Fans weigh in: Majority say Southern 500 was ‘good’ or ‘great’

At Darlington, Hermine shoved her way into the picture and forced NASCAR to call off qualifying for the Sprint Cup and Xfinity series, deciding it was more important to use Saturdays track time — the forecast calls for sunshine and minimal rain chances the rest of the weekend — for precious practice time on Darlingtons egg-shaped layout. He was able to patiently take on the “Lady in Black” to win the throwback Bojangles’ Southern 500 on Sunday evening.

When they pitted, 17 other cars remained on-track to take a wave-around and get back on the lead lap.

Kevin Harvick is another driver with recent success at Darlington as he has strung together three straight top five finishes at the track.

Stewart and Scott had just made contact as Stewart was trying to pass the rookie, who was already several laps off the pace.

Three-time series champ Tony Stewart, making his final run at Darlington before he retires, was trying to get past the lapped auto Brian Scott just past the midway point.

In all, 36 of 40 race teams will feature some type of paint scheme.

“It’s something everyone has wanted to do, ” said Tharp, named to his post in June.

It’s been an ongoing source of frustration for Harvick this season.

Hurricane Hermine hit the SC area on Friday, wiping out all track activity, including two practice sessions.

Now is the time of the season to continue starting those Chase for the Sprint Cup bubble drivers.

“Of course this is the first one that we have been too that Junior hasn’t been here”, mentioned Owens.

“If you have an issue, you talk about it, you get it behind you and you go on to the next race”, Bayne said. Jamie McMurray tinkered around with his radio controlled vehicle. We’ve had super-fast race cars.

Darlington tends to bring out the best in teams and drivers, who have to up their game to win here.

A victor of the Daytona 500 and Sprint Cup Series points championship, Harvick still leads the Sprint Cup Points standings via a 43-point margin over Brad Keselowski. But after tries in November, May, and April, NASCAR has locked Darlington back into Labor Day weekend through 2020. “We’ll do some celebrating tonight”.

The track won marketing team of the year award from NASCAR for the “Tradition Returns to Darlington Raceway” campaign.

He said it’s also important to address the situation. “It’s going to be a great time”.

In his 2014 championship season, Harvick got the pit crew that Tony Stewart had been using all year – and won the 2011 title with – for the final 10 Chase for the Sprint Cup races.

Knaus: “No, we’re two laps down, Earl”.

So on the ensuing restart with 12 to go, Harvick started on the outside of the front row, alongside leader Truex Jr., the only driver to beat him off pit road. “I can’t believe that about a foot from doing it is incredible.　There’s so many things about this year that have been special, and that’s one of them”.