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DARLINGTON, S.C. — Jeremy Mayfield was suspended indefinitely by NASCAR on Saturday for failing a random drug test, becoming the first driver to violate a toughened new policy that went into effect this season. Mayfield tested positive for a banned substance last weekend at Richmond International Raceway. "In my case, I believe that the combination of a prescribed medicine and an over the counter medicine reacted together and resulted in a positive drug test," Mayfield said in a statement. "My doctor and I are working with both Dr. (David) Black and NASCAR to resolve this matter." Black is the CEO...

FREE REPUBLIC NASCAR THREAD SOUTHERN 500 Welcome to the Sprint Cup Race #11 at (Click on the Pics, Graphics, & Links for related news & info.) Cale Yarborough To Serve As Honorary Pace Car Driver For 2009 Southern 500 Learning Curve: Yarborough Shows Logano Around Darlington Raceway Current Cup Driver Standings Darlington Weekend Track Schedule Southern 500 Entry List Qualifying: Friday 5/08 5:00 pm/et Sprint Cup Qualifying ~ SPEEDRace: Saturday 5/09 7:20 pm/et SPRINT Cup Race ~ FOX 's FOX's NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 7:00 pm/etScheduled Green Flag (approx): 7:35 pm/et Track Details with Current & Historical Track info...

Darwin’s illegitimate brainchild If you thought Darwin’s Origin was original, think again! by Russell Grigg, Australia The concept of evolution by natural selection is sometimes referred to as Charles Darwin’s brainchild, and indeed he often referred to it in his letters to his friends as his dear ‘child’. However, this is a far cry from the facts. At best it was an adopted child; at worst an illegitimate child...

WELCOMEFREE REPUBLIC NASCAR RACING LEAGUE The Dodge Avenger 500 Race: Saturday, May 12, 2007 in Darlington, SC Title Sponsor/Link: Dodge Track: Darlington Raceway TV: FOX 6:30pm/et FOX Pre-Race Show: FOX - 6:30pm/et - with hosts Chris Myers and Jeff Hammond NEXTEL CUP EVENT SCHEDULE for this race FRIDAY, May 11th 8:30 am NBS practice 10:30 am NBS final practice 12:05 am NNCS practice 3:40 pm NNCS qualifying (two laps, all positions) 5:05 pm NBS qualifying (two laps, all positions) 6:30 pm NNCS final practice 8:05 pm NBS Driver Introductions ******** 8:35 pm Diamond Hill Plywood 200 Busch Series race...

A Confederate heritage group says its free-speech rights were violated when a landowner removed a billboard promoting Southern history near the famed Darlington Raceway. The Sons of Confederate Veterans plans to demonstrate at the State House next month and buy radio advertisements to complain about losing its billboard on U.S. 52, about two miles from the racetrack. “This is the most chilling thing I’ve seen against freedom of speech,” spokesman Don Gordon said. The Sons of Confederate Veterans bought the billboard this spring in response to remarks by a NASCAR executive about the rebel flag. The billboard featured a Confederate...

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CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq (Jan. 9, 2006) -- High above the street, Lance Cpl. Hunter L. Parker stands watch over the neighborhood below. In his view to the east is a carwash frequented by local residents. To his south is a small bridge that spans the Euphrates River. The 19-year-old, Darlington, S.C., native is part of the defense that separates the insurgents operating in Al Anbar’s provincial capital city and the Marine camp here. Since their arrival in August, the burden of protecting the Marines living and working inside the walls of the camp has been firmly placed...

Welcome to: 2005 NASCAR Dodge Charger 500 Dodge Charger 500 FOX Sat. 7:10 p.m. Diamond Hill Plywood 200 FX Fri. 8 p.m. Dodge Charger 500 Bud Pole qualifying SPEED Fri. 5:10 p.m. All Times are ETThis Thread is Dedicated to: Our Military all around the World (Click the pic)And to All Mothers (thanks for putting up with us)Click the Piggy!!!Jr said that for the first time his Mother Brenda will be with him during driver introductions and giving the green flag command along with the other Mom's listed in the article. Quote "She likes to stay out of the limelight...

PORT DARLINGTON, Ont. (CP) - Explosions that sent debris into the air "like rockets" and a blaze at what was believed to be a propane company forced the evacuation of about 5,000 people late Tuesday, police said. The fire near the waterfront in the community east of Toronto could be seen for miles and the explosions rocked homes in the area. "I opened the blinds and there was this explosion, at least eight or nine storeys into the sky of light and fire," a woman named Heather reported. "Then we just started hearing the explosions of the propane tanks every...

