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Orange County Speedway is a asphalt oval in Orange County, North Carolina, near Rougemont. It first opened in 1966 as a and a dirt oval (Trico Speedway), which operated until 1967 and 1973, respectively. The facility was reopened and paved in 1983. With a slogan of "the fastest 3/8 mile race track in America," the oval features 19 degree banking through the turns and 16 degrees on the straightaways, creating three distinct grooves making for very fast turns. The aluminum grandstands stretch from Turn 4 all the way down the front straightaway to Turn 1. The speedway closed in 2003 but reopened on March 11, 2006. Some of the most famous names in stock car racing have raced at the Orange County Speedway, including Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin, Davey and Donnie Allison, Dale Jarrett, Jeff and Ward Burton, Elliott and Hermie Sadler, Scott Riggs, Michael Waltrip, Todd Bodine, Kyle Petty and Bobby Labonte. Some more recent notable drivers include Timothy Peters, Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr., Ryan Blaney, Jeb Burton, Timmy Hill, Ryan Reed, Jesse Little and Gray Gaulding. David Pearson and Glen Wood raced at the speedway when it was a dirt track. The track currently runs a regular weekly show on the second and fourth Saturday night of each month, April through October. The facility also hosts the PASS Super Late Model series, CARS Super Late Model Tour and CARS Late Model Stock Tour.

In 1966, the speedway underwent significant improvement, which is considered the actual launch date of the track. It opened as a 1/4 mile dirt oval, but soon was increased to 5/8 mile and remained until 1973. In 1973, the track hosted one NASCAR Grand National East Series event. In 1983, the speedway underwent more improvements. 19 degree banking was added in the turns and 16 degree banking in straightaways to assure more safety for drivers and exciting on car movements for fans. At that time, the Orange County Speedway became known as “the fastest 3/8 mile race track in America". In 1983, the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series (now Xfinity Series) began running events at the speedway. Orange County Speedway was one of the first tracks in the area to have live televised Busch races; the first was the 1990 Roses Stores 200 on June 9, 1990. Between 1986 and 1988, the facility hosted 5 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour races. Also, the track hosted 3 NASCAR Southeast Series events between 1993 and 1999. ASA National Tour ran 2 events at the speedway, between 1998 and 1999. And CARS X 1R Pro Cup Series ran 5 races at Orange County Speedway between 1997 and 2014. At the start of 21st century, the track was in bad shape and attendance had been falling. Eventually the track was shut down in 2003. Then in March 2006, under a new management team, the track reopened. Volunteers put in time to rehabilitation of the speedway for the opening day. The event was a big success, with a large crowd for the first time in years.

The NASCAR Busch Grand National Series (now Xfinity Series) had 27 races at the speedway from 1983 until 1994. Date Race Name Winning driver Make Average speed Race length June 18, 1983 L. D. Swain & Son 200 Jack Ingram Pontiac 75 mile (121 km) July 2, 1983 Mason Day Paving 200 Tommy Houston Chevrolet July 9, 1983 Mello Yello 200Tommy HoustonChevrolet October 1, 1983 Solomon Enterprises 200 Sam Ard Oldsmobile April 21, 1984 Mason Day Paving 200Jack IngramPontiac June 6, 1984 L. D. Swain & Son 200Jack IngramPontiac July 7, 1984 Miller 200Jack IngramPontiac June 15, 1985 Puryear Truck 150 Larry PearsonPontiac 56 mile (90 km) September 28, 1985 Goody's 150Jack IngramPontiac June 14, 1986 Poole Equipment 150Tommy Houston Buick August 16, 1986 L. D. Swain 150 Dale JarrettPontiac September 28, 1986 Roses Stores 150Larry PearsonPontiac June 27, 1987 Poole Equipment 150 Mark Martin Ford August 15, 1987 Carpenter Chevy 150Larry Pearson Chevrolet June 11, 1988 Roses Stores 150Tommy Houston Buick August 13, 1988 Poole Equipment 150 Rick Mast Buick June 10, 1989 Roses Stores 200 Jimmy Spencer Buick 75 mile (121 km) August 12, 1989 Texas Pete 200 Robert Pressley Oldsmobile June 9, 1990 Roses Stores 200 Chuck Bown Pontiac August 11, 1990 Texas Pete 200Chuck Bown Pontiac June 8, 1991 Roses Stores 300Robert Pressley Oldsmobile 113 mile (182 km) August 10, 1991 Texas Pete 300 Jimmy Hensley Oldsmobile June 6, 1992 Roses Stores 300Robert Pressley Oldsmobile August 8, 1992 Texas Pete 300Jimmy Spencer Oldsmobile May 1, 1993 Roses Stores 300 Ward Burton Buick October 2, 1993 Polaroid 300 Hermie Sadler Oldsmobile April 30, 1994 Pantry Stores 300Hermie Sadler Chevrolet

