Location | Elizabeth Brady, 0.3 N of US 70 Business, Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States |
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Owner | Classical American Homes Preservation Trust |
Opened | May 5, 1947 |
Closed | June 1968 |
Former names | Orange Speedway |
Major events | Hillsboro 150 (1949–1968) |
Oval | |
Surface | Dirt |
Length | 0.9 miles (1.5 km) |
Turns | 4 |
Occoneechee Speedway | |
Coordinates | 36°4′23″N 79°4′57″W / 36.07306°N 79.08250°W |
Area | 44 acres (18 ha) |
NRHP reference No. | 02000435[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 2, 2002 |
Occoneechee Speedway was one of the first two NASCAR tracks to open. It closed in 1968 and is the only dirt track remaining from the inaugural 1949 season.[2]
It is located just outside the town of Hillsborough, North Carolina.