THIS IS NOT the column I was supposed to write. My newspaper was expecting something about the Chase for the Nextel Cup, a few hundred words about how eight guys are separated by 50 points as they claw for three spots in the group that in two weeks will start a 10-race playoff for this year's title. I spent part of Friday trying to put a column like that together, asking the four Dodge drivers among those eight if the chance their manufacturer could be shut out of the title chase put added pressure on them in Sunday's Pop Secret...

DARLINGTON — Gates were locked with the exception of one for the tour bus barely doing enough business to pay for the gas. Officials were taking down signs that could be blown away by Hurricane Frances instead of putting up signs welcoming fans. No merchandise haulers lined the streets. No campers fill the front and back yards of homes and businesses. The rows of computers in the ticket office sat unmanned. And a lone person sat behind one of the nine desks where normally 20 people battle for room to work. The phones were quiet. The hustle and bustle associated...

DARLINGTON -- Apparently, the race dates and new lights for nighttime events aren't the only things changing at Darlington Raceway. Andrew Gurtis, the president of the raceway for the last three years, was named senior director of operational planning and integration for International Speedway Corp., which owns 13 tracks, 12 of which are stops on the current Nextel Cup. Succeeding Gurtis will be Chris Browning, vice president and general manager of North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham, N.C. "I'm excited about the opportunity," Browning said. "The track has a great tradition, and I'm coming from a track that had a great...

(Fort Worth, Texas-AP) April 21, 2004 - A Texas newspaper reported Wednesday morning the Texas Motor Speedway could get a second NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race next year, but a story in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram suggests it may come at the expense of the fall race at Darlington Raceway. The newspaper quotes unnamed sources as saying the Fort Worth raceway will get two races per season as part of a legal settlement. Attorneys for Francis Ferko of Plano sued NASCAR in 2002 on behalf of Speedway Motorsports shareholders. The company built and operates Texas Motor Speedway. The sources say...

.. Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 from Darlington FOX - Sunday - 1pm EST - 10am PST Darlington Raceway Darlington Raceway Opened 1950 Track Length 1.366 mile oval Banking in Corners Turns 1-2: 25°, Turns 3-4: 23° Banking on Straights 2° Length of Frontstretch 1,229 feet Length of Backstretch 1,229 feet Grandstand Seating 65,000 Qualifying Record Ward Burton, 173.797 mph (28.295 sec.) - 3/22/96 Race Record Dale Earnhardt, 139.958 mph - 3/28/93 Laps 147 laps=200.802 miles, 293 laps=400.2 miles367 laps=501.3 miles - o - Nextel Cup Carolina Dodge Dealers 400Bud Pole Qualifying Fri, 3:10 p.m. EST on SPEED - o -...

Darlington..Every driver who has strapped on a helmet and climbed behind the steering wheel has wanted to win at Darlington because the toughest is most desirable. For those few select drivers who have won races at the granddaddy of superspeedways, there is a priceless satisfaction in knowing they've conquered the unique egg-shaped oval nicknamed "Too Tough To Tame." This thread is dedicated to our armed services members, their families and friends worldwide. God Bless America and God Bless FRee Republic.

(Darlington) May 16, 2003 - While Darlington Raceway will continue to host two Winston Cup NASCAR races, it may be losing the Southern 500. According to a report on ESPN.com, an anonymous source says NASCAR is moving its annual Labor Day weekend race to the California Speedway. "The Track Too Tough To Tame" would retain the Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 in March and inherit a November race from the North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham. Last year's November race at the North Carolina Speedway was the Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400, won by Johnny Benson on November 3rd. NASCAR spokesman Jim...

Darlington Raceway Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 - TODAY!Every driver who has strapped on a helmet and climbed behind the steering wheel has wanted to win at Darlington because the toughest is most desirable. For those few select drivers who have won races at the granddaddy of superspeedways, there is a priceless satisfaction in knowing they've conquered the unique egg-shaped oval nicknamed ... "Too Tough To Tame."

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) -- Elliott Sadler put up a fast lap early, then waited nervously as driver after driver came up short in qualifying for the Carolina Dodge Dealers 400. The result Friday was Sadler's first pole in 146 Winston Cup races. ``It was pretty exciting to wait through all those cars,'' said Sadler, the 16th of 43 drivers qualifying at Darlington Raceway's demanding 1.366-mile oval. Sadler, in only his fifth race with Robert Yates Racing, was the man to beat all day, leading practice in his No. 38 Ford despite running only five laps. He then backed it up...