August 28, 2008
Holy Ground: Darlington Historical Racing Festival honors region’s racing past
Nowadays, it’s hard to imagine a Darlington without racing. To modern eyes, the town’s 1.366-mile racetrack seems just as natural as the minnow pond that rests on the west side of its property.
July 11, 2008
Darlington Raceway accepting renewals
Fans that purchased tickets to the 2008 Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway can begin renewing their seats now for the ’09 Cup Series event weekend at the track.
July 02, 2008
Darlington to hold festival
This Labor Day weekend Darlington Raceway will host it’s inaugural Darlington Historic Racing Festival.
June 26, 2008
State Museum Foundation members take ride around Darlington Raceway
DARLINGTON — The S.C. State Museum Foundation members got a boost before their meeting Thursday at the Darlington Raceway: a ride around the fabled track in the pace car.
June 25, 2008
A chance to take a lap around ‘The Lady in Black’
Car clubs that plan to attend the Inaugural Darlington Historic Racing Festival will receive a once in a lifetime incentive – a lap around the track “Too Tough to Tame,” track president Chris Browning announced today.
June 19, 2008
Darlington to let car clubs ride
You don’t have to drive in NASCAR to get a lap around Darlington Raceway. Track president Chris Browning said Thursday that car clubs attending the Darlington Historic Racing Festival on Labor Day weekend will get to drive a parade lap around the track “Too Tough To Tame.“
May 15, 2008
Edwards picked to win All-Star race
With the help of a back-flipping dog, Humpy Wheeler made Carl Edwards the favorite to win the All-Star race by naming the acrobatic driver his pick to win Saturday night’s event.
May 14, 2008
Local businesses look back over race week
It’s been four days since race car drivers took their final laps in the Dodge Challenger 500 at the Darlington Raceway.
218th Infantry Brigade Combat Team returns home
DARLINGTON — The final group of soldiers from the 218th Infantry Brigade Combat team of the S.C. National Guard — which deployed to Afghanistan more than a year ago — returned to Darlington Armory on Wednesday afternoon.
Gibbs’s racers dominate on Nationwide
When Tony Stewart strides through the Nationwide Series garage on race day, he feels the eyes of other teams on him and knows they’re wondering if they’ll again run second to the powerhouse Joe Gibbs Racing team.
May 13, 2008
Biffle a solid candidate to replace Stewart at Gibbs
Greg Biffle certainly didn’t sound like a guy committed to Roush Fenway Racing when he blasted the faulty equipment that led to his last-place finish at Darlington Raceway.
May 11, 2008
Busch’s celebration talk of NASCAR
Move over Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards. It looks like there is a new postrace celebration in NASCAR.
New Darlington surface yields fewer wrecks than many anticipated
The fears of many of the Sprint Cup drivers never materialized during Saturday’s Dodge Challenger 500.
Hunter not in favor of Labor Day race
If it’s not broke, don’t fix it. That’s what Jim Hunter says about moving Darlington Raceway’s date back to Labor Day weekend.
Busch overcomes penalty, car and Darlington stripe in win
Kyle Busch isn’t going to win any popularity contests. But that’s fine with him as long as he continues to win races.
