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…

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NPP Richmond Edition Now Available

NASCAR Pole Position Richmond edition is now available. Please head to Walmart, or other area retailers that offer free magazines, to pick up your free copy. You can find a list of preferred retailers distributing NASCAR Pole Position here. Magazines were shipped to area Walmarts that feature Tire & Lube Express departments. Be sure to tell them NASCAR Pole Position sent you! And remember the magazine is free for all race fans! If you are not in the race market, you can get a subscription to NASCAR Pole Position here right now. WANT A FREE WEEKLY NASCAR MAGAZINE? ROAR! is a digitally-delivered, weekly magazine that reviews the week…

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Stellar pit stop earns Carl Edwards dramatic Southern 500 win

Sept. 6, 2015 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service DARLINGTON, S.C. – On a night when throwback paint schemes recalled NASCAR’s past in vivid color, and a low-downforce aerodynamic package suggested the future direction of the sport, Carl Edwards overcame early misfortune to win an exhilarating race at the Lady in Black. Grabbing the lead thanks to a blisteringly fast pit stop under the track-record 18th caution of Sunday night’s Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, Edwards pulled away after a restart with eight laps left and beat polesitter Brad Keselowski to the finish line by .902 seconds to win his first…

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Darlington Preview: Labor Day Return Figures To Be Entertaining

By Jared Turner After a much-needed off-weekend, the Sprint Cup Series begins a marathon stretch of 12 consecutive races to conclude the 2015 season. Up first: Darlington Raceway, the rugged 1.366-mile South Carolina track that first hosted NASCAR’s top series in 1950 and today remains one of the sport’s most beloved and challenging venues. Long known as the track “Too Tough To Tame,” Darlington returns to its old Labor Day weekend slot for the first time in 12 years. The nod to tradition has been embraced by just about everyone in the sport, including the drivers, many of whom will carry throwback…

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