Orange County Speedway

For other uses, see Orange County (disambiguation).

Coordinates: 36°13′40″N 78°57′41″W / 36.22778°N 78.96139°W / 36.22778; -78.96139

Orange County Speedway

The Fastest 3/8-mile Race Track in America
3/8 mile oval
Location	Little River Township, Orange County, at 9740 NC Highway 57, Rougemont, North Carolina 27572
Time zone	GMT-5
Capacity	12,400
Owner	Orange County Speedway Racing, LLC
Operator	Orange County Speedway Racing, LLC
Opened	1966 (reopened 2006)
Closed	2003
Former names	Trico Motor Speedway
Surface	Asphalt
Length	3/8 mi (0.6 km)
Turns	4
Banking	19° turns 16° straightaways

Orange County Speedway is a 3/8 mile (0.6 km) asphalt oval in Orange County, near Rougemont, North Carolina. It first opened in 1966 as 1/4 mile (0.4 km) and 5/8 mile (1.6 km) dirt ovals, which operated until 1967 and 1973, respectively. With a slogan of "the fastest 3/8-mile race track in America," the oval features 19 degree banking through the turns and 16 degrees on the straightaways creating four distinct grooves making for very fast turns. The grandstands stretch from Turn 4 all the way down the front straightaway to Turn 1. The speedway closed in 2003, but reopened on March 11, 2006 as an American Speed Association member track.

Some of the most famous names in stock car racing have raced at the Orange County Speedway, including Jeff and Ward Burton, Elliott and Hermie Sadler, Scott Riggs, Todd Bodine and Bobby Labonte. Notable drivers David Pearson and Glen Wood raced at the speedway the while it was a dirt track.

Major results

NASCAR Busch Grand National Series

The NASCAR Busch Grand National Series (now Nationwide Series) raced at the speedway from 1983 until 1994.

Date	Winning driver	Make	Average speed	Race length
June 18, 1983	Jack Ingram	Pontiac	73.55 mph (118.37 km/h)	75 miles (121 km)
July 2, 1983	Tommy Houston	Chevrolet	69.32 mph (111.56 km/h)
July 9, 1983	Tommy Houston	Chevrolet	79.83 mph (128.47 km/h)
October 1, 1983	Sam Ard	Oldsmobile	77.08 mph (124.05 km/h)
April 21, 1984	Jack Ingram	Pontiac	79.69 mph (128.25 km/h)
June 6, 1984	Jack Ingram	Pontiac	74.18 mph (119.38 km/h)
July 7, 1984	Jack Ingram	Pontiac	69.23 mph (111.41 km/h)
June 15, 1985	Larry Pearson	Pontiac	71.66 mph (115.33 km/h)	56 miles (90 km)
September 28, 1985	Jack Ingram	Pontiac	70.73 mph (113.83 km/h)
June 14, 1986	Tommy Houston	Buick	84.40 mph (135.83 km/h)
August 16, 1986	Dale Jarrett	Pontiac	52.56 mph (84.59 km/h)
September 28, 1986	Larry Pearson	Pontiac	65.98 mph (106.18 km/h)
June 27, 1987	Mark Martin	Ford	64.88 mph (104.41 km/h)
August 15, 1987	Larry Pearson	Chevrolet	62.48 mph (100.55 km/h)
June 11, 1988	Tommy Houston	Buick	84.83 mph (136.52 km/h)
August 13, 1988	Rick Mast	Buick	48.84 mph (78.60 km/h)
June 10, 1989	Jimmy Spencer	Buick	72.06 mph (115.97 km/h)	75 miles (121 km)
August 12, 1989	Robert Pressley	Oldsmobile	67.55 mph (108.71 km/h)
June 9, 1990	Chuck Bown	Pontiac	65.98 mph (106.18 km/h)
August 11, 1990	Chuck Bown	Pontiac	82.72 mph (133.12 km/h)
June 8, 1991	Robert Pressley	Oldsmobile	72.53 mph (116.73 km/h)	113 miles (182 km)
August 10, 1991	Jimmy Hensley	Oldsmobile	77.04 mph (123.98 km/h)
June 6, 1992	Robert Pressley	Oldsmobile	66.94 mph (107.73 km/h)
August 8, 1992	Jimmy Spencer	Oldsmobile	78.72 mph (126.69 km/h)
May 1, 1993	Ward Burton	Buick	68.03 mph (109.48 km/h)
September 2, 1993	Hermie Sadler	Oldsmobile	60.59 mph (97.51 km/h)
April 30, 1994	Hermie Sadler	Chevrolet	70.29 mph (113.12 km/h)

See also

• List of NASCAR race tracks

References

• Brown, Alan E. (2003). The History of America's Speedways: Past & Present (Third edition ed.). Comstock Park, MI: Brown. p. 528. ISBN 0931105617. 
• "Orange County Speedway". VisitNC.com. 2008. http://www.visitnc.com/tools_search_detail.asp?Propertyid=36930. Retrieved 2008-07-13. ^{[dead link]}
• "Track Facts". Orange County Speedway. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-06-25. http://web.archive.org/web/20080625095836/http://www.ocstrack.com/ocs1_002.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-13. 

External links

• Orange County Speedway