Southern 500 Belongs on Labor Day Weekend
By Aaron Burns It just felt right for NASCAR to have a race at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway on Labor Day weekend. The last time the Sprint Cup Series race at Darlington in September, the series was still known as Winston Cup. Only 11 of the 43 drivers in that race also took part when the 12-year hiatus officially ended on Sunday night. Thank goodness. Thank NASCAR, too. Sunday’s Bojangles’ Southern 500 descended from the Rebel 400, not the original Labor Day race, which moved to Auto Club Speedway in 2004 and later to Atlanta Motor Speedway. But the same late-summer feel…