Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Closed in 1967, some traces of the track still viewable in Cocke County Fairgrounds. New track open north of town in 1969, closed for facility renovations and upgrades in 2015. Tri-City Speedway 0.500-mile dirt oval High Point, North Carolina: 1953 1955 Closed by the 1960s. Valdosta 75 Speedway 0.500-mile dirt oval Valdosta, Georgia: 1962 1964 ...
Rockingham Speedway is located in Rockingham, North Carolina, and is served by U.S. Route 1 and North Carolina Highway 177. [3] As of 2012, the track has a capacity of 32,000 according to ESPN. [4] At its peak, the track had a capacity of 60,122 according to The News & Observer. [5]
Occoneechee Speedway was one of the first two NASCAR tracks to open. It closed in 1968 and is the only dirt track remaining from the inaugural 1949 season. [2] It is located just outside the town of Hillsborough, North Carolina.
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.
The track was paved in 1957. [1] Other NASCAR legends like Banjo Matthews, Ralph Earnhardt, Junior Johnson, and Cotton Owens had made notable appearances here. The track was closed in 1970, until North Buncombe High School was built on the property. In the 1970s and 1980s the track was used as softball fields and sports practice fields.
The track opened in 1952 as Southland Speedway. Its first major event was a 200-mile (320 km) AAA sanctioned IndyCar race held on July 4, 1952. That race was won by Troy Ruttman in an Offy powered Kuzma. From 1953 the track was known as Raleigh Speedway. NASCAR races were held at the track from 1953 to 1958.
A possible moonshine cave has been discovered under the grandstands of a legendary NASCAR track in North Carolina.. The discovery was made during a routine cleaning and inspection at North ...
Bowman Gray Stadium is officially a NASCAR sanctioned quarter-mile asphalt flat oval short track and longstanding football stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. It is one of stock car racing's most legendary venues, and is referred to as "NASCAR's longest-running weekly race track".