Orange County Speedway is located in Northeastern Orange County on the site of the original Trico Motor Speedway, which was built in the early 1960s. What originally opened as a dirt facility was paved and is currently a 3/8ths mile (.375) asphalt, high- banked oval track. The oval has 16 degree banking in the straightaway and 19 degree banking in the turns. The banking and wide-sweeping turns make this facility the fastest 3/8 mile track in the country. The track averages 50 feet wide, which offers plenty of room for side by side racing among competitors. Orange County Speedway has also, in the past, won a National Speed Award for 3/8 mile track and has won several awards from the Daytona Speedweek’s RPM Race Promoter’s Workshop Awards.
This facility offers grandstand seating that follows the curvature of the track, along the front, from turn four to turn one, which means that there is an excellent view of the track from every seat. There is a VIP box in turn four that will accommodate 40 people in air-conditioned comfort. This view offers a close up view of all the exciting turn four action, as well as a fabulous view of the entire track.The VIP seating in the Main Tower accommodates 15 fans with a bird's eye view of the Finish Line as well as the remainder of the track.
Orange County Speedway was one of the first tracks in the area to have live televised Busch races. Some of the top Winston Cup stars of yesterday and today 'cut their teeth' in racing as regulars at OCS. The list includes Jimmy Johnson (ASA), Bobby Labonte, Todd Bodine and Jeff and Ward Burton. Dale Jarrett won his first Busch Race at OCS. Jeff Gordon won his first career Busch Pole at OCS in 1991. Most recently, Scott Riggs of Bahama, North Carolina, began his racing career here at the Orange County Speedway. Over the years, many others have competed at OCS in Late Model Sportsman and Busch Races. Some other well-known drivers to have raced at Orange County Speedway include Stacey Compton, Greg Davis, Peyton Sellers, Barry Beggarly, and Stacey Puryear, as well as Maurice Hill who is one of the winningest drivers at Orange County Speedway, and Timothy Peters, Late Model Stock Champion at OCS in 2002 and 2003.
Orange County Speedway also hosts Orange County Relay for Life Race for the Cure, Tarheel Rally cross events, bicycle time trials, Boy Scouts Jamborees and other charity functions.
Track Facts
OSC is located within miles of historic Occoneechee Race Track.
Ticket prices for most races are
Adults $10, students $8 & 10 and under Free.
Please call for Special Event pricing.
Concessions are available. New vendors with track favorites and healthy choices will be available. No food may be brought into the facility. Tailgating is still permitted.
Special Note: All coolers will be limited to a soft-sided six pack. This action has been taken to better enable us to abide by the January 1, 2008 recycle law.
OCS RECYCLES! Since reopening in 2006, the track had made a conscious effort to lessen our carbon footprint. We established an aluminum recycling program. Recent State laws have been passed which forces us to document our mandatory compliance. Please us help to protect the environment and keep operation cost low by placing cans, plastic and trash in the appropriate containers.
