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  1.   Cooper posted:
  03.20.2010 - 6:03 pm
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Racing moved into Asheville at McCormick Field. McCormick had been the
home to the Asheville Tourists Baseball team and saw such greats as Babe
Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Willie Stargell and a batboy named Cal Ripken.
For three years in the 1950s, baseball abandoned McCormick Field. A
quarter-mile race track was constructed around the baseball diamond and
racing ensued. The NASCAR Grand National Division made one visit to
McCormick Field in July 1958. Jim Paschal, driving Julian Pettyâ??s No.
49 Chevrolet won the 150-lap event on the quarter-mile asphalt track.

The location still remains to host home games for the Asheville Tourists.


  2.   Andy U posted:
  12.09.2018 - 12:13 am
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NASCAR's top series only raced once at McCormick Field.[1] A likely
reason for the abbreviated run was a large obstacle the drivers had to
avoid. Built around the tight confines of a baseball field, drivers had
to pay particularly close attention. Lee Petty was running near the
front during a heat race at the track when a bump from Cotton Owens sent
him into the first-base dugout. The team repaired Petty's car in time
for the main event and he finished one lap down in fourth place. Jim
Paschal won driving a car owned by Julien Petty, Lee's brother.


  3.   Andy U posted:
  12.09.2018 - 12:13 am
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30 Buchanan Place
Asheville, NC 28801

if you want to see it


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