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1. What famous nickname is Darlington Raceway best known by? *

The Monster Mile
The Track Too Tough to Tame
Thunder Valley
The Tricky Triangle

2. Who won the very first Southern 500 at Darlington in 1950? *

Lee Petty
Fireball Roberts
Johnny Mantz
Herb Thomas

3. Darlington Raceway has a distinctive shape. What is it commonly called? *

D-shaped oval
Paperclip
Egg-shaped oval
Tri-oval

4. How long is the modern Darlington Raceway? *

1 mile
1.25 miles
1.366 miles
1.5 miles

5. Which driver holds the record for the most NASCAR Cup Series victories at Darlington? *

Richard Petty
Dale Earnhardt
Cale Yarborough
David Pearson

6. In one of NASCAR's most famous finishes, Ricky Craven beat which driver by just 0.002 seconds at Darlington in 2003? *

Kurt Busch
Jeff Gordon
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Tony Stewart

7. Which South Carolina NASCAR legend won the Southern 500 a record five times? *

David Pearson
Cale Yarborough
Cotton Owens
Joe Weatherly

8. Darlington's first Southern 500 in 1950 was historic because it was NASCAR's first race of what distance? *

300 miles
400 miles
450 miles
500 miles

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9. In what year did Darlington move its start/finish line to the opposite side of the speedway, effectively reversing the turn numbering? *

1988
1992
1997
2001

10. Who won the 1965 Southern 500 by an incredible 14 laps — still NASCAR's largest margin of victory? *

Richard Petty
Ned Jarrett
Junior Johnson
Fred Lorenzen

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