The dirt oval in Brinkleyville, North Carolina, Halifax County Motor Speedway, is up for sale. The 3/10-mile dirt oval on 28-plus acres of land carries a $500,000 price tag.
“The speedway offers a tremendous number of possibilities from a motorsports business standpoint,” said its listing agent Justin Sandeford, of Coldwell Banker Advantage. “It comes with no contracts — nothing binding or conveying, which will allow the purchaser the ability to schedule racing from sanctioning bodies and operate concessions of his or her choices.”
The track opened in 1996, and was formerly known as Clary’s Speedway and Clary’s Motor Speedway, among other names. It reopened as Halifax County Motor Speedway in 2019. Michael Wells currently owns the track, but is selling it to concentrate on other businesses, according to Sandeford.
In 2023, Halifax County Motor Speedway hosted several touring series. Among them included the Steel Block Bandits, Carolina Sprint Tour, Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series, Ultimate Super Late Model Series and I-95 Late Model Challenge. Regular classes included late models, super streets, stock V8s, super stock 4-cylinders, pure stock 4-cylinders, and SCFWDs.
“The speedway has been updated — all of the hard work has been completed, making this a turnkey business for the buyer,” Sandeford said. “The facility features new LED lighting, new safety lights and wiring, a new transponder system, and a new PA system.”
The track can accommodate up to 3,000 spectators, according to the listing. The last night of racing held, on September 15, had 55 entered cars among five classes. It opened the season with 44 entries for the Steel Block Bandits alone, plus other divisions.
As a bonus, the sale includes equipment, too — two water trucks, two tractors (with a lift bar, cultivator, and double sheepsfoot), and four packer cars.
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The Outside Groove Director of Photography has written hundreds of stories since the website’s inception. This year marks his 54th year of covering auto racing. Adaskaveg got his start working for track photographer Lloyd Burnham at Connecticut’s Stafford Motor Speedway in 1970. Since then, he’s been a columnist, writer, and photographer, in racing and in mainstream media, for several outlets, including the Journal Inquirer, Boston Herald, Stock Car Racing, and Speedway Illustrated. Among Adaskaveg’s many awards are the 1992 Eastern Motorsport Press Association (EMPA) Ace Lane Photographer of the Year and the 2019 National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) George Cunningham Writer of the Year.
