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Best of: Darlington Stripes through time

By Staff Report | Published: 28 Aug, 2019 24
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A Darlington Stripe is a driver's rite of passage at South Carolina's iconic race track. The stripe appears on a race car as a driver runs up against the wall and it sucks the car onto it, leaving the right side with a mark -- the Darlington Stripe.

Here's Richard Petty's No. 43 with some damage in 1964.

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2008: Clint Bowyer

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2008: J.J. Yeley

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2008: Kyle Busch

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2009: Greg Biffle

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2009: Kyle Busch

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2009: Sam Hornish Jr.

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2012: Jimmie Johnson

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2012: Ryan Newman

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2013: Kasey Kahne

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2014: Kyle Larson

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2014: Paul Menard

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2014: Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

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2015: Alex Bowman

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2015: Austin Dillon

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2015: Brett Moffitt

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2015: Chase Elliott

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2015: Danica Patrick

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2015: Kurt Busch

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2015: Kyle Busch

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2016: Brad Keselowski

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2016: Brad Keselowski

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2016: Brian Scott

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2017: Corey LaJoie

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