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Four things to know as NASCAR weekend comes to Darlington Raceway

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DARLINGTON, S.C. (WBTW) -- April in South Carolina means NASCAR competition, as the Xfinity and Cup Series return for the first of two races during the 2025 season. Here are four things to know headed into race weekend. First, the track is celebrating its 75th anniversary. Opening in 1950, it's the second-oldest active venue on the Cup Series, just behind Martinsville. The inspiration for Darlington's egg shape is from a local. "You think all th…

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Four things to know as NASCAR weekend comes to Darlington Raceway

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TOO TOUGH TO TAME

DARLINGTON — For 75 years, NASCAR fans have been enthralled with Darlington Raceway. It's such a legendary track, it has two nicknames: The "Lady in Black" and "Too Tough to Tame."

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NASCAR DFS: Goodyear 400 Picks

The post NASCAR DFS: Goodyear 400 Picks was written by Chris Durellappeared first on FantraxHQ. Welcome back, race fans. This week, the NASCAR Cup series heads to the track “Too Tough to Tame”, Darlington Speedway for the Goodyear 400 this Sunday. It marks the third race on a mile and a half intermediate this season, and like Homestead, it produces some excellent racing due to the older surface and high tire wear. From a fantasy perspective, the…

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Fans Left Questioning NASCAR’s Motive Amidst Surprising Darlington Video Game Collab

Darlington Raceway, the “Lady in Black,” is ready for its Throwback Weekend. It’s that time of year when NASCAR goes full retro, with the Cup Series racing the Goodyear 400 on April 6 and the Xfinity Series starting things off the day before. The paint schemes are pure nostalgia—Harrison Burton’s rocking a 2000 Jeff Burton throwback, Kyle Larson’s got Terry Labonte’s “Tony the Tiger” look from 2003, and Noah Gragson’s paying homage to Dale Jr.’s…

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The mental drain of Darlington is like no other

It took one lap around Darlington Raceway for AJ Allmendinger to understand why it had a nickname. Allmendinger was driving the No. 84 at the time for Red Bull Racing. It didn’t take him long to hit the wall, but the team told him that was what he was supposed to do. It’s basically a rite of passage, after all, to earn a Darlington stripe. On the next lap, Allmendinger was in the wall again, but again, he was told it was still okay. “Then, on th…

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RFK Advance | Darlington I-RFK returns to the track ‘Too Tough to Tame’ this weekend for the official NASCAR Throwback race of the 2025 season. by Official Release

RFK returns to the track ‘Too Tough to Tame’ this weekend for the official NASCAR Throwback race of the 2025 season. The post RFK Advance | Darlington I appeared first on SpeedwayMedia.com.

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