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In addition, the Charlotte Motor Speedway complex features numerous adjacent tracks, including a 1 ⁄ 5 mile (0.32 km) clay short track, a 2 ⁄ 5 mile (0.64 km) dirt track, and a 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.40 km) long drag strip. The main track also features an infield road course that is used with the oval to make a "roval".
Charlotte Speedway was the site of NASCAR's first Strictly Stock Series (now NASCAR Cup Series) race on June 19, 1949. The Daytona Beach Road Course held the first race sanctioned by NASCAR in 1948. The track was a few miles west of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, on Little Rock Road. It was owned by Carl C. Allison Sr. and his wife, Catherine ...
The track was to be repaved and the plans included a Go-Kart track, outdoor RC racing track, a hotel, and roof-top skate park but the proposal failed to move forward. The track was the subject of the first episode of Lost Speedways on Peacock hosted by Dale Earnhardt Jr. [2] A FedEx logistics center now sits next to the site.
CONCORD, N.C. — While the Next Gen car has seen its fair share of road-course racing this season, the Charlotte Motor Speedway road course marks the first the 2022 Cup Series car has turned ...
Charlotte Speedway: Charlotte: North Carolina: 0.750 miles (1.207 km) clay 1949-1956 NASCAR Cup Series (1950-1956) The Dirt Track at Charlotte: Concord: North Carolina: 0.400 miles (0.644 km) clay 2000 World of Outlaws (2000-present) Super DIRTcar Series (2010-present) American Flat Track: DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack: Du Quoin: Illinois
The very first NASCAR Strictly Stock race was held June 19 at Charlotte Speedway, a 3/4 mile dirt track in Charlotte, North Carolina owned by Carl C. Allison on Little Rock Rd. Bob Flock won the pole.
Charlotte Motor Speedway Dirt Track: Dirt track Charlotte, North Carolina: 2016: 1 2 TORC: The Off-Road Championship: Circuit of the Americas: Mixed surface (X Games), road course (IndyCar) Austin, Texas: 2014–2015, 2019: 3 4 X Games, IndyCar Classic: Crandon International Off-Road Raceway: Off-road Crandon, Wisconsin: 2013: 1 2 TORC: The Off ...
Venue City/Town Tenant/Use Capacity Miscellaneous Charlotte Motor Speedway: Concord: Oval racing, Road racing: 94,000-170,000 [1]: North Wilkesboro Speedway: North Wilkesboro