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“Back in Black”: Chase Briscoe looks forward to #NASCAR playoffs at #Darlington (AUDIO)

If you didn’t know better, the #14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford is being piloted by its owner. And Chase Briscoe is quite happy for you to make that mistake. Briscoe, not Tony Stewart, is actually behind the wheel of the Mustang, but the former Xfinity Series driver doesn’t mind the comparison. “For me, it’s a dream …

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Defending Cup series champ Kyle Larson is ready for the #NASCAR Playoffs (AUDIO)

The 2021 NASCAR season was almost too easy for Kyle Larson. After being suspended from the sport in 2020 for using a racial slur, Larson took full advantage of the second chance offered to him by Hendrick Motorsports by dominating the circuit. The California native picked up 10 wins, posted 20 “Top 5’s,” while becoming …

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“The Closer” is zeroing in on the start of the #NASCAR playoffs at Darlington (AUDIO)

For the majority of the 2022 NASCAR racing season, there wasn’t much to celebrate for Kevin Harvick. Then came Michigan. Grabbing the lead and pulling away after a restart on Lap 166 of 200, the 2014 Cup Series champion won the FireKeepeers Casino 400 and leap-frogged bubble-riding Martin Truex Jr. in the NASCAR Cup Series …

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Logano “bumps and runs” his way to victory at Darlington (AUDIO)

When the Goodyear 400 began on Sunday afternoon at Darlington Raceway, Joey Logano had no one but the pace car out in front of him. However, the pole sitter did have to deal with some competion coming down the stretch and his decision may not have been a popular one. Trailing William Byron for much …

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Darlington Raceway is set to honor history during its #ThrowbackWeekend (AUDIO)

The NASCAR season is off to a terrific start and in just a couple of weeks, the schedule swings into Darlington for the annual “Throwback Weekend” at the “Track Too Tough to Tame”. Teams from across the sport will be trying to out do one another in paying homage to the sport’s past. On Wednesday, …

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Start your engines! Darlington Raceway President Kerry Tharp is ready to get the NASCAR season underway (AUDIO)

To say that Darlington Raceway President Kerry Tharp is fired up for the brand-new racing season would be an understatement. From the debut of the Next Gen car to a pair of race weekends at the “Track Too Tough to Tame”, Tharp is like a kid in a candy store. To illustrate his enthusiasm, Tharp …

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Denny Hamlin holds off Kyle Larson to win the #Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. Creed completes season sweep with Truck Series win (AUDIO)

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 …

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Darlington Raceway repaves Turn Two in advance of #Southern500

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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Truex tames #Darlington to win the NASCAR Cup Series Goodyear 400 (AUDIO)

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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NASCAR returning spring race to Darlington (VIDEO/AUDIO)

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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Harvick catches late break, wins again at Darlington to open playoffs (AUDIO)

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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Hamlin wins rain-shortened Toyota 500 at Darlington (AUDIO)

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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