"Darlington Race Review"



Mother’s Day Racing! The Nascar Cup Series visited Darlington, South Carolina for the “ Goodyear 400”. Martin Truex Jr. dominated throwback weekend by picking up his 3rd win of the season. Truex went on to lead 248 out of 293 to seal the victory today. Darlington Raceway is the oldest track on the Nascar circuit and it really showed today. Driver’s were frustrated about tire wear and how slick the track was. This led to various wrecked cars and quite a few cautions.


(Truex adknowledging the fans post race)


By winning today, Truex picks up his second win all time at Darlington Raceway. 3 wins in the first 12 races, that’s not bad. This relieves the pressure to win this season. Truex will be on cruise control, as we head into the summer mark of this season. The playoff standings do not move much, but as race 13 approaches some teams will be more desperate than others.



    


                                                                                                      (Martin Truex with the trophy post race)


As we wrap up from Darlington Raceway, today was average. Some things stood out and some things didn’t. But that’s racing, sometimes the race won’t be as good as others. But at the end of the day that’s alright, I'd give today’s race a 6.5 out of 10. As week 12 concludes Dover, Delaware is next. Dover International Speedway is where the Nascar Cup Series will be for the “Drydene 400”. Sunday May 16th, only on FS1.

 






                    

              (All images creditied to https://www.foxsports.com/nascar/cup-series.)


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