Denny Hamlin led the NASCAR Cup Series points standings for a good bit of the season, but could never park his Toyota in “Victory Lane”. That changed Sunday night as the Joe Gibbs driver claimed his 4th career victory at Darlington Raceway, by winning the Southern 500 on a nearly perfect night in the Pee …
Darlington Raceway has repaved Turn 2 in preparation for its NASCAR races over Labor Day weekend, track president Kerry Tharp told NBC Sports on Friday morning. Tharp said the portion of the track repaved had underlying cracks that allowed water to seep in. “We were finding that over the last few years that we were …
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Martin Truex, Jr. led two hundred and forty-eight laps and held off a late charge from Kyle Larson to win Sunday’s Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway. The victory is the third of the season for Truex and his second all-time at the “Lady in Black”, to go along with his “Southern 500” victory in 2016. …
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The iconic Southern 500 on Labor Day weekend at Darlington has its sister race back once again. NASCAR and Darlington officials along with Governor Henry McMaster announced this morning at a press conference at the Governor’s Mansion in Columbia that Darlington will host two races in 2021 with a Mother’s Day race joining the 500 …
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Kevin Harvick is so good, he doesn’t need a lot of luck to win races. But he’ll take it when he can get it. Sunday night in the Cook Out Southern 500, the first of the ten NASCAR Playoff races, Harvick appeared headed to a third place finish at best when the drivers ahead of …
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Denny Hamlin calls Darlington Raceway one of his favorites on the NASCAR circuit and he showed why Wednesday night winning the Toyota 500 when rain forced the race to be called with 20 laps to go. Hamlin stayed out while other frontrunners pitted for tires during a late race caution-period to take the lead for …
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The NASCAR season resumed Sunday afternoon at Darlington with Kevin Harvick rolling to a dominating victory, his first of the season and the 50th of his career. Harvick led 159 of the 293 laps and secured a spot in the postseason playoffs with the victory. He also increased his points lead on Alex Bowman, who …
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Sports roars back to life this Sunday at Darlington Raceway. NASCAR will restart its season Sunday afternoon with a 400 mile Cup Series race at “The Track Too Tough To Tame.” Darlington also will host an Xfinity Series race Tuesday night and a second Cup race Wednesday night. Then the scene shifts to Charlotte. Earlier …
Darlington Raceway already was set for a special year with the Bojangles Southern 500 set as the first race in the postseason. Now, NASCAR has chosen the track as the place to restart the season. Racing returns May 17th with a 400 miler at the Lady In Black. Three days later, a 500 kilometer (310 …
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