As in, the other side of the country.
According to ESPN.com, a source close to the NASCAR family said Darlington Raceway will lose its Labor Day race to California Speedway next year, leaving the Southern 500 -- a fixture on the Winston Cup schedule since 1950 -- in limbo.
Making the Labor Day race in California a night race also is being considered, according to the ESPN.com source.
"This could be the beginning of some fairly substantial changes in the Winston Cup schedules and there could be some big surprises down the road," the source told ESPN.com.
Losing the Labor Day race might not mean Darlington would be without a fall race, however. ESPN.com reports that North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham, N.C., would turn its November race over to The Lady in Black.
California Speedway, Darling-ton and North Carolina Speed-way are all owned by Inter-national Speedway Corp., which is believed to want another race in the Los Angeles market.
Darlington Raceway president Andrew Gurtis told the Morning News on Thursday night that a move of the Labor Day race is not a done deal.
"We're still talking with NASCAR about dates, and we don't have an announcement to make -- not until some things get finalized up," Gurtis said. "I would imagine in the next couple of months, we will make an announcement.
"The very worst thing that could happen is we lose two races and shut the place down. The very best thing that could happen is we keep two races on the similar dates we have this year. Anything in between those scenarios could happen."
Should a decision be made that keeps two races at Darlington in 2004, Gurtis said, that doesn't mean the speedway won't lose a race to a more lucrative larger market at some point.
"We feel confident we'll host two NASCAR races in perpetuity," he said. "The reality, though, is those decisions are going to be out of our hands down the road.
"If we get a reprieve for one year or two years -- and that's not set yet -- then I think it's still going to be a year-to-year thing based on our ticket sales and how the rest of the tracks do. Realignment is going to be a year-to-year process and Darlington, like some other tracks, could be on the bubble for the next few years."
If the realignment reported by ESPN.com goes forth, the good news is, Darlington would still have a spring race and a fall race -- at least for another year.
"It's Darlington Raceway. It's a NASCAR tradition," Gurtis said. "There are 53 years worth of racing here, so Darlington's place in NASCAR is secure.
"There's a best case scenario and a worst case scenario working here. We're going to end up somewhere in the middle for 2004 and years beyond."