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Today we are exploring a former raceway placed in the Southern United States. The land was first owned by the Occaneechi tribe, later sold and many years later it was a horse track. Years later Bill France, founder of NASCAR, was flying above the area when he saw the oval-shaped horse track. He later purchased the land, making it fit for stock cars and also making it one of the first 2 original NASCAR tracks. The speedway was opened in 1949 and was an extreme success, many famous racers looped the tracks, as well as the first woman race car driver, Louise Smith. The dirt track was also a dangerous track, many turns had a Cliffside as well as a creek beside that, many occasions cars would fly down the incline when taking corners too hard. Later, the track closed in 1969, as NASCAR was taking off thr owner Bill France abandoned the track for the Enormous newer tracks we have today.
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