HICKORY MOTOR SPEEDWAY
3130 US Hwy 70 SE, Newton, NC
ABOUT THE HICKORY HUNDRED
HICKORY MOTOR SPEEDWAY
Hickory Motor Speedway is known as "The Birthplace of NASCAR Stars." That motto holds true when you look at the extensive list of racing legends who have raced at the Newton, NC track. From it's opening in 1952 as a dirt track, drivers like Ned Jarrett, Ralph Earnhardt and Junior Johnson grew their legacies here. In the 70's and 80's drivers like Jack Ingram, Bob and Robert Pressley, John Settlemyre and Tommy Houston made Hickory their playground. Late Model stars like Dexter Canipe, Andy Loden, Pete Silva, Barry Beggarly, Dennis Setzer and Robert Huffman made the 90's and early 2000's their time. To this day, Hickory holds strong as one of the region's most competitve tracks for local racing and touring series like ASA, The CARS Tour and the SMART Modified Tour.
TRADITIONS HONORED
We celebrate Modified history and heritage on the SMART Modified Tour and try to do so in an authentic manner.
For three Hickory Hundreds we have welcomed HIckory Motor Speedway and regional Modified Legend Dink Widenhouse to be a part of the Hickory Hundred. With his family, Dink and his famed B-29 have become synonymous with the annual event. Widenhouse, a true-pioneer of Modified racing, passed away this year, at the age of 93, in his Concord, NC home. Hickory Hundred fans always enjoyed seeing his beautiful racecar and getting to meet and get an autograph from Dink during our popular Pace-O-Matic Pit Party at the event.
This season we plan on having the B-29 pacing the field and will do so in honor of our great friend; the humble, kind and underrated Modified racer... North Carolina's own Dink Widenhouse.
THREE DRIVERS HAVE WON THE HICKORY HUNDRED: Matt Hirschman (2022), Caleb Heady (2023) and Carson Loftin (2024). Who will win it in 2025?