
Hometown: Ladera Ranch, California
Crew Chief: Aaron Kramer
Hometown: Wellsville, New York