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Kingsport Speedway
Local short-track auto racing, 3/8-mile oval
Kingsport, Tennessee
Photo: Pexels (CC0) — stock car on a local short-track with grandstand
- City
- Kingsport
- Cell signal
- moderate signal
- Admission
- From $5
Kingsport Speedway is a 3/8-mile asphalt oval that has hosted weekly short-track racing for decades. Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsman, and Pure Street divisions compete on Friday nights through the racing season. A grass-roots NASCAR feeder track and a Sullivan County summer-weekend staple.
Kingsport Speedway opened in 1965 as a dirt oval and hosted its first NASCAR event in 1968. After the track was paved with asphalt in 1969, it held three NASCAR Grand National races from 1969 to 1971. Richard Petty won the inaugural Kingsport 250 on June 19, 1969, and won again in 1970, while Bobby Isaac took the final event, the 1971 Kingsport 300. The surface was converted to concrete in 1996, earning the nickname the Concrete Jungle, and the track continues to run weekly stock car racing.
Visit Info
fri: Gates 5 PM (race season)
1709 Pendragon Rd, Kingsport, TN 37663
Parking: Free on-site parking.
Visitor Tips
- ›Bring ear protection
- ›Food concessions on site
- ›Cash-friendly
Stay near this stop
Turn this into an overnight trip.
These places to stay are closest to Kingsport Speedway. Use them as your base, then add nearby food, trails, and events.
What to know before you go
- Access
- Concrete grandstand seating; some accessible areas.
- Parking
- Free on-site parking.
- Cell signal
- Moderate cell signal — main areas covered, expect dead spots
- Tips
- Bring ear protection
- Food concessions on site
- Cash-friendly
Pair this with
Pair Kingsport Speedway with Pal's Sudden Service (Original), Long Island of the Holston, and Hampton Inn Kingsport.
Within 6 miles, you can chain these into a half-day without driving back.
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