Concord is #120 and is part of a double with The Dirt Track
#120 Concord Motorsports Park, Concord, NC (1/2-mile asphalt), 11/4/06...
The races were scheduled to start at Concord at 2:15 with last chance races. This would leave plenty of time to see some races and head back to The Dirt Track, which was only about 15 or so minutes away.
Though it was cool, it was a beautiful sunny, peaceful day with not a cloud nor any wind to be found. On tap at Concord was the North-South Shootout with various modified classes along with two classes of vintage cars. When we arrived shortly after 1 PM they were having an autograph session on the speedway with the cars and drivers. This is a very neat touch as fans go around collecting autograph cards and getting pictures.
I could tell Concord was a very fast track with it's banking. It has the old, nostalgic-type southern-feel to it. The pits were full of cars of cars and a decent crowd was on hand of probably 800 or so, but not what I expected even though it was announced that it was the largest crowd and car count in the event's four-year history. A total of 44 Modified Tour Type Cars and 34 SK-Type Modifieds attempted to qualify on Friday. The Vintage Modifieds totaled 15 and Vintage Sportsman 17. The combination of Pro-Four Modifieds and Four-Cylinder Stocks came in at 23 and there were 10 Limited SK-Type cars.
Concord has the cement bleachers and it looks like they added on with additional bleachers down toward turn one. You can tell as the old pit booth and entrance in the track that went under the bleachers are no longer used due to the size of the trailers I surmized. There is a tunnel underneath turn two that is used to get in and out of the pit area.
I'm not an asphalt fan, but I do really enjoy the modifieds as they flew around the tri-oval. Pennsylvania's Tony Hirschman set fast time on Friday night with a lap that averaged more than 117 miles per hour. We watched the two last chance races, which started shortly after 2:30, and the first feature before heading out. Hirshman ended up winning the 100 lapper, which was run last, and earned $10,600.
The facility, though old, is well taken care of and very neat. They have a nice play area for the kids behind the grandstands. The one thing I noticed in the parking lot was the large number of northern licenses plates of people that came down from the north.
Concord made for my second track in the Tar Heel state and 15th new track of 2006.
#120 Concord (NC) Motorsports Park, 11/4/06
#119 The Dirt Track @ Lowe's Motor Speedway (NC), 11/3/06
#118 Wyalusing (PA) Valley Motorsports Park, 10/15/06
#117 Shippensburg (PA) Speedway, 10/7/06
#116 Linda's Speedway (PA), 10/6/06
#115 Freedom Raceway (NY), 9/22/06
#114 Spring Valley Raceway (OH), 9/17/06
#113 Hilltop Speedway (OH), 9/8/06
#112 Kokomo (IN) Speedway, 9/3/06
#111 Lincoln Park Speedway (IN), 9/2/06
#110 Lawrence County Fairgrounds (PA), 8/16/06
#109 Midvale (OH) Speedway, 7/22/06
#108 McKean County Speedway (PA), 6/29/06
#107 Hesston (PA) Speedway, 6/17/06
#106 Grandview Speedway (PA), 5/16/06
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The races were scheduled to start at Concord at 2:15 with last chance races. This would leave plenty of time to see some races and head back to The Dirt Track, which was only about 15 or so minutes away.
Though it was cool, it was a beautiful sunny, peaceful day with not a cloud nor any wind to be found. On tap at Concord was the North-South Shootout with various modified classes along with two classes of vintage cars. When we arrived shortly after 1 PM they were having an autograph session on the speedway with the cars and drivers. This is a very neat touch as fans go around collecting autograph cards and getting pictures.
I could tell Concord was a very fast track with it's banking. It has the old, nostalgic-type southern-feel to it. The pits were full of cars of cars and a decent crowd was on hand of probably 800 or so, but not what I expected even though it was announced that it was the largest crowd and car count in the event's four-year history. A total of 44 Modified Tour Type Cars and 34 SK-Type Modifieds attempted to qualify on Friday. The Vintage Modifieds totaled 15 and Vintage Sportsman 17. The combination of Pro-Four Modifieds and Four-Cylinder Stocks came in at 23 and there were 10 Limited SK-Type cars.
Concord has the cement bleachers and it looks like they added on with additional bleachers down toward turn one. You can tell as the old pit booth and entrance in the track that went under the bleachers are no longer used due to the size of the trailers I surmized. There is a tunnel underneath turn two that is used to get in and out of the pit area.
I'm not an asphalt fan, but I do really enjoy the modifieds as they flew around the tri-oval. Pennsylvania's Tony Hirschman set fast time on Friday night with a lap that averaged more than 117 miles per hour. We watched the two last chance races, which started shortly after 2:30, and the first feature before heading out. Hirshman ended up winning the 100 lapper, which was run last, and earned $10,600.
The facility, though old, is well taken care of and very neat. They have a nice play area for the kids behind the grandstands. The one thing I noticed in the parking lot was the large number of northern licenses plates of people that came down from the north.
Concord made for my second track in the Tar Heel state and 15th new track of 2006.
#120 Concord (NC) Motorsports Park, 11/4/06
#119 The Dirt Track @ Lowe's Motor Speedway (NC), 11/3/06
#118 Wyalusing (PA) Valley Motorsports Park, 10/15/06
#117 Shippensburg (PA) Speedway, 10/7/06
#116 Linda's Speedway (PA), 10/6/06
#115 Freedom Raceway (NY), 9/22/06
#114 Spring Valley Raceway (OH), 9/17/06
#113 Hilltop Speedway (OH), 9/8/06
#112 Kokomo (IN) Speedway, 9/3/06
#111 Lincoln Park Speedway (IN), 9/2/06
#110 Lawrence County Fairgrounds (PA), 8/16/06
#109 Midvale (OH) Speedway, 7/22/06
#108 McKean County Speedway (PA), 6/29/06
#107 Hesston (PA) Speedway, 6/17/06
#106 Grandview Speedway (PA), 5/16/06
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