The Asheville–Weaverville Speedway near Weaverville, North Carolina a site for NASCAR races in both the Grand National and Winston Cup Series eras.

As a dirt oval track, the speedway helped serve its purpose during the dirt-dominated formative years of NASCAR's premier series.

[1] Other NASCAR legends like Banjo Matthews, Ralph Earnhardt, Junior Johnson, and Cotton Owens had made notable appearances here.

75% of people who read the Asheville Citizen wanted that track to be closed in a poll done in the summer of 1987.

Urbanization and progress forced the property to be closed, demolished, and re-zoned for educational purposes.