The infamous wall that has dashed so many Darlington dreams and caused countless “Darlington Stripes” began to take shape on Monday as crews re-assembled the outer SAFER barrier wall at Darlington Raceway.
Paving began at the track “Too Tough to Tame” in the mid January and with the outer groove of the track complete, construction crews are now focusing on finishing the racing surface and infield access tunnel in advance of the 2008 Dodge Challenger 500.
The new asphalt surface at Darlington Raceway is part of a $10 million dollar capital improvement project that began following the 2007 Dodge Avenger 500. In addition to the new racing surface, work is also underway to complete a new infield access tunnel large enough to accommodate race car haulers, motorcoaches and emergency vehicles.
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- Lowe’s adding SAFER barrier along the inside wall of backstretch
- Paving complete at Darlington
- LVMS looking at wall where Gordon crashed
- Gordon critical of LVMS after hard crash into barrier
Ah, so the lady in black is getting a new dress. lets hope this one fits.
glad to see the SAFER barrier here. i think that its going to change up the racing with the new pavement. i hope that its not going to be like bristol its not as much fun for me.
hot rod todd wrote:
They’ve had them, they are just now reinstalling them after they repaved (like Dega, and every other track that repaved after they had the barriers)