After many long months of waiting, tickets for the 2010 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway go on sale to the public Saturday, Oct. 10.

Tickets for the 2010 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway go on-sale to the public Saturday. The famed 500-mile race will once again take place on Saturday night of Mother’s Day weekend and will be preceded by the Diamond Hill Plywood 200 on Friday evening.

Bob McConnell has a passion for restoring cars and will go anywhere to showcase them. That’s why O’Connell will be making a journey from Urbana, Ohio, down to South Carolina next weekend for the second annual Darlington Historic Racing Festival.

The continuing economic plight of NASCAR fans — along with empty seats at the Southern 500 this past May — has led Darlington Raceway to slice prices for more than half its seats.

Fifteen people were arrested after Darlington County sheriff’s deputies foiled a large counterfeit T-shirt ring that was operating near Darlington Raceway during the races over the weekend.

There were plenty of lasting memories from the Southern 500, but we want to know from what you’ll remember most about this weekend’s racing at Darlington.

Being optimistic has never been one of Mark Martin’s strong points. For years, Martin has been known for his negative nature as much as his legendary workout routine. But these days, Martin is a different man, treating things with child-like exuberance instead.

At this rate, Mark Martin might never want to retire. The 50-year-old, who announced earlier this week he will race another full season next year, won the Southern 500 on Saturday at Darlington Raceway.

It was like old times for Russell Branham. The former Darlington Raceway public relations director visited with NASCAR legends David Pearson and Cale Yarborough, both of whom he grew up idolizing and later got a chance to work with while he was at the track from 1989-95.

Mack Lemmons, 87, bought a piece of property across from the Darlington Raceway 39 years ago that had a dilapidated house on it. He had ideas of constructing a building that would house a bait and tackle shop on one side and a liquor store on the other. He knew a lot of people traveled the road and most of them drank liquor.

If Mark Martin keeps winning like this, even he might have to concede that he’s racing for a Sprint Cup championship. The 50-year-old Martin won for the second time in the last four races, outlasting Jimmie Johnson in a wreck-filled show at Darlington Raceway on Saturday night.

NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield has been suspended indefinitely after failing a random drug test. The result stems from a test last weekend at Richmond International Raceway. NASCAR spokesman Jim Hunter will not reveal what banned drug Mayfield used.

While thousands of fans gather inside the Darlington Racetrack for Saturday night’s Southern 500, dozens of crews work behind the scenes to make sure they’re all joined under the lights.

T-Birds, Chevrolets, Lee Petty’s switch to a Plymouth and Joe Caspolich piloting an Oldsmobile titled the “City of Florence” were the gab of racing 50 years ago before the Rebel 300.

News 13’s Matt Lincoln talks to the field and spotlights key drivers who have won at the Lady in Black, and those who have missed victory at one of NASCAR’s most historic tracks.