Does its earliest sellout ever mean historic Darlington Raceway can relax when thinking of the future?
Yes, and Darlington president Chris Browning has a preliminary sanctioning agreement for 2007 from NASCAR to prove it. The 1.366-mile track has been on the chopping block since NASCAR announced plans to realign its schedule and move races out of the oversaturated Carolinas. North Carolina Speedway lost both of its Cup dates, and Darlington lost the venerable Southern 500 last year. The track, which opened in 1950, sold out last year for the first time in eight years and repeated the feat last month after adding 3,000 seats in the offseason. “That we added more seats just proves last year wasn’t a fluke and that the demand and interest is there,” Browning said. “In the future this is going to be one of the marquee events. All the communications I’ve had with NASCAR have been positive with no hint of moving this date. We don’t even get questions about ‘Are you scared you’re going to lose it?’ anymore.” With ticket sales booming, Darlington’s only drawback now is one that can’t be correct
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