CHARLOTTE (USA)
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1960's METROLINA SPEEDWAY
Metrolina Speedway was built and opened in the mid 1968, The track was a 1/2 mile banked clay oval and ran mainly on Friday nights.
Metrolina Speedway was also known as Charlotte Fairground Speedway.
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1970's METROLINA PAVEMENT TRACK
The track was paved for a short period in the 1970's to cater for NASCAR racing, This however was unsuccessful, as even the big name drivers in Nascar failed to draw a crowd, The track was returned to its original clay surface and racing continued through until the mid 1998 when it closed.
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1977 METROLINA SPEEDWAY TRAGEDY
It was thanks giving 1977 when 30 year old Preston Humphries from the Kings Mountain area lost his life in a 13 car pile up during the running of the turkey 100 race, Humphries received a broken neck from being t boned at high speedway during the accident.
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1980's METROLINA SPEEDWAY
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METROLINA SPEEDWAY FLY OVER
Photo: unknown.
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2016 METROLINER SPEEDWAY WALKABOUT
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