Asheville–Weaverville Speedway

Former raceway

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Asheville–Weaverville Speedway

Location| 890 Clarks Chapel Rd Weaverville, NC 28787
Coordinates| 35°44′19″N 82°33′31″W﻿ / ﻿35.738671°N 82.558649°W﻿ / 35.738671; -82.558649
Capacity| over 7,000
Opened| August 20, 1950
Closed| 1987
Major events| Grand National Series
Dirt oval track
Length| 0.54 miles (0.87 km)

The Asheville–Weaverville Speedway near Weaverville, North Carolina was considered to be the site for old-school NASCAR races in both the Grand National and Winston Cup Series eras. From 1951 to 1969, the race course offered some wins from drivers like Richard Petty, Bob Flock, Fonty Flock, Lee Petty, Rex White, and Fireball Roberts. As a dirt oval track, the speedway helped served its purpose during the dirt-dominated formative years of NASCAR's premier series. The track was later paved over. Other NASCAR legends like Banjo Matthews, Ralph Earnhardt, Junior Johnson, and Cotton Owens had made notable appearances here.

The track was closed from the 1970s to racing, until North Buncombe High School was built on the property of the former track. In the 1970s and 1980s the track was used as softball fields and sports practice fields. The track itself had been disabled by first placing earthen barriers on opposite sides of the track, and later, concrete barriers at 8 locations around the track.

An anti-noise ordinance was used to shut down the track after years of racing; this fight was staged as early as the 1970 racing season when a group of citizens petitioned their city council to shut down the track. 75% of people who read the Asheville Citizen wanted that track to be closed in a poll done in the summer of 1987. However, by that time, the track had already been physically disabled for racing purposes. Urbanization and progress forced the property to be closed, demolished, and re-zoned for educational purposes.

The property is now occupied by North Buncombe High School with 1,117 students.

## Contents

* 1 Winners of the circuit
* 2 New Asheville Speedway
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Winners of the circuit[edit]

Winners of the circuit during the Grand National Series.

Year | Winner | Manufacturer

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1951 | Fonty Flock | Oldsmobile
1952 | Bob Flock | Hudson
1953 | Fonty Flock | Hudson
1954 | Herb Thomas | Hudson
1955 | Tim Flock | Chrysler
1956 | Lee Petty | Dodge
1957 | Buck Baker | Chevrolet
1957 | Lee Petty | Oldsmobile
1958 | Rex White | Chevrolet
1958 | Fireball Roberts | Chevrolet
1959 | Rex White | Chevrolet
1959 | Bob Welborn | Chevrolet
1959 | Lee Petty | Plymouth
1960 | Lee Petty | Plymouth
1960 | Rex White | Chevrolet
1961 | Rex White | Chevrolet
1961 | Junior Johnson | Pontiac
1962 | Rex White | Chevrolet
1962 | Joe Weatherly | Pontiac
1962 | Jim Paschal | Plymouth
1963 | Richard Petty | Plymouth
1963 | Fred Lorenzen | Ford
1964 | Marvin Panch | Ford
1964 | Ned Jarrett | Ford
1965 | Ned Jarrett | Ford
1965 | Richard Petty | Plymouth
1966 | Richard Petty | Plymouth
1966 | Darel Dieringer | Mercury
1967 | Richard Petty | Plymouth
1967 | Bobby Allison | Ford
1968 | David Pearson | Ford
1968 | David Pearson | Ford
1969 | Bobby Isaac | Dodge
1969 | Bobby Isaac | Dodge

## New Asheville Speedway[edit]

The Asheville-Weaverville Speedway is not to be confused with the "New Asheville Speedway", which was a 1⁄3 mi (0.54 km) oval circuit located on Amboy Road in Asheville, about 12 miles south of the Asheville-Weaverville Speedway. This track was closed after the track owners sold the track in 1998 to RiverLink, an organization that promoted making the French Broad River area of Asheville a public park. New Asheville became Carrier Park, with its racetrack becoming a banked concrete bicycle track.

## References[edit]

## External links[edit]

* Track race results at Racing Reference

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Sports venues in Western North Carolina

Current|

* ASU Soccer Stadium (Boone)
* Beaver Field at Smith Stadium (Boone)
* Brevard Memorial Stadium (Brevard)
* E. J. Whitmire Stadium (Cullowhee)
* George M. Holmes Convocation Center (Boone)
* Greenwood Baseball Field (Asheville)
* Harrah's Cherokee Center (Asheville)
* Hennon Stadium (Cullowhee)
* Hickory Motor Speedway (Hickory)
* Justice Center (Asheville)
* Kidd Brewer Stadium (Boone)
* Kimmel Arena (Asheville)
* L. P. Frans Stadium (Hickory)
* McCormick Field (Asheville)
* McNair Field (Forest City)
* Meares Stadium (Mars Hill)
* Memorial Stadium (Asheville)
* Moretz Stadium (Hickory)
* North Wilkesboro Speedway (North Wilkesboro)
* Ramsey Center (Cullowhee)
* Varsity Gymnasium (Boone)

