In the sport's infancy, NASCAR did not take a single step from the sands of Daytona Beach or the clay of the Carolinas to the biggest and fastest speedways on Earth. Once upon a time, before tracks like Daytona or Talladega could be conceived much less dreamed of,

William Byron took the pole position for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway with a 28.774 second lap time in Saturday's qualifying session. Byron was able to defeat Ryan Preece,

The Xfinity Series will practice, qualify and race all on Saturday in the Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200. Darlington can be a challenge for a young driver, and the series at large will be on notice following the unseemly race at Martinsville last weekend.