NASCAR Xfinity Series at Darlington

Stock car racing events in the NASCAR Xfinity Series has been held at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina since the series' inaugural season in 1982. Currently, the track hosts two races for the series: the Crown Royal Purple Bag Project 200 in the spring (on the same weekend as the NASCAR Cup Series' Goodyear 400) and the Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 in the fall (on the same weekend as the Cup Series' Southern 500). Both races are 200 miles (320 km) in distance.

Crown Royal Purple Bag Project 200 (spring)
Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 (fall)
NASCAR Xfinity Series
VenueDarlington Raceway
LocationDarlington, South Carolina, U.S.
Corporate sponsorSpring race: Crown Royal
Fall race: Sport Clips & Veterans of Foreign Wars
First race1982 (1982)
Distance200.802 miles (323.159 km)
Laps147[1]
Stages 1/2: 45 each
Final stage: 57
Previous namesSpring race:
TranSouth 200 (1982)
Dixie Cup 200 (1984–1986)
Country Squire 200 (1987–1989)
Pontiac 200 (1990-1991)
Mark III Vans 200 (1992–1995)
Dura Lube 200 (1996)
SunCom 200 (2000–2001)
darlingtonraceway.com 200 (2002–2003)
Diamond Hill Plywood 200 (1997–1999, 2004–2009)
Royal Purple 200 (2010–2011)
VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200 (2012–2014)
Toyota 200 (2020)
Steakhouse Elite 200 (2021)
Mahindra ROXOR 200 (2022)
Shriners Children's 200 (2023)
Fall race:
Darlington 250 (1983)
Darlington 200 (1984)
Pontiac Winners' Circle 200 (1985)
Gatorade 200 (1986–1995, 2002)
Dura-Lube 200 Presented by BI-LO (1998)
Dura Lube 200 (1996–1997, 1999-2000)
South Carolina 200 (2001)
Winn-Dixie 200 Presented by PepsiCo (2003)
BI-LO 200 (2004)
VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200 (2015–2016)
Most wins (driver)Mark Martin (8)
Most wins (team)Roush Fenway Racing (15)
Most wins (manufacturer)Chevrolet (23)
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt
Length1.366 mi (2.198 km)
Turns4

Initially only one race was held, but starting in 1984 the track hosted two races per year until 2004 when the track lost its fall weekend date as a result of the realignments caused by the Ferko lawsuit. A realignment in 2015 moved the spring race to the pre-Ferko fall slot. The emergency schedule realignment for 2020 resulted in Darlington regaining its second Xfinity date, which became permanent starting from 2021. The track is scheduled to downscale to just one race in 2025.[2]

Past winners

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Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph)
Laps Miles (km)
1982 April 3 99 Geoffrey Bodine Frank Plessinger Pontiac 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:33:23 129.018
1983 September 4 75 Neil Bonnett Butch Mock Pontiac 183 249.978 (402.3) 1:54:14 131.299
1984 April 14 47 Ron Bouchard Race Hill Farm Team Pontiac 147 200.802 (323.159) 2:04:55 97.992
September 1 47 Ron Bouchard Race Hill Farm Team Pontiac 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:50:25 109.115
1985 April 13 11 Jack Ingram Jack Ingram Racing Oldsmobile 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:51:05 108.46
August 31 17 Darrell Waltrip DarWal, Inc. Chevrolet 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:43:20 116.595
1986 April 12 17 Darrell Waltrip DarWal, Inc. Pontiac 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:37:37 123.423
September 1 8 Dale Earnhardt Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Pontiac 147 200.802 (323.159) 2:06:02 95.468
1987 March 28 8 Dale Earnhardt Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:27:24 137.85
September 5 7 Harry Gant Whitaker Racing Buick 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:56:45 103.196
1988 March 26 15 Geoffrey Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:44:18 115.514
September 3 7 Harry Gant Whitaker Racing Buick 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:28:35 136.009
1989 April 1 15 Geoffrey Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:41:31 118.681
September 2 7 Harry Gant Whitaker Racing Buick 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:41:06 119.17
1990 March 31 7 Harry Gant Whitaker Racing Buick 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:32:54 129.689
September 1 32 Dale Jarrett Horace Isenhower Pontiac 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:28:22 136.342
1991 April 6 32 Dale Jarrett Dale Jarrett Pontiac 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:44:16 115.551
August 31 3 Dale Earnhardt Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:29:49 134.141
1992 March 28 59 Robert Pressley Alliance Motorsports Oldsmobile 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:31:59 130.982
September 5 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:27:13 138.14
1993 March 27 59 Robert Pressley Alliance Motorsports Chevrolet 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:50:20 109.197
September 4 60 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:42:25 117.638
1994 March 26 60 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:42:08 117.965
September 3 60 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 111* 151.626 (244.018) 1:12:53 124.824
1995 March 25 92 Larry Pearson Martin Motorsports Chevrolet 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:51:28 108.087
September 2 60 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:44:36 115.183
1996 March 23 60 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:39:46 120.763
August 31 5 Terry Labonte Labonte Motorsports Chevrolet 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:33:47 128.468
1997 March 22 74 Randy LaJoie BACE Motorsports Chevrolet 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:44:15 115.569
August 30 9 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:42:02 118.08
1998 March 21 44 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:59:57 100.443
September 5 64 Dick Trickle Shoemaker Racing Chevrolet 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:37:46 123.233
1999 March 20 17 Matt Kenseth Reiser Enterprises Chevrolet 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:38:48 121.945
September 4 60 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:31:07 132.227
2000 March 18 60 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:46:08 113.519
September 2 60 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:41:55 118.215
2001 March 17 10 Jeff Green ppc Racing Ford 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:33:35 128.742
September 1 9 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:57:34 102.479
2002 March 16 9 Jeff Burton* Roush Racing Ford 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:37:03 124.143
August 31 9 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 74* 101.084 (162.678) 1:05:33 92.525
2003 March 17* 92 Todd Bodine Herzog Motorsports Chevrolet 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:36:44 124.55
August 30 5 Brian Vickers Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:45:00 114.744
2004 March 20 60 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:40:17 120.141
November 13 66 Jamie McMurray Rusty Wallace Racing Dodge 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:49:49 109.711
2005 May 6 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:43:39 116.238
2006 May 12 20 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:52:36 106.999
2007 May 11 20 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 147 200.802 (323.159) 2:10:26 92.37
2008 May 9 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 149* 203.534 (327.556) 1:53:59 107.139
2009 May 8 16 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 153* 208.998 (336.349) 1:47:33 116.596
2010 May 7 20 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:56:50 103.122
2011 May 6 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:40:56 119.364
2012 May 11 20 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 151* 206.266 (331.952) 1:50:29 112.017
2013 May 10 54 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:32:06 130.816
2014 April 11 9 Chase Elliott JR Motorsports Chevrolet 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:45:55 113.751
2015 September 5 20 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:25:14 141.355
2016 September 3 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:33:36 128.719
2017 September 2 18 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 148* 202.168 (325.357) 1:52:03 108.256
2018 September 1 22 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:48:22 111.179
2019* August 31 00 Cole Custer* Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:41:08 119.131
2020 May 21* 98 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:44:26 115.367
September 5 19 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:58:32 101.643
2021 May 8 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 148* 202.168 (325.357) 2:02:51 98.739
September 4 9 Noah Gragson JR Motorsports Chevrolet 152* 207.632 (334.096) 2:01:38 102.422
2022 May 7 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:51:59 107.589
September 3 9 Noah Gragson JR Motorsports Chevrolet 147 200.802 (323.159) 2:02:58 97.979
2023 May 13 10 Kyle Larson Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 147 200.802 (323.159) 2:11:04 91.924
September 2 19 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 148* 202.168 (325.357) 1:53:53 106.826
2024 May 11 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:48:58 110.567
August 31 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 150* 204.9 (329.754) 1:50:49 110.94
  • 1994 Fall and 2002 Fall: Race shortened due to rain.
  • 2003 Spring: Race postponed from Saturday to Monday due to rain.
  • 2008, 2009, 2012, 2017, both 2021 races, 2023 and 2024: Races extended due to NASCAR overtime.
  • 2019: Cole Custer declared winner after Denny Hamlin was disqualified due to failing inspection.
  • 2020 Spring: Race added due to the COVID-19 pandemic schedule changes; postponed from Tuesday to Thursday due to rain.

Multiple winners (drivers)

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# Wins Driver Years Won
8 Mark Martin Spring: 1993-1995, 1999, 2000
Fall: 1994, 1996, 2000
6 Denny Hamlin Spring: 2006, 2007, 2010
Fall: 2015, 2017, 2023
4 Harry Gant Spring: 1990
Fall: 1987-1989
3 Geoffrey Bodine Spring: 1982, 1988, 1989
Jeff Burton Fall: 1997, 2001, 2002
Matt Kenseth Spring: 1999, 2005, 2009
Justin Allgaier Spring: 2021, 2022, 2024
2 Ron Bouchard Spring: 1984
Fall: 1984
Darrell Waltrip Spring: 1986
Fall: 1985
Dale Earnhardt Fall: 1986, 1991
Dale Jarrett Spring: 1991
Fall: 1990
Noah Gragson Fall: 2021, 2022
Robert Pressley Spring: 1992, 1993
Kyle Busch Spring: 2011, 2013

Multiple winners (teams)

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# Wins Team Years Won
15 Roush Fenway Racing Spring: 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009
Fall: 1993-1995, 1997, 1999-2002
13 Joe Gibbs Racing Spring: 1998, 2006-2008, 2010-2013
Fall: 2015, 2017, 2020, 2023, 2024
7 JR Motorsports Spring: 2014, 2021, 2022, 2024
Fall: 2016, 2021, 2022
4 Whitaker Racing Spring: 1990
Fall: 1987-1989
2 Race Hill Farm Team Spring: 1984
Fall: 1984
DarWal, Inc. Spring: 1986
Fall: 1985
Hendrick Motorsports Spring: 1988, 1989
Alliance Motorsports Spring: 1992, 1993
Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Fall: 1986, 1991

Manufacturer wins

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# Wins Manufacturer Years Won
23   Chevrolet Spring: 1987-1989, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2021-2024
Fall: 1985, 1991, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2016, 2021, 2022
20   Ford Spring: 1994, 1996, 2000-2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2020
Fall: 1993-1995, 1997, 1999-2002, 2018, 2019
10   Pontiac Spring: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1991, 1998
Fall: 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1992
  Toyota Spring: 2008, 2010-2013
Fall: 2015, 2017, 2020, 2023, 2024
4   Buick Spring: 1990
Fall: 1987-1989
2   Oldsmobile Spring: 1985, 1992
1   Dodge Fall: 2004

References

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  1. ^ "Stage lengths for 2021 NASCAR season". NASCAR. January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  2. ^ Stumpf, Stehphen (August 29, 2024). "4 Burning Questions: Reviewing NASCAR's 2025 Schedules". Frontstretch.com. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
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