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The Darlington Raceway Stock Car Museum is an automotive museum that focuses on the history of Darlington Raceway and the sport of stock car racing. Exhibits include race car history, memorabilia and classic cars, including ones driven at Darlington by such famous race car drivers as Richard Petty , Darrell Waltrip , and the 1950 Plymouth that ...
Darlington County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 62,905. [1] Its county seat is Darlington. [2] Hartsville is the largest community in the county. Darlington County is home to the Darlington Raceway, which hosts the annual NASCAR Southern 500.
Darlington is located southeast of the center of Darlington County at (34.301370, -79.868659 U.S. Routes 52 and 401 bypass the city on the southwest. US 52 leads southeast 10 miles (16 km) to Florence , US 401 leads southwest 38 miles (61 km) to Sumter , and the two highways together lead 17 miles (27 km) north to Society Hill .
Darlington Raceway is going back to racing's roots for its latest NASCAR throwback next May. The track announced Thursday that the latest edition to celebrate NASCAR history will focus on the ...
The 1973 Southern 500, the 24th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event held on September 3, 1973, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Bud Moore would compete in his last NASCAR Cup Series as a driver after this event. [3] Jackie Cooper was named honorary race marshal for the 1973 Southern 500. [4]
Darlington Raceway president Kerry Tharp could barely contain himself as he thought about the group of greats he was about to host. The last 25 of NASCAR's greatest 75 drivers — the first 50 ...
The 2002 Mountain Dew Southern 500, the 53rd running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on September 1, 2002 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Contested at 367 laps on the 1.366 mile (2.198 km) speedway, it was the twenty-fifth race of the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season.
The 1956 Southern 500, the seventh running of the event, was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on September 3, 1956, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. This race was considered to be the "Labor Day Classic" for 1956; complete with a pre-race beauty pageant with a judging panel led by Fonty Flock for the title ...