Caraway Speedway

Caraway Speedway is a short track located near Asheboro, North Carolina, U.S. Caraway Speedway was built in 1966 as a dirt track. The track was paved in 1972 and joined the NASCAR Weekly Series family as a .455 mile asphalt short track. Caraway Speedway was owned and operated by Russell and Valastra Hackett from 1977 to 2010. Russell turned over operations to Darren and Renee Hackett for the 2011 season. Caraway Speedway hosts a variety of weekly series, several Whelen Southern Modified Series events, as well as other touring series.

Caraway Speedway
Location2518 Race Track Rd Ext.
Sophia, North Carolina, United States
27350
Time zoneGMT-5
OwnerRussell Hackett
OperatorDarren and Renee Hackett
Opened1966
Oval
SurfaceAsphalt
Length.455 mi (.732 km)
Turns4
BankingTurns °
Straights °
Race lap record15.648 sec. (George Brunnhoelzl III, , , NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour)

Saturday night events at 7:00 pm to allow fans to spend some time with their favorite drivers after the race.

Caraway Speedway hosted 3 NASCAR Busch Series races, from 1982 to 1983, 8 NASCAR Southeast Series events between 1996 and 2005.

The facility also hosted 60 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour events from the inaugural season in 2005 until the series' last season in 2016.

The track hosted 3 CARS Rev-Oil Pro Cup Series races between 1998 and 2012.

Records

Past Busch Series winners
Year Date Driver Team Manufacturer Race distance Race time Average speed
(mph)		 Report
Miles Laps
1982 April 23 Dale Earnhardt Robert Gee Oldsmobile 100 200 105.140
1982 July 7 Jack Ingram Jack Ingram Pontiac 100 200 106.132
1983 July 6 Butch Lindley Kerry Bodenhamer Pontiac 100 200 105.374

Late model track champions
YearDriver
1986Randy Smith
1987Bobby Labonte
1988Dennis Setzer
1989Dennis Setzer
1990Dennis Setzer
1991Herb Poole
1992Greg Marlowe
1993Mike Skinner
1994Greg Marlowe
1995Stephen Grimes
1996Donnie Apple
1997Stephen Grimes
1998Steve Loftin
1999Steve Loftin
2000Jason York
2001Jason York
2002Steve Loftin
2003Justin Labonte
2004Travis Swaim
2005Travis Swaim
2006Brad Brinkley
2007Randy Benson
2008Randy Benson
2009Travis Swaim
2010Travis Swaim
2011Brad Brinkley
2012Mack Little III
2013Ryan Wilson
2014Robert Tyler
2015Nathan Buttke
2016Tommy Lemons, Jr
2017Ryan Wilson

See also

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