|| *Comments on Tar Heel Speedway:* View the most recent comment <#8> | Post a comment <#post> 1. Cooper posted: 03.15.2010 - 1:29 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) The Petty's Home Track. A simple 1/4 Mile Paved Track. Track still untouched. Track closed in 1967. Ran a one off unsanctioned race in 1975. It is north of Randleman on Route 220 about four miles past Branson Mill Road where the Petty compound is located and then east on Davis Mill Road. At the sharp left-hander, go straight onto a gravel road and past a sign that reads ??Frank Millikan 6223.? Beyond Frank Millikan??s house is a facility that has not heard the roar of Grand National engines in over 40 years. The rough asphalt of the entrance sprouts weeds from every seam and cracks like the speedway itself. Atop the wall on the homestretch a fence protects nobody as the stands are gone without a trace. http://www.carolinacountry.com/StoryPages/ourstories/speedways/speedways3.html 2. Rexrobe posted: 07.16.2013 - 4:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The track is actually in Guilford County and much closer to Pleasant Garden or Climax than Randleman, which is in Randolph county. Probably billed as Randleman given the Petty influence, but it was 50 years ago so hardly a problem. The track is still there but in obviously shabby condition. Anyone wanting to run here would have to totally start over. The original track had a pretty good bank to it, too. 3. Andy U posted: 12.08.2018 - 7:54 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 3 races, attendance 3500, 4000 and 3000. Hell, at one point you could have had twice that many to watch Jeff Gordon brush is teeth. Shame, I would pay lots to see Petty, Paschal, Baker and others on a 1/4 mile. 4. Andy U posted: 12.08.2018 - 7:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well this one pretty much falls in your lap. Just Google Maps for Tar Heel Speedway Randleman NC Can't miss it, and while you are there, go about 1/2 mile south as the crow flies and see the Petty Museum. 5. A posted: 09.20.2019 - 12:37 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Three races, ALL in 1963. Track wasn't there yet on 1955 aerials. Wonder how long it was actually used? 6. A posted: 07.07.2020 - 10:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The track that comes up on 7/7/2020 when you search for Tar Heel Speedway on Google Maps is NOT this track. The one it takes you to is a dirt track which appears to be the former Riverside Raceway. It is far away from Randleman and Level Cross. The actual old Tar Heel Speedway is not hard to find using the directions in the first comment on this thread. You can also search for "Lounge Lizard Tattoo" and then just look a little ways straight east and see the old speedway :) 7. Jimmie4life posted: 07.07.2020 - 10:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @6 That's the other side of the country. How did they confuse that? 8. thog posted: 07.08.2020 - 6:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @7 The dirt track located in Tar Heel NC right now used to go by "Riverside Speedway" before the new owners changed it to Tar Heel ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: