Caraway Speedway

Caraway Speedway
Location2518 Race Track Rd Ext.
Sophia, North Carolina, United States
27350
Time zoneGMT-5
OwnerRussell Hackett
OperatorDarren Hackett
Opened1966
Oval
SurfaceAsphalt
Length.455 miles (.732 km)
Turns4
BankingTurns °
Straights °
Race lap record15.543 sec. (Jason Myers, , , NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour)

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.

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 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 Tour races between 1998 and 2012. The Series returned in 2021.

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

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

56th season opener schedule

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