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Aric Almirola and the No. 43 team are still in the hunt for a Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup transfer spot with just two races remaining before the start of the Chase. Currently, the team is 35 points outside of the cutoff. Not only will the team be fighting for a good finish to earn a Chase spot, but they will also throwback to 1972 with the No. 43 STP Ford for The Tradition Returns weekend. Marking the first year of STP's partnership with "The King" Richard Petty, the No. 43 will sport the original paint scheme of "Petty Blue" and Day-Glo Red. Not only will the team exhibit the throwback look, they will also host members from the 1972 Petty Enterprises team on Sunday.

If you want to get as close to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series fred's 250 Powered by Coca-Cola action as you can without joining a pit crew on Saturday, Oct. 24, then Talladega Superspeedway's Back Forty Beer Co. Paddock Club is for you.

Richard Childress Racing's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history at Darlington Raceway ... Richard Childress is tied at third for all-time car owner victories with Holman-Moody and the Wood Brothers at Darlington Raceway with eight wins each. Dale Earnhardt collected all of RCR's victories at the South Carolina-based track.

With September designated as National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, Martin Truex Jr.’s Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Chevrolet will showcase a teal appearance for Sunday night’s Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway.

Elliott Sadler will make his 12th NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) start at Darlington Raceway this Saturday afternoon in Darlington, SC. In Sadler’s previous 11 NXS starts at Darlington, he’s recorded one pole award, four top-five and five top-10 finishes. Last year, Sadler started ninth and finished second.

Josh Wise on Darlington: "I'm really excited to get back behind the wheel of the "Throwback" No.32 this weekend! Darlington is such a challenging track. I felt like we learned a lot as a team two weeks ago in Bristol that we can apply to Sunday night's race. I can't thank all the guys at the shop for their hard work the last few weeks and everyone at BeerFrost.Com and CorvetteParts.Net for coming on board with us this weekend. It should be one exciting race."

Tough place to get around: “Darlington Raceway, the track 'Too Tough To Tame,' it’s a tough place,” Allmendinger said. “The nickname really doesn’t even do it justice. It’s even harder than that. You are right against the wall the whole time. There is never really a moment where you can relax a little bit and say, ‘Okay, I can take a little bit of a breath,’ whether it’s in practice or during the race.

Clint Bowyer’s No. 15 will honor NASCAR legend and Hall of Fame nominee Buddy Baker in this weekend’s 66th running of the Southern 500 at historic Darlington Raceway.

The Bojangles’ Southern 500 returns to its traditional Labor Day Weekend date at Darlington Raceway on Sunday and Ford will be looking for its 29th all-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory at the egg-shaped oval. Here are some other notes about Ford and its history with “The Lady in Black.”

American Diabetes Association® Youth Ambassador Asher Huddlestun will ride along with Roush Fenway Racing driver Ryan Reed during Saturday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Darlington Raceway. The Columbia, S.C. native will have his name featured on a decal below the passenger-side window on the No. 16 Lilly Diabetes American Diabetes Association Ford Mustang.