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| Location |  Winston-Salem, North Carolina[1][2] |
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| Time zone | UTC−05:00 |
| Capacity | over 7,000 |
| Opened | 1929 (exclusively for horses and motorcycles)[3] July 5, 1948 (for stock car racing)[4] |
| Major events | SAFE Convertible[4] NASCAR Modified[4] Grand National Series[4] |
| Dirt oval track[2] | |
| Length | 0.500 miles (0.805 km) |
| Turns | 4 |
| Race lap record | 59.016 miles per hour (94.977 km/h) (Lee Petty, Petty Enterprises, August 7, 1955, NASCAR Grand National Series) |
The Winston-Salem Fairgrounds (previously known as the Dixie Classic Fairgrounds)[3] was a dirt oval track spanning 0.500 miles (0.805 km)[2] in addition to its primary purpose as a fairground. During the times of the year that it wasn't expected to host a stock car race, this fairground was the home of the annual Winston-Salem Fair/Dixie Classic Fair for Northwest North Carolina[5] along with other events related to the Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina. The annual fair would traditionally take place in the first week of October.[5] On December 1, 1969, the Winston-Salem Foundation gave the Fairgrounds, the Memorial Coliseum, and $75,000 to the City of Winston-Salem.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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racingreferencewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Google Documents - Early NASCAR History 1940-1958
- ^ a b c d Ultimate Racing History - Forsyth County Fairgrounds
- ^ a b The Dixie Classic Fair History (Internet Archive)