Rockingham Speedway, OvalDrag Strip

Rockingham Speedway, affectionately known as 'The Rock,' is a D-shaped oval in Rockingham, North Carolina that opened in 1965 as the North Carolina Motor Speedway. Conceived by Darlington Raceway founder Harold Brasington and financed by a group of investors led by attorney Elsie Webb, the track originally opened as a roughly flat one-mile oval before being reprofiled in 1969 with steeper banking and a slightly longer layout. It hosted the NASCAR Cup Series from 1965 until 2004, when the series departed in the wake of the Ferko lawsuit amid NASCAR's shift toward larger markets. The current oval measures about 0.94 miles with progressive banking of 22 degrees in turns one and two and 25 degrees in turns three and four. A 1.5-mile road course combining an infield section with parts of the oval was added in 1977, and a 0.526-mile short oval named 'Little Rock,' modelled on Martinsville Speedway, was built outside the main oval in 2008. After years of dormancy the facility was bought and renovated by a group of investors led by Dan Lovenheim, and NASCAR national series racing returned to the venue in 2025. The track is now owned by the International Hot Rod Association and also hosts ARCA Menards Series East and NHRA drag racing events.