Winston-Salem Fairgrounds
The Winston-Salem Fairgrounds (previously known as the Dixie Classic Fairgrounds) was a dirt oval track spanning 0.500 miles (0.805 km) in addition to its primary purpose as a fairground. During the times of the year that it wasn't expected to host a stock car race, this fairground was the home of the annual Winston-Salem Fair/Dixie Classic Fair for Northwest North Carolina along with other events related to the Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina. The annual fair would traditionally take place in the first week of October. On December 1, 1969, the Winston-Salem Foundation gave the Fairgrounds, the Memorial Coliseum, and $75,000 to the City of Winston-Salem.
| Location | Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
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| Time zone | UTC−05:00 |
| Capacity | over 7,000 |
| Opened | 1929 (exclusively for horses and motorcycles) July 5, 1948 (for stock car racing) |
| Major events | SAFE Convertible NASCAR Modified Grand National Series |
| Dirt oval track | |
| Length | 0.500 miles (0.805 km) |
| Turns | 4 |
| Race lap record | 59.016 miles per hour (94.977 km/h) (Lee Petty, Petty Enterprises, August 7, 1955, NASCAR Grand National Series) |
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