DARLINGTON, S.C. — Ahead of the Cup playoffs opening Sunday night at Darlington Raceway on USA Network, the 16 drivers vying for a championship were asked this week to assess their strengths and weaknesses.

This is what they said (drivers are listed in numerical order):

1 - Ross Chastain

“I’ll start with the weakness, because it’s the easiest one. It’s just, are we going to be fast? Are we going to roll off the truck fast for practice at Darlington, and are we going to be able to stay fast on lap10 of that run, lap 20, lap 30, and transfer that through into qualifying for one lap, and then back to long run for the race? That’s the ultimate question for Trackhouse in my mind, is can we go fast? And if we can do that, can we execute? We can call strategy right. … All the little things, I

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