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Ghost tracks
Tracks that are gone.
Places that held a national-series stock car race and do not run anymore. The record on most of them is thin, so it gets kept here.
This week
Hamburg Speedway
Hamburg, New York  ·  Two Cup races, 1949–1950
Hamburg Speedway was a half-mile dirt oval on the grounds of what is now the Erie County Fairgrounds in Hamburg, New York. NASCAR's top series ran there twice. Jack White won in a Lincoln on Sept. 18, 1949, and Dick Linder won in an Oldsmobile on Aug. 27, 1950. Racing at the track ran until 1997, and the fairgrounds now host the county fair and a gaming hall.
By stateNorth Carolina (8)  ·  Georgia (4)  ·  South Carolina (4)  ·  California (2)  ·  Florida (2)  ·  New Jersey (2)  ·  New York (2)  ·  Pennsylvania (2)  ·  Virginia (2)
By decade1940s (7)  ·  1950s (25)  ·  1960s (24)  ·  1970s (17)  ·  1980s (9)
The register · 36 tracks
NC
Dog Track Speedway
Moyock, North Carolina  ·  Seven Cup races, 1962–1966
NC
Wilson Speedway
Wilson, North Carolina  ·  Twelve Cup races, 1951–1960
PA
Heidelberg Raceway
Scott Township, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  ·  Four Cup races, 1949–1960
OR
Portland Speedway
Portland, Oregon  ·  Seven Cup races, 1956–1957
MI
Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway
Detroit, Michigan  ·  Two Cup races, 1951–1952
AR
Memphis-Arkansas Speedway
Lehi, Arkansas  ·  Five Cup races, 1954–1957
NC
North Carolina State Fairgrounds
Raleigh, North Carolina  ·  Three Cup races, 1955–1970
NJ
Linden Airport
Linden, New Jersey  ·  One Cup race, 1954
AL
Birmingham International Raceway
Birmingham, Alabama  ·  Eight Cup races, 1958–1968
SC
Greenville-Pickens Speedway
Easley, South Carolina  ·  Twenty-eight Cup races, 1950s–1971
MD
Beltsville Speedway
Laurel, Maryland  ·  Ten Cup races, 1965–1970
TX
Texas World Speedway
College Station, Texas  ·  Eight Cup races, 1969–1981
IL
Soldier Field
Chicago, Illinois  ·  One Cup race, July 1956
GA
Augusta International Raceway
Hephzibah, Georgia  ·  1962–1969 in Grand National
SC
Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds
Spartanburg, South Carolina  ·  1953–1966 in Grand National
SC
Rambi Raceway
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina  ·  1958–2020
VA
Starkey Speedway
Roanoke County, Virginia  ·  1950–1971
FL
Speedway Park
Jacksonville, Florida  ·  1947–1973
NC
Metrolina Speedway
Charlotte, North Carolina  ·  Closed · track still standing
NH
Bryar Motorsports Park
Loudon, New Hampshire  ·  1965–1989
VA
Southside Speedway
Chesterfield County, Virginia  ·  1959–2020
CA
Ontario Motor Speedway
Ontario, California  ·  1970–1980
FL
Daytona Beach and Road Course
Daytona Beach, Florida  ·  Last race February 1958
NY
Islip Speedway
Islip, New York  ·  Closed 1984
GA
Savannah Speedway
Savannah, Georgia  ·  1960–1981
NJ
Trenton Speedway
Trenton, New Jersey  ·  Closed 1980
GA
Middle Georgia Raceway
Byron, Georgia  ·  1966–1971 in Grand National
GA
Lakewood Speedway
Atlanta, Georgia  ·  1917–1979
NC
Charlotte Speedway
Charlotte, North Carolina  ·  1949–1956
PA
Langhorne Speedway
Middletown Township, Pennsylvania  ·  1926–1971
SC
Columbia Speedway
Cayce, South Carolina  ·  1951–1975
NC
Asheville-Weaverville Speedway
Weaverville, North Carolina  ·  1950–1970
NC
Raleigh Speedway
Raleigh, North Carolina  ·  Closed 1958 · demolished 1967
CA
Riverside International Raceway
Moreno Valley, California  ·  1957–1989
NC
Occoneechee Speedway
Hillsborough, North Carolina  ·  1948–1968
Every one of these had a last race that nobody in the stands knew was the last one.