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Rockingham Speedway and Entertainment Complex (formerly known as North Carolina Speedway from 1998 to 2007 and North Carolina Motor Speedway from 1965 to 1996) is a 1.017-mile (1.637 km) D-shaped oval track in Rockingham, North Carolina. The track has held a variety of events since its opening in 1965, primarily races sanctioned by NASCAR.
North Carolina State Fairgrounds: 0.500-mile dirt oval Raleigh, North Carolina: North State 200 (1969) Home State 200 (1970) 1955 1969–1970 Track closed after 1970. Oglethorpe Speedway Park: 0.500-mile dirt oval Pooler, Georgia: 1954–1955 Track closed after 2021. [18] Oakland Speedway: 0.625-mile mixed oval San Leandro, California: 1951 1954
The complications forced the track’s first major race, the NASCAR-sanctioned 1960 World 600, to be postponed from May 29 to June 19. [44] Longtime NASCAR mechanic Smokey Yunick criticized the location, remarking, "a giant mistake. If they'd have searched North Carolina for the worst possible place to build a racetrack, that's where they built ...
The 1913 motorcycle championship races were moved to a dirt track because dirt was safer. [30] The national organization overseeing motorcycle racing banned all competitions on board tracks shorter than 1-mile (1.6 km) in 1919. [31] One by one, the manufacturers withdrew their support due to the negative publicity. [27]
North Wilkesboro Speedway is a 0.625 mi (1.006 km) paved oval short track in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.The track has hosted a variety of racing events since its inaugural season of racing in 1947; primarily races sanctioned by NASCAR.
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: 1 mile (1.6 km) ground dirt 1946
Charlotte, North Carolina: North Carolina: 2018 Asphalt 2.28 miles (3.67 km) 13 SCCA, NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, ChampCar Endurance Series: Chicago Street Course: Chicago: Illinois: 2023 Asphalt 2.14 miles (3.44 km) 12 Nascar Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series: Chuckwalla Valley Raceway: Desert Center: California: 2007 Asphalt 2. ...
Caraway Speedway is a short track located near Asheboro, North Carolina, U.S. Caraway Speedway was built in 1966 as a dirt track. The track was paved in 1972 and joined the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series family as a 0.455 mi (0.732 km) asphalt short track. Caraway Speedway was owned and operated by Russell and Valastra Hackett from ...