-Darlington Raceway was built as a 1.25-mile paved superspeedway in 1949-1950.
-Darlington Raceway hosted the first 500-mile race in NASCAR history and the first on asphalt on Sept. 4, 1950 – 75 cars competed in the event – Curtis Turner won the pole at 82.034 mph, and the race was won by Johnny Mantz (Plymouth, 75.250 mph, 6:38:40).
-The track was re-measured to 1.375 miles in 1953.
-The track was re-configured to 1.366 miles following the spring race in 1970.
-The track was repaved in 1995.
-The 2005 race was the first Saturday night race at Darlington.
-The track was repaved again prior to the 2008 season.
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