Darlington Raceway

Darlington Raceway

Darlington Raceway in Darlington, SC

Darlington Raceway is a 1.366 mile Oval. It falls in the category of Intermediate (an oval that is greater than 1 mile in length, but less than 2 miles in length.).

The first NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway was in 1950.

2013 NASCAR Cup Races at Darlington Raceway

  • Bojangles Southern 500 on 05-11-2013 (Race #11)


Top 10 Pole Winners

Rank Driver Total Poles
1 David Pearson 12
2 Fireball Roberts 7
3 Fred Lorenzen 6
4 Bill Elliott 5
5 Jeff Gordon 4
5 Bobby Allison 4
5 Geoffrey Bodine 4
5 Richard Petty 4
5 Kasey Kahne 4
10 Donnie Allison 3

Race Winners

Rank Driver Total Wins
1 David Pearson 10
2 Dale Earnhardt 9
3 Jeff Gordon 7
4 Bill Elliott 5
4 Bobby Allison 5
4 Cale Yarborough 5
4 Darrell Waltrip 5
8 Harry Gant 4
9 Richard Petty 3
9 Dale Jarrett 3

NASCAR Cup Races at Darlington Raceway

Date Race Name Winner St Make Caut/Lap Ld Chg
05-11-13 Bojangles Southern 500 Matt Kenseth 7 Toyota 5/25 9
05-12-12 Southern 500 Jimmie Johnson 2 Chevrolet 8/38 22
05-07-11 Showtime Southern 500 Regan Smith 23 Chevrolet 11/46 21
05-08-10 Showtime Southern 500 Denny Hamlin 8 Toyota 11/56 20
05-09-09 Southern 500 Mark Martin 12 Chevrolet 17/73 23
05-10-08 Dodge Avenger 500 Kyle Busch 6 Toyota 8/31 35
05-13-07 Dodge Avenger 500 Jeff Gordon 10 Chevrolet 10/44 21
05-13-06 Dodge Charger 500 Greg Biffle 9 Ford 6/24 25
05-07-05 Dodge Charger 500 Greg Biffle 3 Ford 12/48 30
11-14-04 Mountain Dew Southern 500 Jimmie Johnson 4 Chevrolet 8/47 27
03-21-04 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 Jimmie Johnson 11 Chevrolet 9/58 22
08-31-03 Mountain Dew Southern 500 Terry Labonte 3 Chevrolet 10/55 24
03-16-03 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 Ricky Craven 31 Pontiac 7/33 15
09-01-02 Mountain Dew Southern 500 Jeff Gordon 3 Chevrolet 9/63 14
03-17-02 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 Sterling Marlin 11 Dodge 5/40 11
09-02-01 Mountain Dew Southern 500 Ward Burton 37 Dodge 11/51 19
03-18-01 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 Dale Jarrett 2 Ford 7/38 12
09-03-00 Pepsi Southern 500 Bobby Labonte 37 Pontiac 9/69 22
03-19-00 Mall.com 400 Ward Burton 3 Pontiac 5/30 13
09-05-99 The 50th Pepsi Southern 500 Jeff Burton 15 Ford 6/62 20
03-21-99 TranSouth Financial 400 Jeff Burton 9 Ford 3/19 13
09-06-98 Pepsi Southern 500 Jeff Gordon 5 Chevrolet 2/16 12
03-22-98 TranSouth Financial 400 Dale Jarrett 3 Ford 5/31 18
08-31-97 Mountain Dew Southern 500 Jeff Gordon 7 Chevrolet 11/67 9
03-23-97 TranSouth Financial 400 Dale Jarrett 1 Ford 10/60 15
09-01-96 Mountain Dew Southern 500 Jeff Gordon 2 Chevrolet 6/37 29
03-24-96 TranSouth Financial 400 Jeff Gordon 2 Chevrolet 11/56 15
09-03-95 Mountain Dew Southern 500 Jeff Gordon 5 Chevrolet 12/94 21
03-26-95 TranSouth Financial 400 Sterling Marlin 5 Chevrolet 15/87 16
09-04-94 Mountain Dew Southern 500 Bill Elliott 9 Ford 6/42 28
03-27-94 TranSouth Financial 400 Dale Earnhardt 9 Chevrolet 5/26 28
09-05-93 Mountain Dew Southern 500 Mark Martin 4 Ford 3/16 21
03-28-93 TranSouth 500 Dale Earnhardt 1 Chevrolet 3/14 18
09-06-92 Mountain Dew Southern 500 Darrell Waltrip 5 Chevrolet 5/28 23
03-29-92 TranSouth 500 Bill Elliott 2 Ford 4/21 21
09-01-91 Heinz Southern 500 Harry Gant 5 Oldsmobile 8/33 20
04-07-91 TranSouth 500 Ricky Rudd 13 Chevrolet 3/19 15
09-02-90 Heinz Southern 500 Dale Earnhardt 1 Chevrolet 10/51 20
04-01-90 TranSouth 500 Dale Earnhardt 15 Chevrolet 10/51 20
09-03-89 Heinz Southern 500 Dale Earnhardt 10 Chevrolet 4/24 26
04-02-89 TranSouth 500 Harry Gant 10 Oldsmobile 7/68 16
09-04-88 Southern 500 Bill Elliott 1 Ford 10/39 24
03-27-88 TranSouth 500 Lake Speed 8 Oldsmobile 8/42 18
