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Darlington Raceway
Harold Brasington knew what he was doing in 1949 when he started pushing dirt around an old peanut field. With every lap those graders and bulldozers completed, the Darlington Raceway slowly came to life. Today, the track's specifications remain true to Mr. Brasington's vision, save a few minor adjustments.
Here are the measurements for our feisty 1.366-mile egg-shaped oval:
Turns 1 & 2
Banking: 25 degrees
Width: 79 feet
Radius: 600 feet
Brand new blacktop...
Turns 3 & 4
Banking: 23 degrees
Width: 62 feet
Radius: 525 feet
Trivia in the Turns
Frontstretch
Length: 1,229 feet
Width: 90 feet
Banking: 3 degrees
Do you remember...
Backstretch
Length: 1,229 feet
Width: 90 feet
Banking: 2 degrees
Name that grandstand...
Pit Road
Length: 2,025 feet
Width: 46 feet
One for all...
What year was the track completed resurfaced?
A: 1994
What is the name of the pond located just outside Turn 4 that caused Mr. Brasington to narrow this end of the track?
A: Ramsey's Pond
What year did the Raceway change the track's layout so that this side, the southern straightaway, became the frontstretch?
A: 1997
What are the names of the two grandstands that line the backstretch?
A: Colvin Grandstand and Brasington Grandstand
Which race saw the entire field pit on the same side of the track for the first time in years?
A: 2000 SunCom 200
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