2018 Darlington Throwback Weekend

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Darlington to celebrate "Seven Decades of NASCAR" for Throwback weekend

DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA (December 14, 2017) - In year four of its award-winning throwback platform, Darlington Raceway will be celebrating "Seven Decades of NASCAR" for its 2018 campaign.

The Official Throwback Weekend of NASCAR will be celebrated during the track's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bojangles' Southern 500® and NASCAR XFINITY Series Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 weekend on Aug. 31-Sept. 2.

Today, December 14, marks NASCAR's 70th birthday, as the first meeting at the Streamline Hotel in Daytona Beach, Fla., took place on this day in 1947, a meeting that eventually led to the official formation of NASCAR on Feb. 21, 1948.

Throwback weekend will honor specific moments in each decade of the sport's storied history, many of which occurred at Darlington Raceway. Recognizing many special iconic memories in NASCAR over the past 70 years will give industry stakeholders and fans an opportunity to honor the sport in a variety of different ways.

For the fourth straight year, Darlington Raceway is also excited to announce it will once again highlight its rich history with a commemorative ticket design for the Bojangles' Southern 500 linking the past, present and future.

"We have produced commemorative tickets for our fans every year of the throwback program, which is an important part of our platform," said Tharp. "We appreciate how much the fans have supported Darlington Raceway and want them to walk away from our weekend with a special keepsake that recognizes our rich history and honors the stars of our sport."

Just in time for the holidays, Darlington Raceway has also started the ticket renewal process with fans receiving an e-mail communication to renew their tickets and campsites early with the ability to print a gift letter when they renew.

Paper ticket renewals will be mailed in early February, but fans may log in to their accounts now to receive exclusive renewal benefits. Renewing tickets early guarantees seats at the track's best value prior to the opening of all remaining seats to the general public on March 28.

Renewing fans receive many great benefits for being a loyal customer for Labor Day weekend.

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Renewal benefits include:

  • The track’s best value of the season for the Bojangles’ Southern 500® and Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200
  • Convenient four-part payment plan
  • One free admission to the Darlington Raceway Museum ($7.50 value)
  • One free Lionel RCCA (Racing Collectables Club of America) Membership ($19.95 value)
  • First 1,000 accounts renewed receive a 1/64th scale Darlington diecast ($8.99 value)
  • All renewal accounts are entered into a random drawing for a chance to attend the 4th annual Bojangles’ Legends Breakfast on Sunday, September 2, 2018
  • Special renewal pricing for Darlington Stripe Zone Hospitality ($30 savings)
  • Special renewal pricing for all-inclusive driver intros, pre-race concert and pre-race pit road access ($15 savings)
  • Special renewal pricing for an exclusive “Untamed Access” race day experience ($10 savings)
  • Special renewal pricing for FanVision rentals ($20 savings)
  • Special renewal pricing for Racing Electronics scanner rental ($10 savings)
  • Fans can create custom “Weekend Ticket Packages” (Practice, NXS & MENCS) that range from only $55-$124 per Adult and $20-$64 per Youth 12 & Under based on grandstand locations
  • Guests may renew their tickets and campsites by calling 866-459-RACE (7223) or visiting DarlingtonRaceway.com/renewals. The renewal deadline is Friday, March 9.
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
Yeah, I'm not sure how Darlington's Throwback weekends could be looked at as anything other than a positive for the sport. Most fans/teams rally around it.
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It's always nice to remember the days back in the 70's when instead of worrying about title sponsors and falling TV ratings you instead would worry about the gas shortage and the Daytona 500 cut down to 450 miles one year (The early 70's).
 
GenerationZRacingFan said:
It's always nice to remember the days back in the 70's when instead of worrying about title sponsors and falling TV ratings you instead would worry about the gas shortage and the Daytona 500 cut down to 450 miles one year (The early 70's).
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If we would have had the internet back then, I'm sure there would have been the same contingent harping on whatever given topic day after day.
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
If we would have had the internet back then, I'm sure there would have been the same contingent harping on whatever given topic day after day.
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That's one of the points of the joke, another being there will always be something to worry or harp on about.
 
Spotter22 said:
There is no forced participation, but the smarter ones do it.
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No what I mean is every year theyve had a time period to celebrate and the teams end up just taking schemes from any era.
 
kkfan91 said:
No what I mean is every year theyve had a time period to celebrate and the teams end up just taking schemes from any era.
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And every single year the NASCAR fan base sits back and picks apart the paint schemes and the fact that its a different manufacturer etc. I have never seen a fan base complain and moan about such trivial BS as I have with NASCAR fans. There is such an elitist attitude from people when sitting in the rocking chair day dreaming about yesteryear that it is a wonder why people still follow the sport? Why is it so impossible to just enjoy it? If people don't then stop watching. I am amazed by people who are gluttons for punishment.
 
kkfan91 said:
No what I mean is every year theyve had a time period to celebrate and the teams end up just taking schemes from any era.
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Yeah some do that, usually sponsor driven by the muckety mucks.
 
clarkfn2284 said:
And every single year the NASCAR fan base sits back and picks apart the paint schemes and the fact that its a different manufacturer etc. I have never seen a fan base complain and moan about such trivial BS as I have with NASCAR fans. There is such an elitist attitude from people when sitting in the rocking chair day dreaming about yesteryear that it is a wonder why people still follow the sport? Why is it so impossible to just enjoy it? If people don't then stop watching. I am amazed by people who are gluttons for punishment.
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Aint that the god awful truth?
 
clarkfn2284 said:
And every single year the NASCAR fan base sits back and picks apart the paint schemes and the fact that its a different manufacturer etc. I have never seen a fan base complain and moan about such trivial BS as I have with NASCAR fans. There is such an elitist attitude from people when sitting in the rocking chair day dreaming about yesteryear that it is a wonder why people still follow the sport? Why is it so impossible to just enjoy it? If people don't then stop watching. I am amazed by people who are gluttons for punishment.
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I don't have a strong recollection of any of the previous throwback schemes save for Greg Biffle and the Hooters colors and that may not have even been at the Southern 500. I think I would fall into the category of neutral as far as the schemes go as I don't dislike them but they don' resonate with me in the least. IMO it is really difficult to take a sponsor like Western Auto or Folgers and apply those colors to a car with a completely different shape and a different sponsor and have it kick ass. In the grand scheme of things there are much bigger fish to fry as at the very, very worst throwback schemes are harmless.
 
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