|| *Comments on the 1993 TranSouth 500:* View the most recent comment <#59> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. James posted: 07.23.2004 - 9:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (3) This Race WAS The last Race Without Alan Kulwicki who died in a plane on the way to Bristol on April 1,1993. 2. Anonymous posted: 01.16.2005 - 10:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Until this spring, this was the last 500 mile spring race at Darlington. From 1994 to 2004, it was a 400 mile race. Since Brian France's smart moves(yeah right, he's a joke) to screw the schedule up, Darlington will have only 1 race in 2005, and it will be a 500 mile race on May 7th. 3. carl edwards fan posted: 04.25.2005 - 1:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (22) i think brian france is doing a great job. and who cares about darlington, that track is OLD. i also think martinsville should be re-built, that track doesnt have action. OOOH!!! spin-outs, how exceiting. 4. James posted: 05.08.2005 - 6:05 pm Rate this comment: (5) (1) Long Time Fans of NASCAR like me care very Much about Darlington, and this track Should host 2 Cup Races a year. 5. scdvn sn posted: 05.10.2005 - 1:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kulwicki died the next week 6. Anonymous posted: 05.15.2005 - 7:57 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) This was also James Hylton's final Winston Cup race. 7. larry spencer posted: 10.06.2005 - 9:41 pm Rate this comment: (4) (3) I am glad Anonymous noticed that the 34th place finisher was a legend 8. STbastien posted: 10.07.2005 - 12:08 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) carl edwards fan you don't realize what you said (your nickname is enough for me). 9. Jeff posted: 11.30.2005 - 8:38 am Rate this comment: (4) (0) Sad to see some n00bs don't appreciate the heritage of the sport. You wouldn't be a race fan had these tracks not helped NASCAR acheive it's success. Idiot. Hylton was a decent driver in his own right,nearly won a title once.Give him some respect. 10. Darrell posted: 01.29.2006 - 10:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (8) I have two words for everyone who thinks that Carl Edwards is going to be the next Jeff Gordon:Derrike Cope. 11. Thomas posted: 03.08.2006 - 7:51 am Rate this comment: (3) (3) Carl Edwards will never be the next Jeff Gordon. You know why? Because Carl isn't a spoiled, pampered punk ass bitch like Jeff Gordon. 12. Evan posted: 04.06.2006 - 3:39 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "You saw that lady slap me, when I got fresh with her did'nt you"? --Dale Earnhardt commenting on his victory which seems to be lost in the excitement among you guys! 13. Steve posted: 06.10.2006 - 12:49 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Earnhardt. Always quotable. Just so all of you know, James Hylton is still racing. He runs every now and then in the ARCA/RE-MAX Series. He hasn't done very well, but after all, he is 70! I don't think he will ever retire. 3-time Grand National (now Nextel Cup) Championship runner-up. Hylton, along with Mike Potter and Norm Benning, all parked their cars (field fillers?). Benning perfected the start-and-park. He is also an ARCA veteran. Alan Kulwicki was 9th in points when he was tragically killed. 14. DJ posted: 08.23.2006 - 8:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (4) Thank you for doing your homework guys. It's great to see some fans that have a clue. Carl Edwards the kid that had great promise. He will be like every flash in the pan driver that came on too young and too dumb. 15. IAMME posted: 09.16.2006 - 6:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Darlington is still has some exciting races despite not being sell outs and deserves 2 races. I have a copy of the 2003 spring race to prove it. 16. Thomas posted: 10.03.2006 - 8:40 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) James Hylton is a racing legend, Darlington is a great track, and Brian France sucks. How is he a part of the France family????? I forgot. 17. Brian R. posted: 11.27.2006 - 6:27 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) carl edwards fan, you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, Darlington is an awesome track and should still have two races, especially the Southern 500, i appreciate the history of the sport another win for Dale Sr. here at Darlington on this day 18. Steve posted: 01.13.2007 - 2:27 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) Maybe Brian France was adopted. Darlington is awesome! It's comparable to Spa-Francorchamps, a very demanding circuit in Belgium, measuring nearly 7 kilometers (4 and 1/3 miles) long, with 20 turns, including Eau Rouge (a difficult uphill left-hand corner) through which, if you don't run the right line, you'll crash. Similar to Darlington. Two different sets of turns, requiring different amounts of throttle and brake, and if you race too hard, you'll wear out your tires fast, or even crash. Unlike boring cookie-cutter tracks, where you could conceivably run the whole race with the same set of tires (since the races there are so short). The Track Too Tough to Tame deserves two races again, including a Labor Day weekend 500-miler! On a bad day, you could even compare the track with the old Nurburgring! Let's separate the contenders from the pretenders! 