Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds is a half mile (0.8 km)

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. 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; 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 Grand National Series 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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