Chase Briscoe dominated the Southern 500 to open the Cup Series Playoffs, while chaos left contenders scrambling ahead of Gateway.

Chase Briscoe dominated the opening race of the NASCAR playoffs, taking the checkered flag in the Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.

2. Shane Van Gisbergen, 3. 3. Ryan Blaney, 2. 3. Alex Bowman, 2. 3. William Byron, 2. 3. Denny Hamlin, 2. 7. Christopher Bell, 1. 7. Carson Hocevar, 1. 7. Kyle Larson ...

12. Shane Van Gisbergen, 2027. 13. Joey Logano, 2024. 14. Austin Dillon, 2019. 15. Josh Berry, 2008. 16. Alex Bowman, 2008. 17. Chris Buescher, 682. 18. Ryan Preece ...

10. Shane Van Gisbergen, 255. 11. Christopher Bell, 227. 12. Josh Berry, 169. 13. Alex Bowman, 160. 14. Tyler Reddick, 156. 15. Brad Keselowski, 155. 16. Ryan Preece ...

May 17 — x-NASCAR All-Star Race Heat 1 (Brad Keselowski) May 17 — x-NASCAR All-Star Race Heat 2 (Christopher Bell) May 18 — x-NASCAR All-Star Open (Carson Hocevar) ...

Chase Briscoe celebrated with his son Brooks in victory lane after winning the Southern 500 but other drivers left Darlington ...

Chase Briscoe was perfection in a world of mistakes, a no-funny-business driver in a comedy of errors. And at the end of the final green-flag run on Sunday night at Darlington Raceway—after a 20-lap ...

Briscoe led 309 laps in Sunday's race. It's the most laps led in a Southern 500 since Bobby Allison led 329 laps in the 1971 ...

With the pressure on, Briscoe showed how good his pairing with JGR can be. Plus, more from the playoff opener at Darlington.

And at the end of the final green-flag run on Sunday night at Darlington Raceway, Chase Briscoe was a back-to-back winner and ...

Carson Hocevar’s fiery clash with Chase Elliott at Darlington sparks debate over aggression, rivalry, and NASCAR’s culture of payback heading into the postseason.