Hickory Speedway - Cup Series Race Winners

The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.

NASCAR Cup Series Champions
NASCAR Cup Series Rookie/Popular Driver/Manufacturer by Year
NASCAR Cup Series by Year

Hickory Speedway - Cup Series Race Winners

Hickory Motor Speedway (formerly known as the Hickory Speedway from 1952 to 1988) is a 0.363 mi (0.584 km) oval short track in Newton, North Carolina. The track primarily holds NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series season, CARS Tour and SMART Modified Tour races. It also formerly held top-tier NASCAR Cup Series and second-tier NASCAR Busch Series races. Built in 1952 as a dirt track, the facility held its first races in the same year running NASCAR-sanctioned races. The track changed hands in ownership numerous times in its early years.being paved with asphalt in 1967. In 1999, all NASCAR national touring series left the track following the 1998 season. The track remains for local racing and the NASCAR Weekly Series. Hickory Motor Speedway (HMS) is measured at 0.363 miles (0.584 km), with 14? of banking in the first two turns, 12? of banking in the last two turns, and 8? of banking on the track's straightaways

Hickory Speedway - Information

Hickory Speedway
3130 Highway 70 SE
Newton, North Carolina 28658

https://hickorymotorspeedway.com/

Year Open:
Track Shape: Oval
Track Length: 0.36 miles miles
Front Stretch Length:
Back Stretch Length:
Turn Banking:
Straight Banking:

NASCAR Cup Series Races Held at Hickory Speedway

Date	Race Name	Winner	Start Pos	Car Man	Avg Speed (mph)	Laps Run
8/28/1971	Buddy Shuman 276	Tiny Lund	3	69 Camaro	72.937	100
3/21/1971	Hickory 276	Richard Petty	4	71 Plymouth	67.7	100
9/11/1970	Buddy Shuman 276	Bobby Isaac	1	70 Dodge	73.365	100
6/20/1970	Hickory 276	Bobby Isaac	1	69 Dodge	68.011	100
9/5/1969	Buddy Shuman 250	Bobby Isaac	1	69 Dodge	80.519	100
4/6/1969	Hickory 250	Bobby Isaac	1	69 Dodge	79.086	100
9/6/1968	Buddy Shuman 250	David Pearson	2	68 Ford	80.357	100
4/7/1968	Hickory 250	Richard Petty	4	67 Plymouth	79.435	100
9/8/1967	Buddy Shuman 250	Richard Petty	2	67 Plymouth	71.414	100
4/9/1967	Hickory 250	Richard Petty	1	67 Plymouth	69.699	100
9/9/1966	Buddy Shuman 250	David Pearson	2	65 Dodge	70.533	100
4/3/1966	Hickory 250	David Pearson	4	64 Dodge	68.428	100
9/10/1965	Buddy Shuman 250	Richard Petty	5	65 Plymouth	74.365	100
5/16/1965	Hickory 250	Junior Johnson	5	65 Ford	72.13	100
9/11/1964	Buddy Shuman 250	David Pearson	1	64 Dodge	67.797	100
5/16/1964	Hickory 250	Ned Jarrett	2	64 Ford	69.364	100
3/24/1963	Hickory 250	Junior Johnson	1	63 Chevrolet	67.95	100
9/6/1963	Buddy Shuman 250	Junior Johnson	7	63 Chevrolet	62.926	100
9/7/1962	Buddy Shuman 250	Rex White	3	62 Chevrolet	70.574	100
5/5/1962	Hickory 250	Jack Smith	1	61 Pontiac	71.216	100
9/8/1961	Buddy Shuman 250	Rex White	1	61 Chevrolet	67.529	100
4/22/1961	Hickory 250	Junior Johnson	1	61 Pontiac	66.654	100
9/9/1960	Buddy Shuman 250	Junior Johnson	2	60 Chevrolet	69.998	100
4/16/1960	Hickory 250	Joe Weatherly	2	60 Ford	66.347	100
5/2/1959	Hickory 250	Junior Johnson	1	57 Ford	62.165	100
9/11/1959	Buddy Shuman 250	Lee Petty	13	59 Plymouth	63.38	100
6/28/1958	Buddy Shuman 250	Lee Petty	9	57 Oldsmobile	62.413	100
7/20/1957	Buddy Shuman 250	Jack Smith	3	57 Chevrolet	58.737	100
11/11/1956	Buddy Shuman 250	Speedy Thompson	9	56 Chrysler	66.42	100
5/12/1956	16	Speedy Thompson	1	56 Chrysler	59.442	80
11/13/1955	1	Tim Flock	1	55 Chrysler	56.962	80
5/7/1955	12	Junior Johnson	2	55 Oldsmobile	58.823	80
6/19/1954	19	Herb Thomas	1	54 Hudson	82.872	100
5/16/1953	10	Tim Flock	0	53 Hudson	0	100
8/29/1953	29	Fonty Flock	0	53 Hudson	0	100