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Travis Pastrana Speaking in Jack Daniel’s Champion’s Club at Darlington

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Travis Pastrana To Speak In Darlington Raceway‘s Jack Daniel’s Champions’ Club Hospitality

May 11: Darlington Raceway. Bojangles' Southern 500 race weekend. Nascar Ntionwide Pre Race Photo - Darlington Raceway
May 11: Darlington Raceway.
Bojangles’ Southern 500 race weekend. Nascar Ntionwide Pre Race
Photo – Darlington Raceway

Fans of NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Travis Pastrana will get an opportunity to be up-close-and-personal with the X Games Champion when the driver of the No. 60 Ford for Roush Fenway Racing visits Darlington Raceway’s Jack Daniel’s Champions’ Club on Friday, May 10.

Pastrana will participate in a 15-minute question and answer session for fans that purchased the Jack Daniel’s Champions’ Club package for the Nationwide Series VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200 race. His appearance time is tentatively scheduled for 1:55 p.m. – 2:10 p.m. Continue reading →

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion’s Week Celebrates Five Years In Las Vegas

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion’s Week Celebrates Five Years In Las Vegas

NASCARlogoPostseason Awards Set For December 6 At Wynn Las Vegas

NASCAR announced May 2nd that the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards – the annual culmination of Champion’s Week – will be held on Friday, Dec. 6 at Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nev., for the fifth consecutive year.  Continue reading →

Track Services Personnel From Across the Country Gather at Charlotte Motor Speedway for Safety Training

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A track services worker extinguishes a simulated car fire along pit road during track services training at Charlotte Motor Speedway over the weekend. More than 150 track services workers from 10 tracks across the country participated in the training, which Charlotte Motor Speedway has hosted annually since 1991 Photo - Charlotte Motor Speedway
A track services worker extinguishes a simulated car fire along pit road during track services training at Charlotte Motor Speedway over the weekend. More than 150 track services workers from 10 tracks across the country participated in the training, which Charlotte Motor Speedway has hosted annually since 1991
Photo – Charlotte Motor Speedway

As it has annually for more than two decades, Charlotte Motor Speedway welcomed more than 150 track safety professionals over the weekend for a two-day training session to hone their skills and prepare for the upcoming race season.

Personnel from 10 NASCAR facilities – including Atlanta Motor Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Darlington Raceway, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Martinsville Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway – received hands-on safety training for all events at the speedway. Leading the way in safety training, Charlotte Motor Speedway has been offering such classes since 1991. Continue reading →

Darlington Raceway Sprints Into History With New Book

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Photo - Courtesy of Darlington Raceway
Photo – Courtesy of Darlington Raceway

Darlington Raceway has been part of the landscape of South Carolina and of NASCAR for over six decades and a new nostalgic book celebrates the history of the track through extraordinary vintage images.

From races run on dirt and clay to the paved speedways of today, the historic events, colorful characters, and memorable moments of “The Lady in Black” are revealed in more than 200 vintage images.

Author Cathy Elliott sees Darlington Raceway as “more than just a race track that comes alive once a year,” and describes why many locals consider the speedway part of the family. “Darlington is an integral member of her community, part of its very identity. Everyone in town has at least one story about the track,” Elliott said. Continue reading →