8/15/2023 0 Comments Stock car racers reunion![]() ![]() He won his first ever race there a year later on July 17, 1959.Ĭolumbia Speedway became the spot of the first NASCAR race to be held under the lights when the Grand National series made its first ever stop there on Saturday night, June 16, 1951. A young Richard Petty ran his first race there on Jin a 1957 Oldsmobile convertible. That history includes some significant firsts. ![]() After lying dormant for some 30 years, a crowd of 30,000 spectators and former race drivers reunited to celebrate the role Columbia Speedway played in the history of stock car racing. It seems remarkable to think that just over a year ago the folks at and a group of volunteers began planning the first event at Historic Columbia Speedway since it closed.
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