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The stat sheet: Darlington Raceway.
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Auto Racing Digest
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December 1, 2003
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1950
The year in which the Darlington Raceway--built on the site of a former peanut field--both opened and hosted its first topflight NASCAR race, the Southern 500. The race was won by Johnny Mantz, driving a Plymouth owned by Bill France St., Hubert Westmoreland, Curtis Turner, and Alvin Hawkins.
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The fewest laps led by a Cup race winner at Darlington. Terry Labonte led at the right time in the 1980 Southern 500. The most laps led in a race was 351, by hard-charger and eventual winner Mantz in the inaugural Southern 500.
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The number of time a Holman-Woody-owned Winston Cup team won at Darlington, a track record that was nearly equaled by Junior ...