Racing and Charlotte

Aerial view of the Southern States Fair Ground, just north of the Charlotte, NC city limits. This attraction was opened in 1939 by Dr. J.S. Dorton on Highway 29 at the corner of Tryon and Sugar Creek. Southern States Fairgrounds was a half mile dirt…

Postcard depicts a race at the Charlotte Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. Caption reads "5000 Autos parked in the infield." The picture shows a corner of the race track with automobiles racing. Crowds of people are watching surrounded by cars…

Action shot of fans watching a stockcar race at The Charlotte Motor Speedway, a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina. The speedway was designed and built by Bruton Smith and partner/driver Curtis Turner in 1959 and is considered the…

Aerial view of the Charlotte Motor Speedway's Coca Cola 600 [Copyright & Pub. by Aerial Photography Services, Inc., Charlotte, NC – MC1-2931] Near Concord and Harrisburg, NC, the speedway was established in June of 1960 and expanded to 125,000 grand…

Photocopy of a leaflet advertising stock car races at the Fairgrounds. Features drivers Gifford Wood of Collinsville, Bob McGinnis of Danville, Ted Swaim of Winston-Salem, and local racer "Dink" Widenhouse.

Photograph taken at the former racetrack near Wilkinson Boulevard in Charlotte. Widenhouse and Snowden, the youngest and oldest active drivers respectively racing that day, were winners of a double feature modified race.

Photograph of young Charlotte-area racing phenom Dink Widenhouse with racing legends Ned Jarrett and Ralph Earnhardt.

Stock car races are being held at the Speedway, presumably the first Charlotte Speedway near Pineville. Gimmicks mentioned to draw spectators include races between prominent Charlotte politicians, female races, or to invite Henry Ford to unveil the…

Sprint and stock car races program for the Carolina Motor Speedway.