Date: 9-3-2023.

Name of the race: Cook Out Southern 500.

Track: Darlington Raceway.

Laps:367.

Pole Winner: Christopher Bell.

Outside Pole: Denny Hamlin.

Stage 1 winner: Denny Hamlin.

Stage 2 winner: Denny Hamlin.

Stage 3 winner (won the race): Kyle Larson.

Top 5: Kyle Larson, Tyler Reddick, Chris Buescher, William Byron, and Ross Chastain.

Fun fact about Kyle Larson: Kyle's favorite genres of music consist of classic rock and country music.

Fun fact about Darlington Raceway: During certain spring races in the track's history, it's been known for ticket sales to be lower than usual compared to the second race the tracks hosts later in the season.

Fun fact about South Carolina: In the history of the Palmetto state, the deadliest earthquake of this state's kind happened in 1886. This happened in Charleston at 9:50 p.m. where sixty people died and damaged 2,000 buildings.

Next Race: Kansas Speedway on Sunday afternoon (9-10-2023) for the second race of the first round in the playoffs.