DARLINGTON, S.C. -- As was the case after the July debut of NASCAR’s low-downforce rules package at Kentucky Speedway, the reactions to how the cars performed Sunday night at Darlington Raceway featured the kind of rave reviews that belonged on a movie poster.
“I love the package.” – Dale Earnhardt Jr.
“That’s the way racing is supposed to be. It was a lot of fun today.” – Denny Hamlin.
“It separates the race car drivers from the pretenders, and that's the way it should be.” – Brad Keselowski.
Of course, there was no bigger fan of the rules package than race winner Carl Edwards, who had spent the last few years stumping for officials to move in this direction and then went out and won the Southern 500 when they did.