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The Drive to Darlington

By Ryan McGee

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Travelling is a pain in the butt. Planes, rental cars, racetrack traffic, layovers, bad hotels, worse food … we all know the drill. But there is one trip each year that I don't mind. In fact, I love it. It's the winding country drive from my home in Charlotte to the Darlington Raceway. It's the drive I took last Saturday afternoon en route to and from the Southern 500. From my driveway to the infield tunnel at the Track Too Tough To Tame is precisely 100 miles. That's a century mark o ...

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