Ned Jarrett won the 1965 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway by a NASCAR-record 14 laps as only 15 of the 44 cars in the race that day made it across the finish line.
Sunday's Southern 500 will be Moffitt's first appearance in his racing career at Darlington Raceway ... Moffitt earned the Sunoco Rookie of the Race award at Bristol Motor Speedway Aug. 22 and now leads the Rookie of the Year campaign by nine points ... The Dockside Logistics colors return to the No. 34 Ford for the Labor Day weekend race.
Ryan Truex will make his return to the NASCAR XFINITY Series for three races this season with Richard Petty Motorsports and will pilot the No. 98 Ford Mustang for Biagi DenBeste Racing. Truex will hit the track at Richmond International Raceway for his first XFINITY start of the 2015 season.
‘RIDE ALONG’ WITH NO. 5 THROWBACK: Sister companies Hendrick Motorsports and Hendrick Automotive Group have partnered for a two-race sponsorship built around the Hendrick Ride Along Sweepstakes.
JD Motorsports with Gary Keller announced Tuesday that, in the spirit of Darlington’s “throwback” weekend, all three team cars will have retro car numbers representing South Carolina racing history in the VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200.
When the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series gets to Darlington Raceway for the renewal of the Southern 500 on Labor Day Weekend there will be a throwback theme in the air as many teams bring back paint schemes from the 1970’s.
Stenhouse Jr. has two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) starts at Darlington Raceway with an average starting position of 21.0 and average finishing position of 19.0.
HScott Motorsports with Chip Ganassi announced today that AccuDoc Solutions will serve as the primary sponsor on the No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro for the NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Darlington Raceway on Saturday, Sept. 5 (3:30 p.m. EDT on NBC). The No. 42 AccuDoc Solutions Chevrolet Camaro will be driven by 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year Kyle Larson.
The three-time Daytona 500 champion from Chesterfield, Virginia, led 40 of 200 laps and rallied from starting at the rear of the field and being involved in a Lap 82 multi-car wreck to tie the late Kyle Busch for ninth place on the all-time Cup wins list at 63.
In a historic drive for the ages, Myles Rowe climbed from 24th and last in the starting field Sunday to win the INDY NXT by Firestone race at World Wide Technology Raceway.
RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 Menards/Richmond Water Heaters Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “It was a scrappy day and honestly not very good, but we kept working on it and got it a little bit better all day."
