NASCAR: Bring Back the Southern 500

This year it will be seven years since "Texas" Terry Labonte won the final Labor Day weekend Southern 500 at Darlington. NASCAR's schedule realignment gave the Labor Day weekend race to California, and moved Darlington's date to the end of the year. The Southern 500 was a tradition, and to this day there are still race fans wishing NASCAR would give Darlington its Labor Day race back. In a time when NASCAR says it is listening to its fans, isn't it time that Darlington gets its Labor Day race back? The Southern 500 had great attendance, and had great moments. How did the California race do? Lackluster attendance at the Auto Club Speedway caused yet another schedule alignment! California did not have the fan support to have the race be suc...

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