Rating the Race: Darlington - Dodge Challenger 500

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 Rating the Race: Darlington - Dodge Challenger 500
DoYouNascar.com recaps the highlights and results - as well as delivers the grades - for all the action that took place Saturday night for the Sprint Cup Series' running of the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. [link]

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Darlington is still Darlington, Kyle Busch is still Kyle Busch
Published 5/11/2008 by revinjim at NASCAR Bloggers FT Digest
... his first win of the year?  Who will Kyle Busch run over?…read more Do You NASCAR? produces another great “Rating The Race” entry: Kyle Busch paced the field by a couple seconds to earn himself the checkered flag on Saturday night for the Sprint Cup Series’ running of the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway to pick up his third win of the season,…read more Rev’Jim adds his usual ...

Darlington in the Books
Published 5/12/2008 by doyounascar at NASCAR Bloggers FT Digest
... Dodge Challenger 500. The race was a little short on drama for those of us who were expecting a bit of fallout from last weekend’s racing, but all in all, they managed to keep the racing itself intact. Of course, I can’t imagine there’s a ton of happy campers out there seeing as Kyle Busch of all people won the race, but hey, what would this sport be if the catalysts didn’t get to rule the roost every now and again, right? For a full recap on the race, read Rating the Race: Darlington - Dodge Challenger 500, and as always, feel free to ...

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