10 Facts About Darlington Raceway

Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located in Darlington, South Carolina.

Darlington Raceway has something of a legendary quality among drivers and older fans; this is probably due to its long track length relative to other NASCAR speedways of its era and hence the first venue where many of them became cognizant of the truly high speeds that stock cars could achieve on a long track.

Darlington Raceway is known as "The Track Too Tough to Tame" because drivers can run lap after lap without a problem and then bounce off of the wall the following lap.

Many years, Darlington Raceway was the site of two annual NASCAR Cup Series races.

Darlington Raceway suffered from poor ticket sales, particularly in the spring.

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Darlington Raceway received a $10 million upgrade in 2008, the largest investment in the track's history.

In 2014, Darlington Raceway swapped dates with Kansas Speedway and was run in April.

In 2020, Darlington Raceway gained two additional Cup Series races, The Real Heroes 400 and the Toyota 500, and an additional Xfinity Series race, the Toyota 200, as part of NASCAR resuming its season after it was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Darlington Raceway Stock Car Museum is an automotive museum that focuses on the history of Darlington Raceway and the sport of stock car racing.

Darlington Raceway is featured in the 1990 film “”Days of Thunder”, starring Tom Cruise and John C Reilly.