Attractions

Stock Car Racing

Historic Occoneechee Speedway Trail

320 Elizabeth Brady Rd (at US Highway 70 and NC Highway 86)
Hillsborough, NC 27278

phone (919) 732-6886

Open daily, 8am-5pm (Jan.-Feb. & Nov.-Dec.); 8am-6pm (Mar. & Oct.); 7am-7pm (Apr.-Sep.).

Free four-mile trail around this 44-acre site— listed on the National Register of Historic Places—where Native-Americans and later settlers hunted and farmed, Gen. Julian S. Carr trained his horses, and the original NASCAR stock-car racers tested their driving skills from 1948-1968 around a one-mile oval track (shown in photo).

Orange County Speedway

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9740 NC Highway 57 North
Rougemont, NC 27572

Directions

phone (336) 364-1222

Open on race days (Mar.-Nov.), noon to midnight; race times, 2pm & 7pm.

The fastest 3/8-mile paved oval in the nation. The high-banked, wide turns make for fast, close competitive racing action. Come enjoy grassroots racing at its best. Admission: Adults, $10; students & seniors, $8; children up to 10; free. Parking.

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Did You Know?

You can enjoy exciting stock car racing at the historic 3/8-mile Orange County Speedway in Rougemont, NC, about 10 miles northeast of Hillsborough.