South Carolina’s Darlington Raceway is an egg shaped terror that has become known as the track too tough to tame. If thats true, David Pearson came pretty close–during his illustrious career, he posted 10 victories and 12 poles at Darlington. These are both records for one of NASCAR’s most unforgiving tracks. Pearson’s ability at Darlington bordered on the unreal, and he was able to follow the conventional wisdom about performing well there better than anyone. The old saying is that you need to race the track, not the other drivers, but that’s a lot easier said than done. Pearson, however, made it look easy.
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Understanding Formula One Racing
Formula One racing as it is today developed from european Grand Prix racing of the early 1900s. Though it’s still considered a western european sport, more of each season’s World Championship events are held at locations outside of Europe than in Europe itself. The top Formula One racing teams do have EU home bases.