De Southern 500 is een race uit de NASCAR Cup Series. De wedstrijd wordt gehouden op de Darlington Raceway in Darlington over een afstand van 501,3 mijl of 806,8 km. De eerste race werd gehouden in 1957 en gewonnen door Fireball Roberts. David Pearson won de race zeven keer en is daarmee recordhouder.
Namen van de race Rebel 300 (1957 - 1965) Rebel 400 (1966 - 1972) Rebel 500 (1973) Rebel 450 (1974) Rebel 500 (1975 - 1979) CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 (1980 - 1982) TranSouth 500 (1983 - 1993) TranSouth Financial 400 (1994 - 1999) Mall.com 400 (2000) Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 (2001 - 2004) Dodge Charger 500 (2005 - 2006) Dodge Avenger 500 (2007) Dodge Challenger 500 (2008) Southern 500 (2009 - 2012) Bojangles' Southern 500 (2013 - 2019) Cook Out Southern 500 (2020 - heden)
Winnaars Jaar Winnaar Auto Rebel 300 1957Fireball RobertsFord 1958Curtis TurnerFord 1959Fireball RobertsChevrolet 1960Joe WeatherlyFord 1961Fred LorenzenFord 1962Nelson StaceyFord 1963Joe WeatherlyPontiac 1964Fred LorenzenFord 1965Junior JohnsonFord Rebel 400 1966Richard PettyPlymouth 1967Richard PettyPlymouth 1968David PearsonFord 1969LeeRoy YarbroughMercury 1970David PearsonFord 1971Buddy BakerDodge 1972David PearsonMercury Rebel 500 1973David PearsonMercury Rebel 450 1974David PearsonMercury Rebel 500 1975Bobby AllisonMatador 1976David PearsonMercury 1977Darrell WaltripChevrolet 1978Benny ParsonsChevrolet 1979Darrell WaltripChevrolet CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 1980David PearsonChevrolet 1981Darrell WaltripBuick 1982Dale EarnhardtChevrolet TranSouth 500 1983Harry GantBuick 1984Darrell WaltripChevrolet 1985Bill ElliottFord 1986Dale EarnhardtChevrolet 1987Dale EarnhardtChevrolet 1988Lake SpeedOldsmobile 1989Harry GantOldsmobile 1990Dale EarnhardtChevrolet 1991Ricky RuddChevrolet 1992Bill ElliottFord 1993Dale EarnhardtChevrolet TranSouth Financial 400 1994Dale EarnhardtChevrolet 1995Sterling MarlinChevrolet 1996Jeff GordonChevrolet 1997Dale JarrettFord 1998Dale JarrettFord 1999Jeff BurtonFord Mall.com 400 2000Ward BurtonPontiac Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 2001Dale JarrettFord 2002Sterling MarlinDodge 2003Ricky CravenPontiac 2004Jimmie JohnsonChevrolet Dodge Charger 500 2005Greg BiffleFord 2006Greg BiffleFord Dodge Avenger 500 2007Jeff GordonChevrolet Dodge Challenger 500 2008Kyle BuschToyota Southern 500 2009Mark MartinChevrolet 2010Denny HamlinToyota 2011Regan SmithChevrolet 2012Jimmie JohnsonChevrolet Bojangles' Southern 500 2013Matt KensethToyota 2014Kevin HarvickChevrolet 2015Carl EdwardsToyota 2016Martin Truex Jr.Toyota 2017Denny HamlinToyota 2018Brad KeselowskiFord 2019Erik JonesToyota Cook Out Southern 500 2020Kevin HarvickFord 2021
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