Track: Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (road, 2.46 miles) Race distance: (157.37 miles, 64 laps) Last year: Erik Jones won from the front row for his second win in 2015. Edwards is in fourth in the Chase grid with two victories this season.
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Kevin Harvick is another driver with recent success at Darlington as he has strung together three straight top five finishes at the track.
We’re drawn to Carl Edwards’ No. 19 vehicle for childhood reasons.
– Ninety six of the 111 (86.4 percent) Cup races at Darlington have been won from a top-10 starting position.
He was victorious at Darlington in 2014 and later that season, Harvick was crowned Sprint Cup champion.
Gordon’s last victory in 2007 may have been the most memorable. His smooth style fits perfectly at Darlington and Kenseth has a 9.6 average finish in his last 10 outings at the track.
Elliott bears a lot: the weight of the No. 24 auto, the weight of a team so used to Jeff Gordon, the weight of the fans who rooted for Gordon for decades.
Much Ado About Dale Earnhardt Jr. He’s had two 15th-place finishes in his last three starts there. Klutt, who races in NASCAR’s Pinty series, won in Bowmanville last season on his way to rookie of the year honors.
Darlington serves as one of the most unique tracks in the NASCAR circuit. Both races will be streamed live at MRN.com and on the MRN App.
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Bowyer’s one-year stint with HScott Motorsports, his temporary home before replacing Tony Stewart, can’t end fast enough. Also, Tony Stewart appreciates the sport’s history and he now has 49 total wins.
Elliott drove a great race at MI, and you get the sense that that track will be one where he wins five to 10 times before his career ends. For this year, Petty is bringing back STP and emulating his win in the 1979 Daytona 500 after Petty passed the crashing Yarborough and Allison.
Both cars are honoring Kulwicki in different ways. Greg Biffle 24. Paul Menard 25. But after tries in November, May and April, NASCAR has locked Darlington back into Labor Day weekend through 2020. He is second among all drivers with a 114.9 Driver Rating over the past five starts, running 92.3 percent of his laps inside the Top 15 while leading 390 laps, best among all drivers. Kulwicki didn’t capture a win at Darlington, but he was getting on the cusp of excelling at the track. “I think I can speak for all the drivers in saying yeah, it’s one of the biggest events of the year”. The longtime Redskins coach made sure to let Jarrett know to not show off that helmet in Victory Lane.
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