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Darlington Raceway

Intermediate
Type
1.366 mi (2.20 km)
Length
25° / 23°
Banking
2
Cup races 2026

Outline © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), includes access roads and pit lanes where mappers traced them.

'Too Tough to Tame', imagine an oval with the unforgiving walls of a street circuit. Every lap ends inches from disaster.

What makes it different The oldest paved superspeedway in NASCAR (1950), egg-shaped because a landowner wouldn't move his minnow pond. Grazing the wall on exit is so routine it has a name. The Darlington Stripe.

Intermediates reward car balance above all. Crews chase the line between tight (The car won't turn, understeer. The nose pushes up the track toward the wall.)tightThe car won't turn, understeer. The nose pushes up the track toward the wall.More → and loose (The back of the car wants to step out in the corner, oversteer. Fast if you can control it, a spin if you can't.)looseThe back of the car wants to step out in the corner, oversteer. Fast if you can control it, a spin if you can't.More → all race as the groove (The fastest line around the track, polished shiny by rubber. Some tracks develop a second, higher groove.)grooveThe fastest line around the track, polished shiny by rubber. Some tracks develop a second, higher groove.More → rubbers in.

2026 races here

RaceGreen flag (UK)
Goodyear 400 Sun 22 Mar, 19:00 Result →
Cook Out Southern 500 Time TBC