Weather Reigns in Darlington Xfinity Qualifying
(DARLINGTON, SC – MAY 10, 2024 – RIS) Weather won qualifying at Darlington Raceway for the Xfinity Series Crown Royal Purple Bag Project 200 with heavy rain starting a few minutes after qualifying for the truck series finished. Cole Custer and Chandler Smith will start on the front row with ‘guest’ drivers John Hunter Nemechek and William Byron will start 34th and 38th respectively.
Starting Line Up: Crown Royal Purple Bag Project 200, Darlington Raceway
Pos, Driver, Car
1) Cole Custer, No. 00 Haas Automation Throwback Ford
2) Chandler Smith, No. 81 Smith General Contracting Toyota
3) Sheldon Creed, No. 18 Ivan Stewart Tribute Toyota
4) AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet
5) Austin Hill, No. 21 Bennett Transportation Chevrolet
6) Sam Mayer, No. 1 RTIC Outdoors Chevrolet
7) Justin Allgaier, No. 7 BRANDT Heritage Chevrolet
8) Anthony Alfredo, No. 5 Chevy Accessories Chevrolet
9) Riley Herbst, No. 98 Terrible Herbst Ford
10) Parker Retzlaff, No. 31 FUNKAWAY Chevrolet
11) Parker Kligerman, No. 48 Spiked Lite Coolers Chevrolet
12) Jesse Love #, No. 2 Whelen Chevrolet
13) Carson Kvapil, No. 88 Clarience Technologies Chevrolet
14) Brandon Jones, No. 9 Menards/Bali Chevrolet
15) Kyle Weatherman, No. 91 DriveSmartWarranty.com Chevrolet
16) Jeb Burton, No. 27 Capital City Towing Chevrolet
17) Shane Van Gisbergen #, No. 97 Quad Lock Chevrolet
18) Aric Almirola, No. 20 He Gets Us Toyota
19) Jeremy Clements, No. 51 Alliance Driveway Solutions Chevrolet
20) Ryan Ellis, No. 43 Classic Collision Chevrolet
21) Brennan Poole, No. 44 CW & Sons Infrastructure Chevrolet
22) Leland Honeyman #, No. 42 RANDCO Industries Chevrolet
23) Sammy Smith, No. 8 TMC Chevrolet
24) Taylor Gray (i), No. 19 Operation 300 Toyota
25) Josh Williams, No. 11 Alloy Employer Services Chevrolet
26) Ryan Sieg, No. 39 Sci Aps Ford
27) David Starr, No. 14 SHAR Ford
28) Patrick Emerling, No. 07 Liberty Brew Chevrolet
29) Kyle Sieg, No. 28 RSS Racing Ford
30) Josh Bilicki, No. 92 Circle B Diecast Chevrolet
31) Matt DiBenedetto, No. 38 Viking Motorsports Ford
32) Hailie Deegan #, No. 15 Airbox Ford
33) Dawson Cram #, No. 4 Prolube Oil Chevrolet
34) John Hunter Nemechek (i), No. 26 Toyota Racing Development Toyota
35) Garrett Smithley, No. 6 TeamJDMotorsports.com Chevrolet
36) Blaine Perkins, No. 29 To The Point Apparel Ford
37) Chad Finchum, No. 35 Garrison Homes Chevrolet
38) William Byron (i), No. 17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet
(i) ineligible for drive points, (#) Rookie
Track Race Record: Denny Hamlin, 09/05/15, 01:25:14, 141.355 mph
John Davison
Long-time RIS staffer, beginning in the mid-80s. Charlotte, NC area local contact.