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N 34° 17.955' W 079° 54.331' |
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Darlington, South Carolina 29532 United States Near By Caches
Hidden On: 30 Dec 2006
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This is part of the South Carolina Historical Marker series.
To get credit for the find, take a picture of yourself at the marker and post it. DARLINGTON RACEWAY Darlington Raceway, the first superspeedway in NASCAR history, was constructed in 1950 by Harold Brasington, a local race promoter who saw an asphalt~paved track as an advance over the standard dirt tracks and wanted a 500~mile stock car race to rival the Indianapolis 500. On September 4, 1950 the new mile~and~a~quarter raceway hosted the first Southern 500. A 400~lap race in which 75 cars raced at top speeds of 80 M.P.H. The egg~shaped track at Darlington soon gained a reputation as "The Track Too Tough To Tame" and the Southern 500 became on of racing's most important events. The Plymouth which Johnny Mantz drove to win the first race is one of several historic cars on display with other racing memorabilia at the NMPA Stock Car Hall of Fame/Joe Weatherly museum, which opened here in 1965 to honor the pioneers of NASCAR. |
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