All three NASCAR national series will be on track this upcoming weekend at Darlington Raceway. It will be the sixth race of both the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series season and the fourth of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season. Friday night’s (March 20) truck race will be the first race for the series since the St. Petersburg street race back on Feb. 28.
Here are the drivers racing this weekend at Darlington.
Cup Series Darlington Entry List
The Cup Series makes its first trip to Darlington this season for the Goodyear 400. Denny Hamlin won last weekend’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Tyler Reddick leads the points after five races.
Race coverage begins at 3 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1, with radio coverage provided by the Motor Racing Network, with the radio broadcast simulcasted on SiriusXM NASCAR Channel 90.
Thirty-seven drivers are included on this weekend’s entry list, meaning that no drivers will fail to qualify.
The lone open car entered this weekend is the Garage 66 No. 66 being driven by Timmy Hill.
This is Hill’s first Cup race of the season after he made only one start in the 2025 Cup Series season which also took place at Darlington in the Southern 500. Hill finished 35th in the event, 13 laps down.
O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Darlington Entry List
Like the Cup Series, the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series will have their sixth straight race weekend to start their 2026 season at Darlington.
Coverage of the Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200 begins at 5:30 p.m. ET on the CW, with radio coverage provided by the Motor Racing Network.
This weekend, 40 drivers are entered, meaning two drivers will fail to qualify for the race on Saturday.
Garrett Smithley returns to drive the No. 0 Chevrolet for SS-Green Light Racing.
Carson Kvapil will get back behind the wheel of the No. 1 JR Motorsports entry.
The driver of the No. 5 Hettinger Racing Ford has not been announced yet.
Ross Chastain will drive the No. 9 JR Motorsports entry this weekend.
Christopher Bell will make his first O’Reilly Series start of the season in the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing entry.
The driver of the No. 35 Joey Gase Racing Motorsports Chevrolet has not been announced yet.
The driver of the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet has not been announced yet. Alex Bowman was originally slated to drive the car this weekend.
Alex Labbe will pilot the No. 91 DGM Racing x JIM Chevrolet after Mason Maggio drove the car at Las Vegas.
Craftsman Truck Series Darlington Entry List
The Truck Series returns from a near three week break with their 200-mile event on Friday night at Darlington.
The Buckle Up South Carolina 200 is set to run at 7:30 p.m. ET and will air on FOX Sports 1 and the NASCAR Racing Network.
For this event, 37 drivers are entered, meaning one driver will fail to qualify for the race.
O’Reilly Series regular William Sawalich will drive the No. 1 for TRICON Garage.
Clayton Green will drive the No. 2 Team Reaume Ford.
Reigning Truck Series champion Corey Heim will drive the No. 5 for TRICON Garage.
Josh Reaume will return to the No. 22 Team Reaume Ford.
Corey LaJoie was tapped to drive the No. 25 RAM for Kaulig Racing.
Greg Van Alst will drive the No. 35 Toyota for Greg Van Alst Motorsports.
Conner Jones will hop into the No. 42 Chevrolet for Niece Motorsports.
Ross Chastain will pilot the No. 45 Chevrolet for Niece Motorsports. Chastain will drive in all three races this weekend.
Christopher Bell will also drive in all three Darlington races as he will drive the No. 62 Toyota for Halmar Friesen Racing.
The No. 90 Toyota driven by Justin Carroll will also attempt this race for Terry Carroll Motorsports.
Caleb Costner will drive the No. 93 Costner Motorsports Chevrolet.
Michael Bellifemini joined Frontstretch in February 2026 as a contributor. Bellifemini was born and raised in New Jersey and graduated from Seton Hall University. He called Seton Hall men's and women's basketball games for their college radio station, 89.5 FM WSOU, and continues to broadcast in the area. Outside of covering NASCAR, Bellifemini is also an avid baseball, football, basketball, and hockey fan and enjoys watching different sports leagues on a daily basis.