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This Week , Saturday Night racing at the Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington.
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Darlington Raceway Track History Believing that Bill France's fledgling NASCAR just might catch on, Harold Brasington set out in the fall of 1949 to shape a 1.25-mile speedway on land that had once produced peanuts and cotton. Brasington himself often manned the controls of bulldozers and grading equipment. His plan called for a true oval, but the racetrack's design had to be changed in order to satisfy the landowner, who did not want his nearby minnow pond disturbed. The west end of the track (Turns 3 and 4) was narrowed to accommodate the fishing hole, creating Darlington's distinctive egg-shaped design.  FRFL'ers - Deadline to select your drivers is May 11 2:00am PDT |
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Bojangles' Southern 500 practice 
