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In most years Darlington is one of the most baffling tracks to figure out. Teams and drivers struggle with a good setup and by the time they figure it out, their tires are already worn out. The simple reason is that Darlington was such a unique track. The way the surface ate up tires made it extremely challenging and there wasn’t really an apt comparison found on the Cup circuit. This ... [link]

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Published 5/9/2008 by revinjim at NASCAR Bloggers FT Digest
... In most years Darlington is one of the most baffling tracks to figure out. Teams and drivers struggle with a good setup and by the time they figure it out, their tires are already worn out. The simple reason is that Darlington was such a unique track. The way the surface ate up tires made it extremely challenging and there wasn’t really an apt comparison found on the Cup circuit…read more ...

Darlington in the Books
Published 5/12/2008 by doyounascar at NASCAR Bloggers FT Digest
... sessions. Overall my picks didn’t seem to be too bad this week, but every now and again, my premature forecasts for a race winner can tend to nip me in the but, and this was one of those weeks as I predicted Ryan Newman to visit Victory Lane for the second time this season. This obviously did not happen, and it’s cases like this that allow me to understand if you need to get your fantasy advice from Frank over at the Fantasy Sports Outlook, or Mike over at Trouble in Turn 2, both of whom seemed to be a little more on point than me this ...

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