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  1.   Cooper posted:
  03.08.2011 - 3:29 pm
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This is the same track as New Asheville Speedway which has a seperate
Track Page. This is according to an article on nascar.com
http://www.nascar.com/2006/news/headlines/bg/10/17/gone.but.not.forgotten/index.html

Asheville Speedway (or New Asheville Motor Speedway, as it was sometimes
called) existed from 1962 -- when it was built over the former Owen
Field airport runway -- until 1999, when the track closed for good.

However, Asheville's legacy can't be confined to NASCAR's premier
series. The weekly action was just as intense, producing some great
stock car drivers: Jack Ingram, Tommy Houston and the entire Pressley
clan -- Bob, Robert and Mike.

In fact, it was Ingram who used that local knowledge to his advantage in
winning the track's only Busch Series event in 1982, besting a 21-car
field which included a young Dale Jarrett.


  2.   A posted:
  09.20.2019 - 8:11 pm
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There is also a very nice memorial and display for the "Asheville Motor
Speedway" at this park


  3.   A posted:
  09.20.2019 - 8:11 pm
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The former speedway is part of Carrier Park, and the former track has
been maintained as a bike and running track, from what I can tell.

On Google Street views it looks like the original surface and even
portions of the catch fencing were still intact up until a couple years
ago. Sometime recently the surface was totally redone. It looks less
like an actual auto racing track, but appears to be a very cool city
park with banking still in place. Very interesting.


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