Rockingham Speedway

Rockingham Speedway (formerly North Carolina Speedway)
Location	Rockingham, North Carolina
Races	ASCC NOMAD

Not to be confused with Rockingham Motor Speedway, which is the track in the United Kingdom.

Rockingham Speedway (formerly known as the North Carolina Speedway) is a 1.017-mile (1.637-km) D-shaped oval located near Rockingham, North Carolina. The track is commonly referred to as "The Rock."

Rockingham Speedway was built by the same land developer that produced Darlington Raceway. The track first opened in 1965 as a flat one-mile oval. In 1969, the track was extensively reconfigured to a high-banked, D-shaped oval just over one mile in length.

Rockingham currently hosts ASCC and RROL NOMAD events. In the past it has hosted the GRL, TM Master Cup, TM Lights, FARC, and the CRL.

Event History

TM Master Cup Series

The last time the Master Cup Series visited the track was in 2007. Alexis Rainsford made history that weekend by becoming the first woman ever to win the Clutch Pole Award. The race was won by Leonid Roderick.

TM Lights

Main article: 2011 TM Lights Round of North Carolina

Rockingham Speedway hosted the second race of the 2011 TM Lights East Division schedule.

ARLA Elite Series

Rockingham was the site of one of the most famous ARLA Elite Series races in 1984, when Grant Papp entered the race because his friends bet him five dollars that he couldn't win the race. Renting a car from ARLA legend Paul Sweeney, Papp qualified 17th in the 32-car field, and worked his way to the front of the field due to high attrition among the leaders. Papp held off Sweeney on a restart with nine laps remaining to take the win and his friend's five dollars.

RROL

Rockingham hosted the final race of each season in the National Racing Championship era: 2012, [2013 National Racing Championship season|2013]], and 2014 - won by Thomas Forester and Porter House. The 2012 race at Rockingham was the only round of the season that did not feature the double-header format.

Rockingham Speedway has hosted the RROL NOMAD division in both of its first two seasons.

Track records

Series	Record	Year	Driver	Time
RROL NOMAD	Qualifying	2020	Jessica Olenick	24.375