NASCAR Radioactive | 2026 Darlington Raceway

That sucked, man. I don't know. Can you not hear me at this time? Get him going. Jesus, what is he doing? I don't understand how the f*** we cannot communicate on the radio. It's unbelievable. The chase begins here at Darlington Raceway tonight. Sergeant Chase here. Let's do it on a good note. We got a real shot at winning this championship. We're starting with a clean slate here, man. Fresh set of ten races to do what we're capable of. Remember, racing for November. Every point matters. Long race. Street starts right now. And the 77th running of the Southern 500 is underway. Daniel Suarez to the front with authority. Going to be too wide behind. 11-0 on the bottom. Hamlin wants the race lead. Barely. Barely. Clear. Clear. Clear. Danny Hamlin to the front. Nice work, Hamlin. Find your rhythm. Keep your momentum. You'll be good. There you go. They're three wide racing to turn number three. Christopher Bell to the inside of McDowell. And Suarez, he'll take two spots away. Really good start. How's your car? I think it's pretty good. The 7 car having trouble. He is falling back to 10th right now. Just keep battling here. Just take care of it. Can you remind Riley that we're racing for a championship? I will. You got to set up the exit. He'll give it to you when you get there. But you got to execute the pass right. It's not barely. It's not full. Clear. Tyler Redding to the top of the leaderboard. See you back to the 77. Ramp at the bottom here. Do your best you can to maintain here. Just keep working. Try to get under your skin. Don't let him. Here he comes again. Bumper. India. Okay. India got wrecked by the 77. Hold the brake, Brad. Get it rolling straight here. I don't feel like I hit anything. Might have brushed the right rear on the wall a little bit. But nothing hard. Oof. Osamar just spins him out. That'll end the stage. Tuck is going to win the stage. Good first stage there. Sorry I couldn't lead them all. But just, you know, easing into it. Yeah, absolutely, man. The only one that mattered right there. Points are paid. Bad news for Ryan Preece. They had an issue on their stop. Did you get it tight? Back down. Go back down. In the future, if you guys are questioning it, you got to stop me. Okay, cool. Let's fight. That's all we know how to do. Let's grind here. Tyler Redding leads the field to green. Let him spun his tires underneath. You are clear. Warming you here. And will spun the tires badly. And that's going to dropkick him all the way back to number three position. Barry trying to now take that 12th position from Cedric. There's something I don't know. Are we okay? I'm not sure what's going on right now. Don't worry, dude. I'm getting past. Give you a recap, but I'm just going to keep driving. We're fine. I am sick of every f***ing horn out here. F***. Give it to me after he ran. F***. I made a lane. I want a two. I can't pass. I'm killing him. The cycle has started. Take what it came to here. We're going to work on it here shortly. Issues. Left front of the 45. They're going to have to back him up. Back up, back up, back up. All right, right there. Jack it up. Tighten up the left front. Got to cost the 45 multiple spots on the racetrack. All right. Big picture here. Chase Briscoe and his pit crew got the job done. They have now gone to the top of the leaderboard. I'm a bad guy, but I'm a big time inside. We did not get enough fuel in the car. We're going to have to start lifting a little earlier in the three. The 19's a little short on fuel. Christopher Bell, bottom of the racetrack. He'll slide underneath Chase Briscoe. We've got a new race lead up. Christopher Bell wins stage two. It's Bell, Larson, Hamlin, Briscoe, Bubba Wallace the top five. Shut it off, shut it off. Can you run around on the caution on the flat here? Chase, can you hear me? Yeah, I'm just, I'm coasting as long as I can. You're going to have to come in. Just run the flat, run the flat. Could have come this time. I won't make it. Can you not hear me? Hit this car. I hear you. Oh, the right front tire changer didn't get a clean roll. Also an issue for Denny Hamlin. Right side's off. This time it's the right rear. Had to come back and jack it up to tighten it. That sucked, man. I don't know. We don't know what the future holds, though. We're going to make our best out of the situation we have. And we don't know when that downstream's going to fall. And that's what's going to decide this race. It's Kyle Larson leading the field of green. You're clear. Stay in line. You're strong. You're in the lead. Still up there, 71. Here comes Michael McDowell from behind. Bang. Damage. Levin's got a problem, it looks like. The toe links are gone. Yeah, we can tell. They're getting the plane ready. Well, that's what happens. You never know what's going to happen once the chase begins. We are ready here. But if we didn't have to do this under green, we're immediately going to go three laps down and probably not have an opportunity to get it back. So I'll keep you aware. But just run whatever pace you can. Green flag pit stops ongoing at the moment. Oh, it's a spinner on the front stretch. Oh, boy. Zayn Smith. We think we can do it on one lap here. So we're going to pit on our lap when we're supposed to. They're going to get the right rear fixed, the right front fixed, and then we're going to roll. They are one lap down, currently in 30th for the number one seed, Denny Hamlin. Back to it. And another phenomenal jump from Kyle Larson. We're by seven now, back to the 45. I got a flag coming to you. Left rear, I think. Copy. I think I have a flat this time. Oh, spinner. Hang on to it. Hang on, hang on. Stay through it. So go back on the tracks. Get back. OK, get him going. Jesus, what is he doing? Go left down, then you come down here. Are we left down or what? He's coming down pit road right now. You've got to f***ing talk. We are on pit road, yes. Tires are up. Well, something's f***ing broke, Den. That's what I'm telling you. So you can try to feel this out so we don't go spin again. I feel something dragging. Something's dragging. Something's broke. Go back to pit road. Now, whatever broke has got a lot of smoke here. Tough break for William Byron as he has fallen to 16th right now on the chase grid. Briscoe and Bell fight it out in the front. The two teammates. Flat car, loose joints. Let them burn each other down. Be in position to capitalize. Quarter. Still quarter. Bumper. Clear. There you go. Settle in. Hit your marks. Let him overdrive it. Burn his up. Please stop taking off. I'm f***ing dying. Christ, I'm f***ing plowing. Keep digging here. Everybody's screaming rain. Keep digging. Caution's out. The red flag will be coming out with 29 laps to go. Barely anything against this tiny little f***ing hill. All right, they're going to fire us back up here. They all pit and you can get the lead. Stay. Here they come. I think everyone's going to come. Oh, Larson stays. Come on, two. Two. What? Never heard four. Thought we were doing two. It's four. Ten times. I don't understand how the f*** we cannot communicate on the radio. Like, this is unbelievable. Four fresh tires are the likes of Briscoe, Bell and Gibbs. And yet again, we see Kyle Larson launch out of there. Out of the old tires. Hold up. Good exit. Pulled away. You're cool. Look at Christopher Bell in pursuit. By one straight back. Still straight back in line. Here he comes with those four new tires. 54 right with you here. Just inside. Just looking. We're in the ballgame here. No mistakes. Smooth setting. Discipline. They will wear each other down. Be ready to pound to capitalize. Still out there. Falling back. Clear. Christopher Bell for the lead. Perfect. Pulled away a touch. Oh, there's a run for Gibbs. You're good by eight on the 54. Big gap. Get to the checker. That's the way to start a chase, baby. Finally, Christopher Bell wins in 2026. Another 500. Save the best for last, buddy. Keep it rolling, boys. Base hits. Y'all get greedy. We're fine. That was fun. Good job making the most out of the ones we got damaged. Damn. Good fight, guys. Great job, brother. Proud of you. Proud of you up there. Really, really good job driving. That was sick.