Perhaps back when stock car racing was essentially Southern guys running moonshine and racing each other in their free time, they might have competed twice in the span of three days, but it’s unprecedented for that to happen in modern-day NASCAR.
However, that will be the case Wednesday as the Cup Series stays at Darlington for the Toyota 500 after Kevin Harvick won Sunday’s Real Heroes 400 at the historic track in South Carolina – it’s NASCAR’s oldest superspeedway.
The coronavirus has changed all professional sports in the United States, so NASCAR had to be creative to get as much of its planned schedule in as possible (the goal is all 36). The difference between Wednesday’s race to Sunday’s is that Wednesday’s is at night (7:30 p.m. ET) and will be 500 kilometers (310.7 miles) instead of 400 miles.
Like Sunday, there will be no fans in attendance and no practice sessions or qualifying. Brad Keselowski was placed on the pole Sunday via random draw. He finished 13th but led the second most laps at 80. Keselowski is +750 for Wednesday.