Future|

* \--

Defunct|

* Asheville-Weaverville Speedway (Asheville)
* College Field (Boone)

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NASCAR Cup Series race venues

Current (2022)|

| Short track|

* Bristol
* Los Angeles Coliseum
* Martinsville
* Richmond

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Mile oval|

* Dover
* New Hampshire
* Phoenix

Intermediate|

* Atlanta
* Charlotte
* Darlington
* Gateway
* Homestead
* Kansas
* Las Vegas
* Nashville
* Texas

Superspeedway|

* Daytona
* Fontana
* Michigan
* Talladega
* Pocono

Road circuit|

* Austin
* Charlotte ("Roval")
* Indianapolis (Road Course)
* Sonoma
* Watkins Glen

Future/Returning (2023)|

| Short track|

* North Wilkesboro

|

Street circuit|

* Chicago

Former|

| Short track|

* Air Base
* Airborne
* Alabama State Fairgrounds
* Albany-Saratoga
* Altamont-Schenectady Fairgrounds
* Ascot Park
* Asheville-Weaverville
* Augusta (oval)
* Beltsville
* Bloomsburg
* Bowman Gray
* Boyd's
* Canfield
* Capitol
* Carrell
* Central City
* Champion
* Chisholm
* Civic
* Charlotte Speedway
* Cleveland County
* Coastal
* Columbia
* Columbus
* Concord
* Corbin
* Davenport
* Dayton
* Dixie
* Dog Track
* Dominion
* Exhibition Stadium
* Five Flags
* Fonda
* Forsyth County
* Fort Miami
* Funk's/Winchester
* Gamecock
* Gastonia
* Golden Gate
* Grand Rapids
* Greensboro
* Greenville-Pickens
* Hamburg
* Harris
* Harnett
* Hayloft
* Heidelberg
* Hickory
* Huntsville
* Islip
* Jacksonville
* Jefferson
* Kingsport
* Lakeview
* Langley (VA)
* Lincoln
* Lincoln City
* Meyer
* Middle Georgia
* Montgomery Motor Speedway
* Monroe County
* Morristown
* Myrtle Beach
* Nashville Fairgrounds
* New Asheville
* Newberry
* Oakland Stadium
* Occoneechee
* Old Bridge
* Oxford Plains
* Palm Beach
* Piedmont Interstate
* Powell
* Princess Anne
* Rapid Valley
* Reading
* Savannah
* Shangri-La
* Smoky Mountain
* Soldier Field
* Southern States
* Southside
* Speedway Park
* Starlite
* Stateline
* Tar Heel
* Thompson
* Tri-City
* Tucson
* Valdosta 75
* Vernon
* Wall Stadium
* West Virginia
* Williams Grove
* Willow Springs (oval)
* Wilson

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Mile oval|

* Arizona State
* Bainbridge Fairgrounds
* Bay Meadows
* California State
* Lakewood
* Langhorne
* Las Vegas
* Michigan State
* Raleigh
* Rockingham
* Syracuse

Intermediate|

* Chicagoland
* Kentucky
* Marchbanks
* Memphis-Arkansas
* Trenton

Superspeedway|

* Indianapolis (Oval)
* Ontario
* Texas World

Road circuit|

* Augusta (Road Course)
* Bridgehampton
* Daytona (Road Course)
* Riverside
* Road America
* Willow Springs

Street circuit|

* Bremerton
* Daytona Beach and Road Course
* Linden Airport
* Montgomery Air Base
* Titusville

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NASCAR Xfinity Series race venues

Current (2022)|

| Short track|

* Bristol
* Martinsville
* Richmond

|

Mile oval|

* Dover
* New Hampshire
* Phoenix

Intermediate|

* Atlanta
* Charlotte
* Darlington
* Kansas
* Las Vegas
* Miami
* Nashville
* Texas

Superspeedway|

* Daytona
* Fontana
* Michigan
* Pocono
* Talladega

Road courses|

* Austin
* Charlotte (Roval)
* Indianapolis (Road Course)
* Portland
* Road America
* Watkins Glen

Future (2023)|

| Road courses|

* Sonoma

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Street circuit|

* Chicago

Former|

| Short track|

* Asheville
* Caraway
* Greenville-Pickens
* Hickory
* Iowa
* Langley
* Lanier
* Louisville
* Lucas Oil
* Memphis
* Motor Mile
* Myrtle Beach
* Nashville Fairgrounds
* North Wilkesboro
* Orange County
* Oxford Plains
* Peach State
* South Boston
* Volusia

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Mile oval|

* Milwaukee
* Nazareth
* Pikes Peak
* Rockingham

Intermediate|

* Chicagoland
* Gateway
* Kentucky

Superspeedway|

* Indianapolis (Oval)

Road courses|

* Daytona (Road Course)
* Mexico City
* Mid-Ohio
* Montreal
* Road Atlanta

Coordinates: 35°44′25″N 82°33′28″W﻿ / ﻿35.740382°N 82.557793°W﻿ / 35.740382; -82.557793
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