Wake County Speedway is a Short Track located in Garner, North Carolina

Garner, North Carolina

Garner is a town in Wake County, North Carolina, United States and a suburb of Raleigh. The population was 17,757 at the 2000 census and was 27,533 in 2009.-Geography:Garner is located at ....

. Wake County Speedway currently hosts races on Friday nights from May to September. Classes currently racing at Wake County include: Super Late Models

Late model

A "late model car" is a car which has been recently designed or manufactured, often the latest model. The term is broadly used in car racing, and often appears in common use, as in "The officer was driving an unmarked, late model sedan."There is no precise...

, Limited Latemodels, Modified Four Cylinders, Stock Four Cylinders, UCARS, Legends Cars, and Mini Cups. The Pro All Star Series South division is the only regional touring series that has a date at Wake County.

History

Wake County Speedway was established in 1962 by Glenn and Marvin Simpkins. 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

J.D. McDuffie

John Delphus McDuffie was a NASCAR Winston Cup driver. He raced in the top division of NASCAR from 1963 to 1991. McDuffie had 106 top-tens in his Cup Series career...

, Benny Parsons

Benny Parsons

Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an American NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS, ESPN, NBC and TNT...

, Ken Schrader

Ken Schrader

Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He currently races on local dirt and asphalt tracks around the country while driving part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the ARCA Racing Series for his own Ken Schrader Racing. He also runs part time in the NASCAR Camping...

, Loy Allen, Jr., Dennis Setzer

Dennis Setzer

Dennis Setzer is a NASCAR driver. He has driven in all three of NASCAR's top series. He currently splits time between the #23, #49, and #70 cars, all for Jay Robinson Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series...

 and Randy Renfrow

Randy Renfrow

Randy Renfrow is a former NASCAR driver. He raced many years in the Craftsman Truck Series before retiring. Renfrow has won 237 late model sportsman races at 40 different tracks over his career....

. In 1987, the track was resurfaced with asphalt and remains that way today.

Class Sponsors

• Dunn-Benson Ford - Super Late Models
• Harper's Graphix - Limited Late Models
• North Carolina Iron Works - Modified Four Cylinders
• Citgo Mini Mart - Four Cylinder Stocks
• Dirt Cheap Sand, Rock, Mulch Inc - UCARS
• 600 Inc. - Legends
• Future Stars - Mini Winstons

External links

• Official website