The Ole Days
A FEW OF OUR OLD TRACKS
Soldier Field, Chicago- Half-mile oval and hosted a NASCAR race in 1956.
Home of the Chicago Bears.
Las Vegas Park Speedway - A one-mile dirt track which brought in the NASCAR Cup West and hosted the series in 1955 before being torn down to make room for hotels.
Raleigh Speedway, North Carolina.- A one-mile paved track that was also the
first lighted superspeedway in the '50s.
Ontario Motor Speedway, California.- Opened in 1970 and was regarded as one of the finest motorsports facilities of the period. It was torn down only a decade later, however, because the property was needed for commercial developement.
North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Carolina - A NASCAR chartered track and the competition home of Junior Johnson dropped off the NASCAR Circuit in 1996. This track hosted some great racing over it's half-century.
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Lindon, New Jersey, Airport- NASCAR ran the first Winston Cup Series road race here after putting together airport runways in 1954. The race was won by a Jaguar driven by Al Keller who has the only Winston Cup win in a foreign car.
Langhorne Speedway- A one-mile dirt track that was wicked because it formed an almost perfect circle. Langhorne opened in the '20s and ran Winston Cup cars from '49 to '57.
Occoneechee Speedway- Located near Hillsboro, North Carolina, a narrow and fast one-mile dirt oval. This track required a lot of demand from the drivers. It closed down in 1968.
McCormick Field- Located in Asheville, North Carolina, was actually built to accommodate baseball but in '58 hosted the Winston Cup on it's quarter mile track carved into a baseball field.
Bowman-Gray Stadium- Located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Still hosts NASCAR-sanctioned events but not the Winston Cup series.
Greenville-Pickins,South Carolina - Classic southern short track no
longer hosting Winston Cup series.
Hickory, North Carolina- Another classic southern short track no
longer hosting Winston Cup series.
South Boston, Virginia- Yet another classic southern short track no
longer hosting Winston Cup series.
