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Map Named race(s) Season(s) Notes Asheville–Weaverville 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 ...
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.
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.
In total, there were 3 tracks under the Concord Speedway name, this facility being the third. The first track to use the Concord Speedway moniker was built in the 1950s and was built off of Poplar Tent Rd. – located at the end of Old Speedway Dr. NW, this track held seven NASCAR Grand National (now known as the NASCAR Cup Series) events between 1956 and 1959.
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, United States. The track has held a variety of events since its opening in 1965, including the NASCAR Cup ...
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.
Moonshine is no stranger to NASCAR and North Carolina. Many early stars got their start carrying illegal moonshine on the rough mountain roads of Appalachia. Racing legend Junior Johnson was the ...
The North Carolina Education Lottery 250 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series at Rockingham Speedway.. The race was originally a 197-lap race from the series' inception in 1982 until 2004 (with a second race between 1984 and 2003, except in 1987), after which Rockingham was removed from both the Busch as well as Nextel Cup Series schedules as a result of the Ferko lawsuit.