Greenville-Pickens Speedway

Greenville-Pickens Speedway is a 1/2 mile paved oval operating with NASCAR sanction, located near Greenville, South Carolina.

New: 2004-04-18 Last Updated: 2006-04-23

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Elevation: 850 feet Latitude: 34.832827 Longitude: -82.500286 GPS: N 34 49.9696, W 82 30.0171 Time zone: EST/EDT (-0500/-0400)

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Greenville-Pickens Speedway opened as a 1/2 mile dirt oval in 1940, shutting down the next year for WWII. It reopened on July 4th, 1946. In 1951 it became a regular stop on the NASCAR Grand National tour (this is the series known today as the Nextel Cup.) It did not operate in 1953, and then continued as a dirt track through 1969. The track was paved by April, 1970. The Grand National tour made its last visit to Greenville-Pickens Speedway in 1971.

References

Alan E. Brown, The History of America's Speedways: Past & Present. Comstock Park, Michigan: Brown, 2003 , ISBN 0931105617 , pp. 650. Order from National Speedway Directory

Track Office

Greenville-Pickens Speedway
3800 Calhoun Mem Hwy
Greenville, SC 29601

Greenville-Pickens Speedway
P.O. Box 4119
Greenville, SC 29608

864-269-0852
864-269-7683 (fax)