{"id":541814,"date":"2026-03-17T07:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T07:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/541814\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T07:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T07:04:11","slug":"nascar-at-darlington-march-2026-odds-and-more-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/541814\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR at Darlington March 2026: Odds and more info"},"content":{"rendered":"

This weekend, the NASCAR Cup, O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts, and Craftsman Truck Series head to the 1.366-mile Darlington Raceway in South Carolina.<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo: Kyle Stephens\/TRE<\/p>\n

NASCAR Cup Series\u2019 Goodyear 400<\/p>\n

Sunday, March 22<\/p>\n

3 p.m. (All times Eastern)<\/p>\n

367 laps<\/p>\n

Stages end on laps 115, 230, 367<\/p>\n

FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s winner: Denny Hamlin<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Photo: Kyle Stephens\/TRE<\/p>\n

With 37 drivers entered for the race, no one will miss the show.<\/p>\n

Timmy Hill, in the Garage 66 No. 66 Ford, is the lone open entry.<\/p>\n

Odds for NASCAR Cup Series at Darlington March 26<\/p>\n

Five-time Darlington winner and the most recent winner in the NASCAR Cup Series<\/a>, Denny Hamlin, is the opening odds-on favorite to win Sunday. <\/p>\n

Below are the opening odds for all drivers as of Monday, March 16, per the Caesar\u2019s Sportsbook.<\/p>\n

Denny Hamlin +500<\/p>\n

Kyle Larson +550<\/p>\n

Tyler Reddick +600<\/p>\n

Chase Briscoe, William Byron +650<\/p>\n

Ryan Blaney +800<\/p>\n

Christopher Bell+850<\/p>\n

Chase Elliott, Bubba Wallace +2000<\/p>\n

Ty Gibbs +2200<\/p>\n

Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano +2500<\/p>\n

Chris Buescher, Ross Chastain +2800<\/p>\n

Carson Hocevar +3300<\/p>\n

Kyle Busch +4000<\/p>\n

Alex Bowman, Erik Jones+4500<\/p>\n

Ryan Preece +5500<\/p>\n

Josh Berry, Austin Cindric +6000<\/p>\n

Connor Zilisch +8500<\/p>\n

A.J. Allmendinger, John Hunter Nemechek +10000<\/p>\n

Zane Smith +12500<\/p>\n

Daniel Suarez +15000<\/p>\n

Austin Dillon, Michael McDowell+25000<\/p>\n

Todd Gilliland, Noah Gragson, Shane Van Gisbergen +30000<\/p>\n

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. +32500<\/p>\n

Cole Custer, Riley Herbst +75000<\/p>\n

Ty Dillon +100000<\/p>\n

Timmy Hill, Cody Ware +250000<\/p>\n

NASCAR O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts Series\u2019 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200<\/p>\n

Saturday, March 21<\/p>\n

147 laps<\/p>\n

Stages end on laps 45, 90, 147<\/p>\n

CW, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s winner: Brandon Jones<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Photo by Chris Salazar\/TRE<\/p>\n

Two drivers will miss the race with 40 entries.<\/p>\n

Notable drivers on the entry list include: Garrett Smithley (No. 0), Ross Chastian (No. 9), Christopher Bell (No. 19), Myatt Snider (No. 30), Rajah Caruth (No. 32), Nathan Byrd (No. 42), Joey Gase (No. 55), Dawson Cram (No. 74), Alex Labbe (No. 91).<\/p>\n

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series\u2019 Sober or Slammer 200<\/p>\n

Friday, March 20<\/p>\n

147 laps<\/p>\n

Stages end on laps 45, 90, 147<\/p>\n

FS1, NRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s winner: Corey Heim<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Photo: Ryan Kemna\/TRE<\/p>\n

No drivers will miss the field with 36 drivers for 36 spots.<\/p>\n

Notable entries include William Sawalich (No. 1), Corey Heim (No. 5), Corey LaJoie (No. 25), Connor Jones (No. 42), Ross Chastain (No. 45), Christopher Bell (No. 62), Nathan Nicholson (No. 76), and Carson Hocevar (No. 77).<\/p>\n

\t\t\"\"\t\t<\/p>\n

Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.<\/p>\n

From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book “All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story” with racer Geoff Bodine.<\/p>\n

Aragon, his wife Feliz, and son Christopher currently reside in Grants, New Mexico, USA.<\/p>\n

You can reach Dominic at daragon@theracingexperts.net.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This weekend, the NASCAR Cup, O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts, and Craftsman Truck Series head to the 1.366-mile Darlington Raceway…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":["post-541814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}