Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2011 Southern 500 at Darlington
Cinderella was dressed as the Lady in Black in Darlington Saturday night as Regan Smith scored the first win of his Sprint Cup career..
Cinderella was dressed as the Lady in Black in Darlington Saturday night as Regan Smith scored the first win of his Sprint Cup career..
It’s not every weekend you see an underdog head to NASCAR victory lane — unless it’s 2011.
In the simplest terms and the most convenient of definitions, it is extremely hard to win a NASCAR Sprint Cup race.
Regan Smith, driving for an underfunded single-car team based out of Colorado, scored the second big upset win of the season at Darlington.
On a night that saw first-time winners and fists flying, the Showtime Southern 500 had a lot of drivers itching to start “Running Their Mouth.”
Kyle Busch led 49 of 147 laps en route to winning the Royal Purple 200 at Darlington Friday night, his fifth Nationwide Series victory of the 2011 season.
Regan Smith, using pit strategy to jump into the lead on lap 360 held on with old tires to score an improbable victory in the 62nd running of the Southern 500.
Kahne is coming off his best run of the season at Richmond and heads into the weekend as the only NASCAR driver to win at Darlington this season.
Despite being perpetual underdogs in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, Rick Ware Racing has operated as a three-car operation for much of 2011.
Until the Southern 500 returns to its rightful place in history, there are a small section of NASCAR fans that won’t even turn on the television.