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Darlington Throwback: See NASCAR drivers (and more) as kids

By Staff Report | Published: September 4, 2020 83
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Darlington Raceway hosts NASCAR's annual throwback weekend on Sept. 5-6. We dipped into our archives (and asked teams for help) to illustrate what drivers (past and present), crew chiefs and team owners looked like back in the day. This picture of Chase Elliott in 2001 gets us started.

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2002: Chase Elliott

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2002: Chase Elliott

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2002: Chase Elliott

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Chase Elliott

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Chase Elliott

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1984: Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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1985: Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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1987: Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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Kyle Busch and Kurt Busch

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Kurt Busch and Kyle Busch

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Kurt Busch

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Matt DiBenedetto

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Matt DiBenedetto

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Martin Truex. Jr.

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Martin Truex Jr.

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AJ Allmendinger with father Greg

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AJ Allmendinger with father Greg

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Tony Stewart, age 8, helping mother Pamela in powder puff race

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1983: Tony Stewart

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Tony Stewart

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1981: Tony Stewart, age 10

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Tony Stewart with father Nelson at father-son event

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David Ragan (left)

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David Ragan

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Ty Dillon (left) and Austin Dillon

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Brad Keselowski

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Jeb Burton

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Denny Hamlin

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Rodney Childers, crew chief for Kevin Harvick

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Rodney Childers, crew chief for Kevin Harvick

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Rodney Childers, crew chief for Kevin Harvick

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Kevin Harvick, second grade

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Kevin Harvick, age 3

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Kevin Harvick

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Kevin Harvick, preschool

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Joe Nemechek

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Joe Nemechek, left

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Joe Nemechek

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Ryan Newman

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Ryan Newman with father Greg

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Ryan Newman

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Luke Lambert, crew chief for Chris Buescher

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Courtesy of Tommy Baldwin Racing

Team owner Tommy Baldwin Jr.

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Greg Zipadelli, SHR competition director and former crew chief

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Greg Zipadelli, SHR competition director and former crew chief

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Brandon Jones

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Brandon Jones

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Bubba Wallace

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Bubba Wallace

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Tyler Reddick

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Joey Logano

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Joey Logano

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Courtesy of Go Fas Racing

Corey LaJoie

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Corey LaJoie

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Jimmie Johnson

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Daniel Hemric

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Daniel Hemric and Kenzie Ruston Hemric

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Daniel Hemric

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Courtesy of JR Motorsports

Noah Gragson

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Noah Gragson

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Courtesy of Stewart-Haas Racing

Cole Custer

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Cole Custer

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Austin Cindric after winning at the Indianapolis Speedrome in 2012.

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Austin Cindric and his family with Indy 500 winner Sam Hornish Jr. after his 2006 victory.

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Austin Cindric with his dad, Tim, after he won the bronze medal at the X-Games in 2014.

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William Byron

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William Byron

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William Byron

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Courtesy of Stewart-Haas Racing with Fred Biagi

Chase Briscoe

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Clint Bowyer

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Clint Bowyer

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Clint Bowyer

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Clint Bowyer

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Alex Bowman

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Alex Bowman

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Alex Bowman

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Ryan Blaney

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Ryan Blaney

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Aric Almirola

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Aric Almirola

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Aric Almirola

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Aric Almirola
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