Wake County Speedway

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Wake County Speedway is a 1/4 mile asphalt Short Track located in Garner, North Carolina. Wake County Speedway currently hosts races on Friday nights from April 4 to September 14. Classes currently racing at Wake County include: Late model, Modified Four Cylinders, Stock Four Cylinders, UCARS, |Legends Cars, and Bandolaros.

History

Wake County Speedway was established in 1962 by Glenn and Marvin Simpkins. At its conception, the track was a 1/4 mile clay race track. Many former NASCAR drivers have made appearances during the tracks history. Those drivers include J.D. McDuffie, Benny Parsons, Ken Schrader, Loy Allen, Jr., Dennis Setzer and Randy Renfrow. In 1987, the track was resurfaced with asphalt and remains that way today.

Class Sponsors

Metal Depots Late Models
Mt Dew Kick Start - Modified Four Cylinders
Citgo Mini Mart - Four Cylinder Stocks
Dirt Cheap Sand, Rock, Mulch Inc - UCARS
600 Inc. - Legends

External links

Official website

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Current	Boshamer Stadium (Chapel Hill) Cameron Indoor Stadium (Durham) Carter–Finley Stadium (Raleigh) Dean Smith Center (Chapel Hill) Doak Field (Raleigh) Dorton Arena (Raleigh) Durham Athletic Park (Durham) Durham Bulls Athletic Park (Durham) Durham County Stadium (Durham) Eddie Smith Field House (Chapel Hill) Fetzer Field (Chapel Hill) Five County Stadium (Zebulon) Henry Stadium (Chapel Hill) Jack Coombs Field (Durham) J. W. Isenhour Tennis Center (Raleigh) Kenan Memorial Stadium (Chapel Hill) Koskinen Stadium (Durham) McLendon–McDougald Gymnasium (Durham) PNC Arena (Raleigh) O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium (Durham) Orange County Speedway (Little River Township) Reynolds Coliseum (Raleigh) Wake County Speedway (Garner) WakeMed Soccer Park (Cary) Wallace Wade Stadium (Durham) WRAL Soccer Center (Raleigh)

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Defunct	Bynum Gymnasium (Converted, Chapel Hill) Occoneechee Speedway (In preservation, Hillsborough) Raleigh Speedway (Demolished, Raleigh) Riddick Stadium (Demolished, Raleigh) State Fairgrounds Speedway (Converted, Raleigh) Thompson Gym (Converted, Raleigh) Tin Can (Demolished, Chapel Hill)

Coordinates: 35°42′04″N 78°40′30″W / 35.701°N 78.675°W / 35.701; -78.675

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