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Map Named race(s) Season(s) Notes Asheville Speedway: 0.54-mile paved oval Weaverville, North Carolina: Western North Carolina 500 (1958–1969) 1957–1969: Held races from 1951 to 1957 as a dirt oval. Now the site of North Buncombe High School Augusta International Raceway: 0.500-mile paved oval Augusta, Georgia: Georgia Cracker 300 (1966 ...
The landowner, Julian S. Carr, raced horses, and built a half mile horse racing track on the site. [3] Bill France noticed the horse racing track and expanse of open land while piloting his airplane. [3] On the site of the earlier horse track, he built a 0.9-mile dirt track in September 1947, two months before NASCAR was organized.
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.
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. On the 1/4-mile (0.4 km) infield track there were weekly Modified and Sportsman races on Fridays. Occasionally, the Sportsman and Modified's ran on the one-mile (1.6 km) track.
The Asheville–Weaverville Speedway near Weaverville, North Carolina a site for NASCAR races in both the Grand National and Winston Cup Series eras. From 1951 to 1969, races at the track were won by drivers like Richard Petty, Bob Flock, Fonty Flock, Lee Petty, Rex White, and Fireball Roberts.
Charlotte Motor Speedway (known as Lowe's Motor Speedway from 1999 to 2009 due to sponsorship reasons) is a 1.500-mile (2.414 km) quad-oval intermediate speedway in Concord, North Carolina. It has hosted various major races since its inaugural season of racing in 1960, including NASCAR, IndyCar, and IMSA SportsCar Championship races.
McCormick Field Raceway was a quarter-mile oval track constructed in 1956 built around the McCormick Field in Asheville, North Carolina after the town had lost its minor league team. [1] The track hosted weekly stock car races, a pair of NASCAR Convertible Series (now NASCAR Xfinity Series), and one Grand National (now NASCAR Cup Series) race. [2]
Dog Track Speedway was a 1/4-mile dirt then 1/3-mile paved oval in Moyock, North Carolina. It hosted seven NASCAR Grand National (now NASCAR Cup Series ) races between 1962 and 1966. The track switched from a quarter mile to third mile between 1963 and 1964.