09-06-87 Southern 500 Dale Earnhardt 5 Chevrolet 5/50 13
03-29-87 TranSouth 500 Dale Earnhardt 2 Chevrolet 10/71 27
08-31-86 Southern 500 Tim Richmond 1 Chevrolet 12/79 16
04-13-86 TranSouth 500 Dale Earnhardt 4 Chevrolet 11/54 17
09-01-85 Southern 500 Bill Elliott 1 Ford 14/70 20
04-14-85 TranSouth 500 Bill Elliott 1 Ford 7/51 21
09-02-84 Southern 500 Harry Gant 1 Chevrolet 8/51 17
04-15-84 TranSouth 500 Darrell Waltrip 9 Chevrolet 9/65 18
09-05-83 Southern 500 Bobby Allison 14 Buick 9/60 17
04-10-83 TranSouth 500 Harry Gant 5 Buick 5/37 20
09-06-82 Southern 500 Cale Yarborough 9 Buick 14/87 41
04-04-82 CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 Dale Earnhardt 5 Ford 8/53 30
09-07-81 Southern 500 Neil Bonnett 3 Ford 8/45 23
04-12-81 CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 Darrell Waltrip 3 Buick 6/40 20
09-01-80 Southern 500 Terry Labonte 10 Chevrolet 14/79 28
04-13-80 CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 David Pearson 2 Chevrolet 7/47 12
09-03-79 Southern 500 David Pearson 5 Chevrolet 9/52 18
04-08-79 CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 Darrell Waltrip 2 Chevrolet 6/53 25
09-04-78 Southern 500 Cale Yarborough 6 Oldsmobile 9/72 21
04-09-78 Rebel 500 Benny Parsons 8 Chevrolet 7/44 24
09-05-77 Southern 500 David Pearson 5 Mercury 6/93 32
04-03-77 Rebel 500 Darrell Waltrip 4 Chevrolet 6/39 28
09-05-76 Southern 500 David Pearson 1 Mercury 8/65 31
04-11-76 Rebel 500 David Pearson 1 Mercury 8/54 32
09-01-75 Southern 500 Bobby Allison 3 Matador 10/72 20
04-13-75 Rebel 500 Bobby Allison 5 Matador 11/79 22
09-02-74 Southern 500 Cale Yarborough 4 Chevrolet 11/101 26
04-07-74 Rebel 450 David Pearson 2 Mercury 7/66 29
09-03-73 Southern 500 Cale Yarborough 8 Chevrolet 7/38 25
04-15-73 Rebel 500 David Pearson 1 Mercury 11/71 21
09-04-72 Southern 500 Bobby Allison 1 Chevrolet 5/43 30
04-16-72 Rebel 400 David Pearson 1 Mercury 5/37 14
09-06-71 Southern 500 Bobby Allison 1 Mercury 5/32 14
05-02-71 Rebel 400 Buddy Baker 5 Dodge 5/30 13
09-07-70 Southern 500 Buddy Baker 2 Dodge 9/50 19
05-09-70 Rebel 400 David Pearson 3 Ford 4/37 20
09-01-69 Southern 500 LeeRoy Yarbrough 4 Ford 7/85 20
05-10-69 Rebel 400 LeeRoy Yarbrough 4 Mercury 4/24 11
09-02-68 Southern 500 Cale Yarborough 2 Mercury 7/65 13
05-11-68 Rebel 400 David Pearson 2 Ford 4/23 13
09-04-67 Southern 500 Richard Petty 1 Plymouth 3/25 6
05-13-67 Rebel 400 Richard Petty 2 Plymouth 5/31 12
09-05-66 Southern 500 Darel Dieringer 3 Mercury 8/80 28
04-30-66 Rebel 400 Richard Petty 1 Plymouth 1/5 6
09-06-65 Southern 500 Ned Jarrett 10 Ford 7/44 23
05-08-65 Rebel 300 Junior Johnson 3 Ford 6/50 11
09-07-64 Southern 500 Buck Baker 6 Dodge 7/50 12
05-09-64 Rebel 300 Fred Lorenzen 1 Ford 1/5 10
09-02-63 Southern 500 Fireball Roberts 9 Ford 0/0 9
05-11-63 Rebel 300 Joe Weatherly 6 Pontiac 3/14 0
09-03-62 Southern 500 Larry Frank 10 Ford 4/27 9
05-12-62 Rebel 300 Nelson Stacy 3 Ford 6/0 9
09-04-61 Southern 500 Nelson Stacy 3 Ford 6/21 19
05-06-61 Rebel 300 Fred Lorenzen 1 Ford 1/0 16
09-05-60 Southern 500 Buck Baker 2 Pontiac 5/61 14
05-14-60 Rebel 300 Joe Weatherly 2 Ford 4/0 7
09-07-59 Southern 500 Jim Reed 14 Chevrolet 2/12 11
09-01-58 Southern 500 Fireball Roberts 2 Chevrolet 6/28 8
09-02-57 Southern 500 Speedy Thompson 7 Chevrolet 6/23 13
09-03-56 Southern 500 Curtis Turner 11 Ford 7/68 14
09-05-55 Southern 500 Herb Thomas 8 Chevrolet 8/51 10
09-06-54 Southern 500 Herb Thomas 23 Hudson 2/4 12
09-07-53 Southern 500 Buck Baker 7 Oldsmobile 4/17 35
09-01-52 Southern 500 Fonty Flock 1 Oldsmobile 7/40 6
05-10-52 1952-10 Dick Rathman 4 Hudson 0/0 7
09-03-51 Southern 500 Herb Thomas 2 Hudson 4/26 6
09-04-50 Southern 500 Johnny Mantz 43 Plymouth 2/13 4

Darlington Raceway Track Facts