19. Darrell posted: 02.05.2007 - 3:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I notice that the 1.5 mile tracks are where the "young guns" (vomit) seem to win most often. Notice the connection? I'm not suggesting a conspiracy. I'm just stating yet another reason why I hate those tracks. 20. hyltonfan58 posted: 02.22.2007 - 5:51 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Perhaps this will turn out not to be James Hylton's last race? He's making a comeback this year. The man is a legend, and while he was a "field filler" in this race, he had a distinguished career and did remarkably well with sub-standard equipment. And yes, Darlington is a great track. It happens to be my favorite. 21. Brock posted: 02.23.2007 - 6:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) To be fair, Darrell, Derrike Cope drove in seven unremarkable seasons before he won the Daytona 500. Even then, I don't recall anyone saying he was gonna be the next big thing in NASCAR. Loy Allen might be more like it. 22. David posted: 05.01.2007 - 3:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) sounds like edwards fan is another noob that started watching nascar in 2005 because they saw it on sportscenter or something and were told its cool. These newer 2001-up that just joined fans need a big history lesson. 23. biffle16 posted: 05.06.2007 - 4:15 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Darrell just got owned. RIP Alan Kulwicki. You may have only had 5 wins, but with the exception of Greg Biffle, you are my racing hero. I admire how you won the Cup Championship in your own equipment. 24. DEIFan16 posted: 08.21.2007 - 7:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I have only been a fan of Nascar since 03 and a hardcore fan since 04, and i know basically everything thats happened since the start. (mainly cause of Nascar Chronicle) I love Darlington. It deserves 2 races. Take the crappy california speedways summer race!Give the race back! 25. Anonymous posted: 09.30.2007 - 8:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Last ever starts for Mike Potter and Norm Benning. 26. DieselDan posted: 10.13.2007 - 3:44 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Still the fastest 500 miles race at Darlington. First race I took a girlfriend too, I ended up marrying her! 27. Anonymous posted: 10.14.2007 - 9:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If I remember right, the cautions were 1. Jeff Gordon hits the wall, 2. Jimmy Means blows an engine, and 3. Bobby Labonte and Jimmy Spencer crash. 28. most posted: 11.02.2007 - 8:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) carledwards fan, who are you to say anything, BTW, I don't see you name on these pages offering true reactions or insights about anything! I am sure you would love Bruton to make every Cup date at Texas so Edwards, Hamlin or K.Y. Busch can win them all! JEEZ!!!!!!! 29. hyltonfan58 posted: 11.17.2007 - 6:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) "carl edwards fan" is just one example of the "new breed" of fans that NASCAR is trying to bring into the sport, and I think it's disgusting. Darlington may be "old", but it's one of the most challenging tracks on the circuit, and one of the most exciting. Martinsville reconfigured? Blasphemy! Spinouts and crashes ARE exciting, and if you don't realize that, please watch F1, IRL, and all the other miriad of racing leagues featuring drivers riding around in circles, and leave the real racing to the professionals I'd like to know what your favourite tracks are? Maybe Fontana? Las Vegas? Kansas? Tracks that are on the schedule more for their location than the racing they provide. There's a reason we still race at places like Darlington & Martinsville. They were what brought the fans to the sport in the first place, and have continued to do so, and will continue for years to come. If you don't enjoy seeing bumping and grinding on a tiny bullring, or seeing NASCAR's finest navigating the tricky and treachoress "lady in black", or if the names Petty, Pearson, Yarborough, Earnhardt, and Waltrip mean nothing to you, then by all means you are allowed to watch and buy tickets. But don't you dare call yourself a fan. 30. RaceFanX posted: 12.23.2007 - 8:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This start-and-park was Norm Benning's last Cup race, although he would contuine to attempt to qualify for the Daytona 500 unsuccessfully for many years. 31. Chris posted: 01.17.2008 - 11:48 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) "watch F1, IRL, and all the other miriad of racing leagues featuring drivers riding around in circles, and leave the real racing to the professionals" What a strange thing to say. Are you sure you know anything about other racing leagues? Both F1 and IRL have what we would call professionals, as they make their living driving racecars. And, you may not have noticed this, but Nascar drivers ride around in circles in every race but 2. F1 drivers don't ride around in circles at all as they don't drive on oval tracks. In terms of competition, IRL races are better than Nascar races. 