EVENT HUB - THE HICKORY HUNDRED PRESENTED BY DALE EARNHARDT CHEVROLET

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, ARCA and the SMART Modified Tour.

TRACK SIZE AND BANKING

.363 mile asphalt oval

14-degrees banking in turns one and two

12-degrees banking in turns three and four

8-degrees banking on the straightaways

CLICK HERE TO VISIT TRACK SITE

We celebrate Modified history and heritage on the SMART Modified Tour and try to do so in an authentic manner.  With Hickory Motor Speedway being one of the region's most historic venues, we like to pair the event with a look and feel that celebrates "Old School" Modified traditions with a "New School" attitude.  Even the ads leading up to the race are designed around the classic nature of Hickory Motor Speedway. 

SMART AT HICKORY 411

FOUR DRIVERS HAVE WON THE HICKORY HUNDRED:  Matt Hirschman (2022)

Caleb Heady (2023)

Carson Loftin (2024)

Paulie Hartwig III (2025) 

In total, the SMART Modified Tour has competed at Hickory Motor Speedway a total of seven times. Five of those races came within the modern-era (Chris WIlliams) of the Tour. 

Other Hickory SMART Winners include:

March 1990 - Junior Miller

October 1995 - Junior Miller

October 2021 - Brandon Ward *first Hickory race in Modern Era

Junior Miller is the only repeat winner at Hickory in SMART Mod Tour history.