Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds is a half mile (0.8 km)

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oval near

Spartanburg, South Carolina Spartanburg is a city in and the seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. The city of Spartanburg has a municipal population of 38,732 as of the 2020 census, making it the 11th-largest city in the state. For a time, the Off ...

. The track held

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Grand National races in the 1950s and 1960s.

History

An October 1908 program was found for a horse trotting and racing event at the fair. The first car racing event was held at the track in 1939 and it was promoted by

Joe Littlejohn Joe Littlejohn (January 3, 1908 – July 29, 1989) was an American stock car racing driver from Spartanburg, South Carolina. He competed in the NASCAR Grand National Division in 1949 and 1950. Career Littlejohn raced in two races at Daytona ...

; he promoted events at the track until 1966. Littlejohn was one of 35 people who attended Bill France Sr.'s 1947 meeting which led to the formation of

; Piedmont was a major hub in NASCAR's first two decades. It held 22

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races between 1953 and 1966 as well as two

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races (1956 and 1957). Afterward the NASCAR races ended, the track held races during the fair in (North America) autumn. The track was regraded in 2002 for a legends race to benefit a local racing museum; by 2005 the idea of a museum was scrapped. According to the local visitor's bureau website (in 2017), the track hasn't held a regular schedule of races for many years (although some of the racing surface remains visible).

Results

NASCAR Grand National Series

results

NASCAR Convertible Series

results

References

External links

Race results
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