Darlington Raceway NASCAR Tickets

Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina is a super speedway that boasts it is “Too Tough to Tame.” When the NASCAR track opened on Labor Day 1960, the builder, Harold Brasington, hoped that 10,000 fans might buy tickets to see the first Southern 500. More than 25,000 showed up

It is an older race track, with its first race being held on 1950. In May, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will hold the Dodge Avenger 500 at this track, that seats 63,000, and the NASCAR Nationwide Series will hold the Diamond Hill Plywood 200. Darlington is a 1.366 mile, oval, intermediate raceway. Parking is free on speedway property. The speedway owns a large portion of the land near the frontstretch.

The track measurements for Darlington's 1.366-mile egg-shaped oval raceway:

Turns 1 & 2 Banking: 25 degrees Width: 79 feet Radius: 600 feet Brand new blacktop...

Turns 3 & 4 Banking: 23 degrees Width: 62 feet Radius: 525 feet Trivia in the Turns

Frontstretch Length: 1,229 feet Width: 90 feet Banking: 3 degrees Do you remember...

Backstretch Length: 1,229 feet Width: 90 feet Banking: 2 degrees Name that grandstand...

Pit Road Length: 2,025 feet Width: 46 feet

2008 Race Results Sprint Cup Series Dodge Challenger 500 :: Kyle Busch - 05/10/08

Cup Historical Race Winners Nationwide Series Diamond Hill Plywood 200 :: Tony Stewart - 05/09/08