Dodge Avenger 500 - History
History - Facts - Winners
The Dodge Charger 500 is a NASCAR Nextel Cup stock car race held at the Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina and it started in 2005.
It is run as a result of the merger of Darlington's two Nextel Cup Series events: the Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 and the Mountain Dew Southern 500.
After Kasey Kahne won the pole for the inaugural race with a blistering qualification speed of over 170 miles per hour, Greg Biffle earned a first-place finish in the competition as he dominated the course, leading the race for 176 of the 370 total laps. Jeff Gordon and Kahne rounded out the top three positions.
Despite some struggles to generate sellout crowds at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, the second running of the Dodge Charger 500 promised to be an excellent addition to the NASCAR Nextel Cup schedule.
In 2007 the name Dodge Charger 500 of the race was changed to the current Dodge Avenger 500.
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