Darlington Raceway is a driver's track in its purest form. The Darlington Raceway, located in South Carolina was the first superspeedway built with NASCAR racingin mind. Darlington Raceway, nicknamed the track "Too Tough to Tame" by NASCAR fans and drivers alike, has a very unique design. The original plan for the Darlington Raceway was a 1.25 mile oval track, however plans changed when the original landowner refused to relocate a fishing hole that was located where turns 3 and 4 were to be located.
In the end, turns 3 and 4 were narrowed, giving the Darlington Raceway it's unique egg shape. The result was a track with difering degrees of banking in each turn, which posed a problem for drivers and crew chiefs setting up their race cars. The rest is history, and to this day, the Darlington Raceway still challenges drivers and crew chiefs as they work to set up their race cars to handle in a way that will be effective at both ends of the track.
The first race at this track was scheduled for Labor Day 1950, and when the day finally came the stands overflowed with a shocking crowd of over 25,000 fans. Fans practically stood on top of each other and they scaled the fence just for a glimpse of the action.
Today the Darlington Racway is remembered as the original superspeedway and as one of the pillars of the NASCAR establishment.
Sleep under the stars - it's springtime racing in beautiful South Carolina. Darlington Raceway offers fans a variety of camping, RV and infield parking options, including the following:
Camp Darlington An overnight parking area located behind the Pearson Tower grandstand Entire area is fenced Convenient to Pearson Tower, frontstretch and pit road areas Spots are reserved and renewable Cost: $75
Petty/Pearson RV parking Located just outside the main gates behind the Tyler Tower Spend the weekend at the track "Too Tough To Tame" Cost: $100
Reserved Infield RV parking Share the infield with the top names in NASCAR Spaces are numbered, reserved and renewable All spaces have electrical hookups Includes two infield admission tickets Spots are reserved and renewable Cost: $475 NO GENERATORS
Azalea, Palmetto terrace parking Azalea Terrace is located at the west end of the track, in Turns 3 and 4 For Tents and pop ups only. No RV Parking Palmetto Terrace is located at the track's east end, in Turns 1 and 2 Cost: $590 NO GENERATORS
Magnolia Place terrace parking Located at the west end of the track, in Turns 3 and 4 For Tents and pop ups only. No RV Parking Please call for individual terrace pricing Cost: $300 NO GENERATORS
All camping areas are renewable and have numbered spaces.
To reserve your tent, RV or infield parking spaces at Darlington Raceway for the Mother's Day weekend events, please call us toll-free at 866.459.RACE (7223).
