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 Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series family as a 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.
They host Saturday night events at 7:00 pm to allow fans to spend some time with their favorite drivers after the race.
Caraway Speedway hosted three NASCAR Busch Series races, from 1982 to 1983, eight 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 three CARS Tour races between 1998 and 2012. The series returned in 2021.
Records Track record – George Brunnhoelzl III (0:15.648 sec. @ 104.678 mph) NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour.
Past Busch Series winners YearDateDriverTeamManufacturerRace distanceRace timeAverage speed(mph)Report Miles Laps 1982 April 23 Dale Earnhardt Robert Gee Oldsmobile100200 105.140 1982 July 7 Jack Ingram Jack Ingram Pontiac100200 106.132 1983 July 6 Butch Lindley Kerry Bodenhamer Pontiac100200 105.374
Late model track champions Year Driver 1986 Randy Smith 1987 Bobby Labonte 1988 Dennis Setzer 1989 Dennis Setzer 1990 Dennis Setzer 1991 Herb Poole 1992 Greg Marlowe 1993 Mike Skinner 1994 Greg Marlowe 1995 Stephen Grimes 1996 Donnie Apple 1997 Stephen Grimes 1998 Steve Loftin 1999 Steve Loftin 2000 Jason York 2001 Jason York 2002 Steve Loftin 2003 Justin Labonte 2004 Travis Swaim 2005 Travis Swaim 2006 Brad Brinkley 2007 Randy Benson 2008 Randy Benson 2009 Travis Swaim 2010 Travis Swaim 2011 Brad Brinkley 2012 Mack Little III 2013 Ryan Wilson 2014 Robert Tyler 2015 Nathan Buttke 2016 Tommy Lemons, Jr. 2017 Ryan Wilson 2018 Ran part-time, no champion crowned 2019 Mack Little III (Ran under the Late Model Sportsman banner) 2020 Coy Beard (Ran under the Limited/Challenger banner) 2021 Blaise Brinkley 2022 Coy Beard 2023 Jason York
See also List of NASCAR race tracks Whelen All-American Series Whelen Southern Modified Tour
External links Caraway Speedway Official Site Schedule Track Champions Caraway Speedway archive at Racing-Reference
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