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Greenville-Pickens Speedway is a race track located in Easley, South Carolina, just west of Greenville, South Carolina. The track hosts weekly NASCAR sanctioned races. Several NASCAR touring series have raced at the track in prior years, including the Whelen Southern Modified Tour and the NASCAR Grand National Division. NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series teams frequently tested at the track until 2015, when all private testing was banned.[1][2] The Upper South Carolina State Fair has been held at the fairgrounds adjacent to the race track since 1964.[2] Capacity of the track is 35,000 including the Dale Earnhardt backstretch, a three-tiered parking area where fans can take in races while tailgating or camping.

Greenville-Pickens Speedway
Location3800 Calhoun Memorial Hwy Easley, SC 29640
Capacity35,000
Opened1940
Major eventsWhelen Southern Modified Tour
NASCAR Grand National Division
Whelen All-American Series
NASCAR team test sessions
Oval (1946–1969)
SurfaceDirt
Length0.500 miles (0.805 km)
Race lap record70.359 mph (David Pearson, Holman Moody, 1969, NASCAR Grand National)
Oval (1969–present)
SurfaceAsphalt
Length0.500 miles (0.805 km)
Race lap record82.557 mph (David Pearson, Holman Moody, 1971, NASCAR Grand National)

The track held 28 races on the NASCAR Grand National tour between 1955 until 1971. It also hosted two NASCAR Busch Grand National (now Xfinity Series) tour races in 1983. The April 10, 1971 race at Greenville-Pickens Speedway was the first NASCAR race nationally televised from start to finish, on ABC Wide World of Sports.[2]


History


The track opened in 1940 as a half mile dirt track. It was closed the following year for World War II like all race tracks in the United States. It reopened on July 4, 1946 in a race promoted by Bill France Sr.[2] The race the third of the day after 2 horse races. NASCAR began racing at the track in 1955. The track was paved as an asphalt track in April 1970. The last NASCAR Grand National race was held at the track in 1971,[3] when NASCAR began cutting small tracks from its schedule.[2]

The NASCAR Grand National Division's Busch North Series name was changed to Busch East Series in 2006 after the series' first Southern race, held at this track.


NASCAR race winners



Grand National


Note: The 1951 race at Air Base Speedway is sometimes erroneously credited as being held here.

Busch Grand National



NASCAR Grand National Division, K&N East Series


^ = Flag to flag


List of late model track champions


Track officials began writing its track champions on the wall in 1971, and they went back to 1957.


Race broadcasting


Year Network Lap-by-lap Color commentator(s) pit reporter
1971 ABC's Wide World of Sports Jim McKay Chris Economaki Ken Squier

References


  1. "NASCAR sets testing ban that includes Daytona 500 | Auto Racing". racing.ap.org. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  2. Long history hugs racetrack's curves, March 17, 2005; Ed McGranahan; The Greenville News; Retrieved November 1, 2007
  3. Greenville Pickens Speedway; na-motorsports.com; Retrieved November 1, 2007
  4. Track winners, racing-reference.info, Retrieved November 1, 2007
  5. "Track Champions". Official Track website. 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-05-04. Retrieved 2009-10-21.




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