During the times of the year that it wasn't expected to host a stock car race, this fairground was the home of the annual Winston-Salem Fair/Dixie Classic Fair for Northwest North Carolina[5] along with other events related to the Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina.

[1][2][4][6] Fred Dove would be notable for participating in his last NASCAR Cup Series career race on this track; he would finish in third place out of 23 competitors.

[8] This was due to the fact that multiple sedan passenger automobiles could race on the track much more safely with the increasingly faster speeds than their convertible counterparts.

Both of the Cup Series races spanned 100 miles (160 km) and the most expensive purse was $3,765 ($42,822.78 when adjusted for inflation).

[1] Driving speeds of up to 59.016 miles per hour (94.977 km/h) could be sustained on this race track through single-car qualifying.