Auto Racing Glance - Covers.com
6, 7 pm ET – NBC (Radio: Motor Racing Network/SiriusXM Channel 90). THEN AND NOW: After enjoying its final off-weekend of the season, the Sprint Cup Series returns to action this Sunday at Darlington Raceway. This will be a significant race, as it marks the return of the Southern 500 to its traditional Labor Day weekend race date, which it had held from 1950 through 2003. This is also the second-to-last race before the start of the 10-race Chase for... … Kevin Harvick won the last Sprint Cup race at Darlington, held April 12, 2014. … Jeff Gordon leads all active drivers with five Southern 500 wins in his career, and seven triumphs overall at Darlington. … There have been 111 Sprint Cup races to date at Darlington, which has two unique nicknames: The Lady In Black and the Track Too Tough To Tame. … More than two dozen Sprint Cup teams will have retro looks/paint schemes on their race cars, most from the 1970s. … Joey Logano won the most recent Sprint Cup race, two weeks ago at Bristol, his third win of the season (Daytona, Watkins Glen... 5, 3:30 pm ET – NBC (Radio: Motor Racing Network/SiriusXM Channel 90). THEN AND NOW: Sprint Cup regular Paul Menard won the most recent Xfinity Series race last Saturday at his home track of Road America in his native Wisconsin. " … Chase Elliott won this race last season, while Kyle Busch has won two of the last four Xfinity races. Source: www.covers.com
