Raleigh 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.

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Raleigh Speedway - Cup Series Race Winners

Raleigh Speedway (officially Southland Speedway nicknamed Dixie Speedway by fans was a one-mile (1.6 km) oval race track which opened in 1952 one mile (1.6 km) north of Raleigh, North Carolina in Wake County.. It was the first lighted superspeedway and the first track on which NASCAR sanctioned night-time races. The track had a long and narrow shape, like a paper clip, with the front and back straights about 500 feet (150 m) apart and the straightaways about 1,850 feet (560 m) long. The turns were banked at 16 degrees and the straightaways were flat.

Raleigh Speedway - Information

Raleigh Speedway

Year Open:
Track Shape: Oval
Track Length: 1 miles miles
Front Stretch Length: 1850 ft
Back Stretch Length: 1850 ft
Turn Banking: 16 degrees
Straight Banking: Flat

NASCAR Cup Series Races Held at Raleigh Speedway

Date	Race Name	Winner	Start Pos	Car Man	Avg Speed (mph)	Laps Run
7/4/1958	Raleigh 250	Fireball Roberts	3	57 Chevrolet	73.691	250
7/4/1957	Raleigh 250	Paul Goldsmith	7	57 Ford	75.693	250
7/4/1956	Raleigh 250	Fireball Roberts	32	56 Ford	79.822	250
8/20/1955	34	Herb Thomas	3	55 Buick	76.4	100
9/30/1955	38	Fonty Flock	1	55 Chrysler	73.289	100
5/29/1954	Raleigh 250	Herb Thomas	1	54 Hudson	73.909	250
5/30/1953	Raleigh 300	Fonty Flock	43	53 Hudson	70.629	300