 By 1982, NASCAR added a support race in the Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series of 200 miles for the Rebel 500 weekend, and in 1983 another Late Model Sportsman race was run on Southern 500 weekend as a 250-mile race (owing to Blue Laws in South Carolina, the race was set to the state's 250-mile minimum for Sunday races).In 1984, NASCAR decided that that series (now the Nationwide Series) would race on both weekends.As younger drivers using the series had gained Darlington experience through the two 200-mile races annually, the rookie panel and NASCAR decided in 1993 to abolish both the rookie test and the first-round rookie prohibition, as even "rookies" in most years had typically made four or more starts through support races.