DARLINGTON
Darlington Raceway
Weather
Track Details
Completed : 1950Distance : 1.366 miles
Shape : Oval
Banking : 25° Turns 1-223° Turns 3-46° frontstretch6° backstretchFrontstretch : 1,229 feet
Backstretch : 1,229 feet
Seating : 63,000
Tailgating
Football has Lambeau Field, baseball has Fenway Park, golf has Augusta National and NASCAR has Darlington Raceway. Parking is free on speedway property. The speedway owns a large portion of the land near the frontstretch.moreSchedule
| DATE | SERIES | RACE | LINKS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/11/12 | NATIONWIDE | Darlington 200 | Tickets Travel |
| 05/12/12 | CUP | Southern 500 | Tickets Travel |
Credit: Autostock
Race winner at Darlington Raceway
2011 Race Results
Sprint Cup Series
Showtime Southern 500 :: Regan Smith - 05/07/11Cup Historical Race Winners
Nationwide Series
Royal Purple 200 :: Kyle Busch - 05/06/11Camping World Truck Series
Too Tough to Tame 200 :: Kasey Kahne - 03/12/11Track Records
RACE RECORDS
Sprint Cup 500-Mile Race Record :: Dale Earnhardt 139.958 - 03/28/93Sprint Cup 400-Mile Race Record :: David Pearson 132.703 - 05/11/68
Cup Historical Race Winners
Nationwide Race Record :: Michael Waltrip 138.140 - 09/05/92
Truck Race Record :: Bobby Hamilton 133.645 - 03/14/03
QUALIFYING RECORDS
Sprint Cup Qualifying Record :: Ward Burton 173.797 - 1996Sprint Cup Qualifying Record :: Ward Burton 173.797 - 1996
Sprint Cup Qualifying Record :: Ward Burton 173.797 - 1996
Sprint Cup Qualifying Record :: Ward Burton 173.797 - 1996
Nationwide Qualifying Record :: Ryan Newman 170.301 - 2001
Truck Qualifying Record :: Jack Sprague 162.878 - 2001
Track History
Believing that Bill France's fledgling NASCAR just might catch on, Harold Brasington set out in the fall of 1949 to shape a 1.25-mile speedway on land that had once produced peanuts and cotton. Brasington himself often manned the controls of bulldozers and grading equipment. His plan called for a true oval, but the racetrack's design had to be changed in order to satisfy the landowner, who did not want his nearby minnow pond disturbed. The west end of the track (Turns 3 and 4) was narrowed to accommodate the fishing hole, creating Darlington's distinctive egg-shaped design.moreRemember To Check Out
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