1986 L. D. Swain 150– Dale Jarrett earned his first ever win in a NASCAR major series. 1986 Roses Stores 150 This was Larry Pearson's only win on his way to his first Busch Championship. Also future Busch series Champion, Rob Moroso, made his NASCAR debut on his 18th birthday. 1987 Poole Equipment 150– Mark Martin won the event, giving Ford its first and only Busch Series win at the track. 1989 Roses Stores 200– Jimmy Spencer was dominant in the event driving a white sponsor less #34 Buick. Spencer lead 190 of the 200 laps and lapped the field on his way to the win. 1990 Roses Stores 200 This was the first live televised Busch race at Orange County Speedway. Jeff Burton got his first pole in the Busch Series, while Chuck Bown lead 106 laps on the way for the victory. 1991 Roses Stores 300– Jeff Gordon earned his first career Busch series pole in this event. Shawna Robinson made her first career start as Robert Pressley took the win. 1991 Texas Pete 300– Jimmy Hensley lapped the field on the way to victory. To date, this is the last time anyone lapped the field in a Busch Series race. Jack Ingram withdrew from this race after his son was killed the week before. Ingram never raced again in the Busch series. 1994 Pantry Stores 300 The last Busch series race at Orange County Speedway. Some confusion arose at the end of the race on who had won. With two laps to go George Crenshaw blew his engine and poured oil on the track. Two of the leaders, Hermie Sadler and 3rd place Ricky Craven, got into the oil and spun out. Sadler recovered, but was passed for the lead by Dennis Setzer, who had moved into 2nd place, and took the white flag as the caution was displayed. NASCAR determined that Sadler had already taken the caution flag, declaring Sadler as the winner.

YearLate Model Stock championLimited Sportsman/Charger championPure Stock champion Street Stock championSuper Mini Truck champion 1983 Roy Hendrick x x x x 1984 x x x Phillip Walker x 1985 David Blankenship x x x x 1986 Wayne Patterson x x x x 1987 Wayne Patterson x x x x 1988 Jay Fogleman x x x x 1989 Gilbert Hill x x x x 1990 Maurice Hill x x x x 1991 Barry Beggarly x x x x 1992 Wayne Patterson x x x x 1993 Barry Beggarly x x x x 1994 Barry Beggarly x x x x 1995 x x x x x 1996 x x x x x 1997 x x x x x 1998 x x x x x 1999 x Donald Brace x x x 2000 Barry Beggarly x x x x 2001 Frank Deiny Jr. x x x x 2002 Timothy Peters x x x x 2003 Timothy Peters x x x x 2004 2005 Track Closed x x x x 2006 Ronald Hill Matt Lofton Chuck Watkins x x 2007 Terry Dease Brian Cole Thomas Penny x x 2008 Stacy Puryear Donald Brace x x x 2009 David Triplett Jr. Michael McGuire Keith Langston x x 2010 Terry Dease Justin Newlin Jarrett Milam x x 2013 Craig Moore Jerry Hinesley Jarret Milam x x 2014 Chris Denny x x x x 2015 x x Danny Winstead x x 2016 Terry Dease Boo Boo Dalton Danny Winstead Jared Gillis John Comstock