Named event or history

Occoneechee Speedway, Hillsborough

NASCAR’s early dirt track on the Eno, 1949–1968; not the Orange County Speedway in Rougemont.

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Context

What it was and why it mattered

NCpedia: NASCAR's North Carolina Roots NCpedia
DNCR Moonshine and Motorsports Trail: Occoneechee Speedway NC Dept. of Natural and Cultural Resources The state's own page for the last surviving 1949 NASCAR track
National Register: Occoneechee Speedway National Register nomination Nomination (5/2/2002), Hillsborough: history, description, and sources for the property
Marker: Historic Occoneechee-Orange Speedway Historical Marker Database (HMdb.org)

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Maps, surveys, and the ground itself

Eno River Association: Occoneechee Speedway Eno River Association The trail today, from the group that keeps it

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NC Digital Collections: 3 items for “Occoneechee” North Carolina Digital Collections State records, photographs, and publications, viewable online

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Organizations that keep the county’s own knowledge

Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room in Hillsborough: books, maps, microfilm, family files, and staff who know the county

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