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The 1966 Buddy Shuman 250 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on September 9, 1966, at Hickory Motor Speedway in Hickory, North Carolina.. The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade.
Hickory Motor Speedway is a short track located in Hickory, North Carolina. It is one of stock car racing's most storied venues, and is often referred to as the "World's Most Famous Short Track" and the "Birthplace of the NASCAR Stars". The track first opened in 1951 as a 0.500 mi (0.805 km) dirt track.
Hickory Motor Speedway first opened in 1951 as a 1 ⁄ 2-mile (0.80 km) dirt track. Gwyn Staley won the first race at the speedway and later became the first track champion. . Drivers such as Junior Johnson, Ned Jarrett, and Ralph Earnhardt also became track champions in the 1950s, with Earnhardt winning five of t
Sprint car driver Justin Owen died of injuries he suffered during a horrific crash in which his car was tossed multiple times during a race in southern eastern Indiana.. The racer who was just 26 ...
Spencer debuted in the Busch Series in 1985, finishing 19th at North Carolina Motor Speedway in the No. 67 Pontiac for Frank Cicci Racing, which was also his Modified team. The team ran twice in 1987 with a best-finish 36th, then ran the full season in 1988 , finishing seventh in the point standings with 5 top-5's and 13 top-10's in the No. 34.
The Pantry 300 was a NASCAR Busch Series stock car race held at Hickory Motor Speedway, in Hickory, North Carolina.One of the inaugural events of the series from its 1982 season, it was one of five races at the track in 1982, four in 1983 to 1985, three in 1986 and, from 1987 to 1994, was the series' second annual visit to the track, following which only the spring Sundrop 400 remained on the ...
Some of them hid in the cinder block bath house. Others didn’t have time to make it there. An EF1 tornado tore through Hickory Woods Campground outside Brookville, Indiana, late Tuesday night.
An airplane flying into a regional airport in Indiana crashed, injuring two people on the ground, officials said. The single-engine Piper PA-28 plane crashed roughly half a mile west of the ...