32. hyltonfan58 posted: 02.13.2008 - 2:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yeah, name the last three-wide heart-stopping battle you saw in an F1 race. The league is so overpriced and so overly technical that it's mostly follow the leader. And let us not forget that GREAT American Grand Prix a few years ago where there was only 4 cars on the track. Real racing to be sure I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on the IRL races, everytime I watch one I'm bored to tears. IRL never has been or never will be better than NASCAR, and as far as I'm concerned, you IRL-heads can keep your darned Indy. The Brickyard race always SUCKS! And just because the track is an oval doesn't mean the drivers are "riding around in circles" What I meant by that term is just that it's follow the leader no passing for fear you might actually wreck somebody racing. At tracks like Bristol, Darlington, Martinsville, Richmond, Dover, etc., you're not just driving, you are RACING, rubbing fenders, blocking, using the old crome horn as it were. That's racing. And if you're so down on NASCAR, what are you doing on this board? 33. Clayton posted: 03.28.2008 - 12:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Carl Edwards Fan! Darlington Kicks Major ass and so does Martinsville! NASCAR kicks the hell out of F1! I love NASCAR Boys! Go Bill Elliott! 34. WillG_46 posted: 04.09.2008 - 7:38 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) What happened to the means of an intelligent discussion on here? 35. Andy_S posted: 06.11.2008 - 11:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) As long as there are opinions, intelligent discussion will have to be ignored. 36. Juicebox posted: 03.25.2009 - 3:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The racing at Darlington in 1993 was fantastic. Earnhardt and Martin had a spirited battle for most of the day, with Earnhardt pulling away at the finish for his first win since Charlotte almost a year before. Martin had dominated the middle stages, but cloud cover gave the handling advantage to Earnhardt on the last green flag run. Jeff Gordon gets really angry with Michael Waltrip after a wreck around the 100 lap mark, and this was sadly Alan Kulwicki's last start before his tragic death the following week. 37. 18fan posted: 05.03.2009 - 2:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The saddest part of this broadcast was Bob Jenkins talking about how ESPN was covering Bristol and to watch to see if Alan Kulwicki could defend his race win. Unfortunately, nobody knew of the tragedy that would soon follow. 38. kh33fan posted: 06.12.2009 - 10:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) this was Mike Poter's last start. 39. 18fan posted: 06.21.2009 - 3:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Martin dominated from the Gordon crash until the crash with Spencer and Labonte. Earnhardt and Wallace were at the tail end of the lead lap because they were on pit road when Gordon crashed. Once Means lost his engine Wallace and Earnhardt got back on the lead lap and Earnhardt flew up through the field and beat Martin off pit road and led the rest of the race. Kyle Petty also had a strong car and took the lead from Martin at one point in lap traffic. 40. martin-n-rusty posted: 02.16.2010 - 2:46 am Rate this comment: (3) (0) Anybody want to take back any predictions of Carl Edwards = Derrike Cope? 41. DaleSrFanForever posted: 05.15.2010 - 8:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) One overlooked fact: This was Dale's record 7th victory in a 500 mile race at Darlington (his other two wins were the rain shortened 1987 Southern 500 (the only rain shortened win of his 76!!!!) and the 400 mile Spring race here the next year). But don't worry, I know Pearson is the unquestioned King of Darlington. It's just he won a lot of Spring races when they were 400 miles, 1 shortened race due to the energy crisis, and a rain shortened race in 1980. Hell, with his savvy, if all his Darlington starts would have been 500 miles, he might have won 15 races here! 42. Darrell posted: 06.23.2010 - 8:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Yeah I admit it wasn't a bright comment. Edwards is still a douche though. 43. Schroeder51 posted: 03.24.2011 - 4:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jeff Gordon had been running in the top 5 the whole first 100 laps when the lapped car of Michael Waltrip got into the back of him and sent him into the wall. Gordon was not happy with Waltrip in his interview. 44. Breaker posted: 05.07.2011 - 1:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) In his interview Jeff Gordon said "I'm so frustrated that maybe I shouldn't be talking right now. He was on new tires and I was on old tires. How smart do you have to be to know you have to be careful? And how many laps was he down, like he usually is?" Waltrip said "It was my fault. I thought he was going to go deeper into the corner. When he let off, I hit him." 45. Ryan posted: 11.01.2012 - 4:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Hmm..interesting there seem to be some start-and-parks in this race. I thought that was a more recent phenomenon 46. TakeThisBurgerAndShoveItDownTonyMouth posted: 06.08.2013 - 12:47 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) RIP Kulwicki 47. 