The South Carolina raceway was the site of NASCAR's first 500-mile race: The Southern 500. Through the many decades and eras of stock car racing that have passed since that first race at ...

The Southern 500 at Darlington has also returned to being the playoff-opening race, and the Coke Zero Sugar 400 is once again the regular-season finale after a scheduling quirk because the Olympic ...

Quick service restaurant Cook Out and Darlington Raceway have agreed to a multi-year extension on entitlement for NASCAR’s Southern 500 race on Sept. 5. Cook Out served as the title sponsor for ...

Briscoe, who was then a part of Ford’s driver development program ... by winning his first crown jewel race in 2024. He was the winner of the Southern 500 race in the Cup Series, which led ...

Winning either race at the egg-shaped, 1.366-mile oval is special, but the fall race, the famed Southern 500, is considered one of the crown jewels of the sport. When a driver is up for Hall of ...