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As Darlington Raceway prepares for its first of two NASCAR visits this season, track officials announced Friday they plan to fully open the grandstands for the Southern 500 on Labor Day weekend.
The raceway will hold the Goodyear 400 on Sunday to limited spectators. Darlington President Kerry Tharp said that will change this summer when the series returns when there will be no limits on fans. Darlington Raceway has a seating capacity of about 47,000.
Tharp thanked South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is helping the facility re-open fully for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic hit in the spring of 2020. This is the first time since 2004 the track has had two scheduled races for the NASCAR Cup Series.
Goodyear goes retro for Throwback NASCAR race at Darlington Raceway
Goodyear goes retro for Throwback NASCAR race at Darlington Raceway
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DARLINGTON, S.C. Goodyear has agreed to become the title sponsor of the NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway on May 9, the first time in the company s history it will do so.
The spring Darlington NASCAR Cup race will take place under the Goodyear 400 moniker, the company said, and is considered part of NASCAR s Throwback Weekend. Financial terms of the sponsorship deal were not disclosed.
Goodyear the official tire of NASCAR since 1997 will get into the throwback spirit by replacing the familiar yellow Eagle logo on the sidewalls of its racing tires with a vintage Blue Streak sidewall design that was used in the 1960s and 70s.