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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.
Asphalt with concrete in turns. Length. 0.526 miles (0.847 km) Banking. 12 degrees. Straights – 2 degrees. Rockingham Speedway, formerly North Carolina Motor Speedway and later North Carolina Speedway[4] is a racetrack located near Rockingham, North Carolina. It is also known as The Rock and hosts NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Craftsman ...
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. As a dirt oval track, the speedway helped serve ...
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.
North Wilkesboro Speedway is a 0.625 miles (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. It has been owned by Speedway Motorsports, LLC (SMI) since 2007 with Ronald Queen serving as ...
12° (turns 3 & 4) 8° (straights) 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 1⁄2 -mile (0.80 km) dirt track.
Coordinates: 35°49′39″N 78°36′38″W. Raleigh Speedway (officially Southland Speedway nicknamed Dixie Speedway by fans [1]) was a one-mile (1.6 km) oval race track which opened in 1952 one mile (1.6 km) north of Raleigh, North Carolina in Wake County. It was the second superspeedway (according to the definition of the time) ever built ...
Wilson Speedway was a half-mile dirt oval located in Wilson, North Carolina that held 12 NASCAR Cup Series between 1951 and 1960 and 5 races in the NASCAR Convertible Series from 1956 to 1958. [1] and continued to hold local races until 1989 when the track was closed. The track was located at the Wilson County American Legion Fair Grounds. [2]