Wake County Speedway

Wake County Speedway "America's Favorite Bullring" is a quarter-mile asphalt race track located in Raleigh, NC. The track holds stock car races on alternating Friday nights from April to September. It has six main classes of cars which include late models, legends, mini stocks, U-cars, bandoleros, and bombers. The track also has special appearances from USAC and southern ground pounders.

History

Wake County Speedway was established in 1962 by Glenn and Marvin Simpkins. It was leased out to Donald Macon. Glenn Simpkins to this day still owns and operates Glenn Simpkins Garage. Glenn's brother Talmadge Simpkins was beside him through all of their trials and errors. They never once gave up on theor dreams and still to this day in 2016, they are alive and well.

At its conception, the track was a 1/4 mile clay race track. Many former NASCAR drivers have made appearances during the tracks history. Those drivers include J.D. McDuffie, Benny Parsons, Ken Schrader, Loy Allen, Jr., Dennis Setzer and Randy Renfrow. In 1987, the track was resurfaced with asphalt and remains that way today.

2015 Division Champions

Metal Depots Late Models-Alex Flemming
Chargers-Todd Langdon
Mini Stocks-Justin Fussil
Hocutt's Automotive UCARS-Darrell Haynie
Legends-Dillon Spain
Bandoleros-Blaise Brinkley

External links

Official Website

Sports venues in the Research Triangle

Current	Boshamer Stadium (Chapel Hill) Cameron Indoor Stadium (Durham) Carter–Finley Stadium (Raleigh) Dean Smith Center (Chapel Hill) Doak Field (Raleigh) Dorton Arena (Raleigh) Durham Athletic Park (Durham) Durham Bulls Athletic Park (Durham) Durham County Stadium (Durham) Eddie Smith Field House (Chapel Hill) Fetzer Field (Chapel Hill) Five County Stadium (Zebulon) Henry Stadium (Chapel Hill) Jack Coombs Field (Durham) J. W. Isenhour Tennis Center (Raleigh) Kenan Memorial Stadium (Chapel Hill) Koskinen Stadium (Durham) McLendon–McDougald Gymnasium (Durham) PNC Arena (Raleigh) O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium (Durham) Orange County Speedway (Little River Township) Reynolds Coliseum (Raleigh) Wake County Speedway (Garner) WakeMed Soccer Park (Cary) Wallace Wade Stadium (Durham) WRAL Soccer Center (Raleigh)

Future	--

Defunct	Bynum Gymnasium (Converted, Chapel Hill) Occoneechee Speedway (In preservation, Hillsborough) Raleigh Speedway (Demolished, Raleigh) Riddick Stadium (Demolished, Raleigh) State Fairgrounds Speedway (Converted, Raleigh) Thompson Gym (Converted, Raleigh) Tin Can (Demolished, Chapel Hill)

PASS Super Late Model racetracks

Current

North	Beech Ridge Chaudiere Epping Hermon Lee Montmagny Oxford Plattsburgh Thunder Road

South	Anderson Caraway Concord Dillon Greenville Hickory Kenly Kingsport Myrtle Beach South Boston

National	Anderson Greenville Hickory Loudon Oxford Plattsburgh

Future

North	Thompson

South	Robersonville

Former

North	Canaan Geary Groveton Riverside Scotia Seekonk Spud Stafford Unity White Mountain Wiscasset

South	ACE Cordele Florence Hudson Jacksonville Jefferson Lanier Nashville Newport North Wilkesboro Radford Rougemont Senoia Wake County

National	Auburndale Beech Ridge Caraway Chaudiere Concord Greenville Kenly Nashville Newport New Smyrna Radford Rougemont South Boston Stafford Thompson White Mountain

Coordinates: 35°42′04″N 78°40′30″W / 35.701°N 78.675°W / 35.701; -78.675

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