<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlington_Raceway" id="mw2A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Darlington Raceway">Darlington Raceway</a> is the site of the inaugural <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_500_(1950–2004)" id="mw2Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Southern 500 (1950–2004)">Southern 500</a>, the first 500-mile <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR" id="mw2g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="NASCAR">NASCAR</a> race.