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Nextel Cup's Must-See Races.(Motorsports)
With 37 races on the NASCAR schedule, it can be hard to decide which to attend. Here are the best of the bunch.
Daytona 500, Feb. 19, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida
The Daytona 500 isn't NASCAR's oldest, fastest or longest race, but it's still the most famous. The list of winners at Daytona International Speedway includes almost everybody who is anybody in stock car racing, plus notable party crashers Mario Andretti and A.J. Foyt. If you're going, you might as well go early enough for Thursday's 150-mile qualifiers, Friday's IROC and Craftsman Truck races and Saturday's Busch race.
Martinsville 500, April 4, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Virginia
Martinsville has been called "500 laps of road rage'' and worse, but that's precisely why another sellout crowd of 85,000 will show up. They have been racing on the flat, half-mile, paper clip-looking track since 1949, making Martinsville Speedway the only active track with a race in NASCAR's first Nextel Cup season. Bonuses: Every seat is a good one and the hot dogs are legendary.
Dodge Charger 500, May 13, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina
The grand old "Lady in Black'' isn't what she once was, but everybody still wants to conquer 55-year-old Darlington Raceway. Believe us, it ain't easy. ...
- Harold Brasington, who built Darlington Raceway, dies at 86.(Originated from...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service McLAURIN, JIM February 4, 1996 700+ words
...Harold Brasington, the man who built Darlington Raceway and introduced a nation to big...to racing,'' said Jim Hunter, Darlington Raceway president. ``NASCAR has lost one...the sport.'' Brasington built Darlington Raceway in 1949-50, with nothing more...
- POLITICAL UNDERCURRENTS RUNNING FAST AT DARLINGTON RACEWAY
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 31, 1995 700+ words
...PR Newswire/ -- This weekend, Darlington Raceway is the site of what should prove...smoking. Jim Hunter, president of Darlington Raceway, thinks the money pumped into the...years. "Racing fans who come to Darlington Raceway are some of the best anywhere...
- Darlington Raceway Announces Mall.com Title Sponsor of NASCAR Event;...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 7, 2000 700+ words
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Darlington Raceway, NASCAR's original super-speedway, announces...more information on the Mall.com 400 and the Darlington Raceway, visit www.darlingtonraceway.com. No purchase...
- On a Roll: Greg Biffle Sure to STICK out in This Weekend's NASCAR Busch Series...
- Press release article from: Business Wire May 4, 2005 700+ words
...repair the bumpers on the cars at Darlington Raceway, but it will also be on the hood...start at 8:05 p.m. (ET) at Darlington Raceway. Duck(R) brand duct tape, a...Diamond Hill Plywood 200, held at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, S.C. Biffle drives...
- Drivers say Darlington Raceway differs from lap to lap.
- Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) May 12, 2006 700+ words
...367 laps _ every one of which must be driven differently _ in Saturday night's Dodge Charger 500 at warped old Darlington Raceway. "If you try to drive the track the same way every time, something's going to sneak up on you _ and usually...
- The stat sheet: Darlington Raceway.
- Magazine article from: Auto Racing Digest December 1, 2003 700+ words
1950 The year in which the Darlington Raceway--built on the site of a former peanut field--both opened and hosted its first topflight NASCAR race, the Southern 500...
- Race Report.(Motorsports)(Darlington Raceway)(California Speedway)
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek September 13, 2004 700+ words
For the first time in 54 years, NASCAR was not running at Darlington Raceway on Labor Day weekend (page 45). The Southern 500, stock car racing's original superspeedway race and its longest-running...
- All's wall at Darlington Raceway.
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Grabowski, Stephen March 21, 1999 700+ words
At Darlington Raceway, long known as "The Track Too Tough To Tame," drivers tend to think about only one thing. "Not to hit the wall," said Dale...
