NASCAR drivers face unknowns at Darlington as playoffs begin
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The NASCAR playoffs kick off at Darlington Raceway on Sept. 5 and new pavement in Turn 2 could be a wild card for the race.
Because of water seeping up the track and causing cracks, track officials had been using patches amid the bumpy areas up by the wall. To fix the issue, they milled four inches deep and repaved an area 600-feet long and 32-feet wide against the wall in Turn 2. "Beforehand, if you had a guy that was slow or ill-handling or whatever, and he would run the race track, you could go to the flat and you could utilize the flat of the race track to make the move or get the pass started," said two-time Cup champion Kyle Busch. "Now there is no apron. You can’t use that. The grip of that fresh asphalt is going to be so much faster that you’re going to have to be in it. It’s going to be more challenging, more difficult to pass."More Related News