Darlington “NASCAR Throwback” Weekend Preview: Hamlin returns to Darlington Raceway as the defending race winner after sweeping the 2017 weekend with victories in both the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup and NASCAR XFINITY Series. In 12 career starts at Darlington, Hamlin has only finished outside of the top-10 twice and has visited Victory Lane at the track that’s “Too Tough to Tame” on two occasions.
"I'm really excited to be able to run a paint scheme on our No. 47 Kroger ClickList Camaro ZL1 that resembles a car from Tad and Jodi's (Geschickter) racing roots," Allmendinger said.
When talking about Darlington Raceway’s Southern 500 Martin Truex Jr. expresses a strong passion with his voice jumping a few decibels.
THROWING IT BACK TO KAHNE’S BEST SEASON: Dumont JETS wanted to have another amazing throwback paint scheme this season for Kasey Kahne to celebrate the 2006 season where he earned six poles & a career-best six wins (three of which came after starting from the pole).
In celebration of the NASCAR Throwback weekend at Darlington Raceway, Richard Childress Racing will honor longtime friend and former test driver Dave Marcis. Matt Tifft's No. 2 Surface Sunscreen Chevrolet Camaro will sport a throwback paint scheme representing Marcis' 1976 No. 2 Chevrolet during the NASCAR Xfinity race at the track deemed "Too Tough To Tame."
There are two races remaining in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series regular season and three in the NASCAR XFINITY Series as both head to Darlington Raceway for Throwback Weekend. Ford currently has seven MENCS and three NXS drivers in Playoff positions. Here’s a look at some other key Ford moments at Darlington.
Mike McWilliams, a constant fixture at Talladega Superspeedway since 1992 and the current Vice President of Operations, will make the transition later this year to Owner’s Superintendent of International Speedway Corporation’s (ISC) Design & Development team in anticipation of Transformation – The Talladega Superspeedway Infield Project, which is set for completion in October of 2019.
“Due to Spencer Gallagher’s shoulder injury, Chase Elliott will return to the No. 23 Chevrolet beginning this weekend at Darlington Raceway as well next week at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. As Gallagher continues to work with his doctor back home in Vegas, we do not have an exact time frame of when he will return to the seat.” - Mike Beam President of GMS Racing
The Round of 8 and the third annual NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs began this past weekend at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Some drivers upped their A game, while others had a frustrating day in another thrilling finish.
Two Kyle Busch Motorsports teammates, Todd Gilliland and Noah Gragson, were racing for the first and second position on the last lap at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Gilliland had worked hard all day to get his truck in position for the win.