Weaverville

The half-mile dirt Asheville-Weaverville Speedway in Weaverville, North Carolina opened on 20 August 1950 and held its first NASCAR Grand National (now Cup) race a year later. The track was paved before the 1958 season and went on to hold NASCAR races until 1969. The 1961 Western North Carolina 500 descended into chaos when the track broke up which forced officials to abandon the race after just 258 of the scheduled 500 laps had been completed. Disgruntled spectators then held drivers and team members hostage within the speedway for four hours before they finally disbursed. Rex White held the record for most NASCAR wins at Asheville-Weaverville – five. The track faced growing local opposition during the 1960s due to noise and it closed after the 1969 season, with the new North Buncombe High School eventually built on the site in 1987.