1995z71 posted: 06.19.2013 - 1:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was Earnhardt's fifth & LAST time winning from the pole. 48. Dave posted: 07.15.2013 - 4:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just to add to the NASCAR VS IRL debate: Plenty of Indy car guys make the jump to NASCAR, how many NASCAR guys go to Indy cars? None, because nobody wants to downgrade their racing career 49. Dave posted: 07.15.2013 - 4:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And who cares about Darlington? Any REAL NASCAR FAN does! Little kids should learn to appreciate the history that allowed guys like Carl Edwards to make a living off of racing 50. Ryan W posted: 07.24.2013 - 1:17 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) This was a great race. Earnhardt got some help from the lap 182 caution and was able to get close to Martin. I won a little money on this race. Unfortunately this is no longer the 500 mile race record at Darlington. Kyle Busch now has it after they repaved it in 2008. He won the 2008 race the race after he spun Jr. at Richmond and basically ended his career. I don't think it has been broken since. He broke it but not by much. 51. Ryan W posted: 09.12.2015 - 2:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Actually Matt Kenseth has it now 52. 88&4Fan posted: 01.17.2016 - 11:32 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) "I have two words for everyone who thinks that Carl Edwards is going to be the next Jeff Gordon: Derrike Cope." "To be fair, Darrell, Derrike Cope drove in seven unremarkable seasons before he won the Daytona 500. Even then, I don't recall anyone saying he was gonna be the next big thing in NASCAR. Loy Allen might be more like it." "He won the 2008 race the race after he spun Jr. at Richmond and basically ended his career." Oh, don't you just love looking through old comments just to see how wrong people were? 53. Josh posted: 07.28.2016 - 2:12 pm Rate this comment: (2) (2) NASCAR fans don't like to admit that there were start and parks before the late 2000s. 54. Jimnsimforever posted: 02.02.2019 - 4:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Qualifying for this race was washed out by rain so they started the race according to the points standings which gave Dale Earnhardt the pole. They said at the start of the broadcast that Earnhardt was fastest in practice and everyone had expected him to win the pole. Another thing they said about the rules for the starting grid absolutely boggled my mind, not knowing these rules existed then, still being 5 years away from when I started watching. Nascar apparently changed, or waived a rule for this race to allow Jeff Gordon to start this race 5th. I guess the rule was if qualifying gets cancelled, the field is decided by points standings except if a rookie is 20th or higher in points. If a rookie was ranked 20th or higher they would start in the 21st position and no higher. I think that was a strange rule in the first place, but if they were going to change it, they should've waited and changed it in the offseason for 94 and on like any other sport would. Why give the appearance that you are changing rules to help Jeff Gordon? 55. Jimnsimforever posted: 02.02.2019 - 5:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Let me clarify that last post because they clarified it 10 laps or so after the green flag dropped. The rule stated that if you were a rookie, you could not participate in first day qualifying. They changed the rule to state if you are a track rookie (had never competed on that track in a Nascar race) you could not participate in 1st day qualifying. Obviously Gordon and the other rookies raced at Darlington in Busch Series so they wouldn't be track rookies. I'm still confused by it, because even then, unless they changed the rules again later this season, there were tracks like North Wilkesboro, Sonoma and Pocono that they had never competed at in the Busch Series and just looking at Gordon's starting spots at those places he was higher than 21st. They had to mean they were changing it from rookie to "track rookie" for rained out qualifying only, which either way is a very strange rule. 56. Anthony posted: 02.05.2019 - 7:48 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Norm Benning and a Jimmy Means car were in this race and just like today, still starting and parking. 57. JimmieJohnsonFan posted: 11.18.2019 - 5:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Something tells me Norm Benning didn't retire for handling. 58. Ryan posted: 07.04.2020 - 10:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @55 Actually nascarman wrote an article on RR discussing how A.J. Foyt had to take the Darlington "driver's test" late in his career due to not racing there until 1985. That may be what you're looking for. Not sure. 59. SweetRich21/43 posted: 07.30.2020 - 9:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The commentators were Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett and Benny Parsons. The pit road reporters were Dr. Jerry Punch and John Kernan. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: