2024 Cook Out Southern 500

2024 Cook Out Southern 500

Race details[1][2][3][4]
Race 26 of 36 in the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series
Date	September 1, 2024 (2024-09-01)
Location	Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.366 mi (2.198 km)
Distance	367 laps, 501.322 mi (806.666 km)
Television in the United States
Network	NBC
Announcers	Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth Announcers	Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace

The 2024 Cook Out Southerm 500, the 61st running of the event, is an upcoming NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 1, 2024, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina on the 1.366-mile (2.198 km) speedway, it will be the 26th race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, and the last race of the regular season.

Report

Background

Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near 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 is effective at both ends.

Entry list

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Media

Television

USA covered the race on the television side. Leigh Diffey, two–time Darlington winner Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte will call the race from the broadcast booth. Reporters TBA will handle the pit road duties from pit lane.

Radio

MRN will have the radio call for the race, which will also be simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

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