World's Fastest Half-Mile Tri-Oval The Track Where Grassroots Racing Lives | |
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Location | Midland, North Carolina |
Time zone | GMT-5 |
Capacity | 8,500 |
Opened | 1982 |
Closed | 2019 |
Former names | Concord Motorsport Park (1982–2008) |
Major events | PASS South Super Late Models NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour CARS Super Late Model Tour CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour |
Half-mile oval | |
Surface | Asphalt |
Length | 0.500 miles (0.804 km) |
Turns | 3 |
Banking | 8° (front straight) 14° (turn 1) 10° (dogleg) 11° (back straight) 14° (turn 3) |
Quarter-mile oval | |
Surface | Asphalt |
Length | 0.250 miles |
Turns | 4 |
Banking | 5° (straightaways) 8° (turns) |
Concord Speedway was a motorsports facility located in the town of Midland, North Carolina, southeast of Concord, North Carolina. The complex featured a 1⁄2-mile asphalt tri-oval and a 1⁄4-mile asphalt oval.
The complex was built in 1982 by Henry Furr, originally with the big track as a dirt 4⁄10-mile oval. The track was later paved, and then reconfigured in 1991 as a 1⁄2-mile tri-oval. The primary divisions for the half-mile shifted between Super Late Models, and Late Model Stock Cars.
The small track was built first as a 1⁄5-mile layout for go-kart racing in the mid to late 1980s, the track was reconfigured to add a 1/4-mile asphalt oval layout in the mid '90s – the bigger layout featured was loosely egg shaped around the 1⁄5-mile oval – this layout traditionally hosted INEX Legends & INEX Bandoleros as the primary weekly division.
The half-mile track was especially known for the Big 10 Series for Super Late Models, and the North-South Shootout event (featuring multiple divisions – the marquee being a 125-lap Tour-type Modified race).
The track closed in July 2019, and was sold to Copart.