A man called Joe Grant started the Hinckley Greyhound and Whippet Racing Association in 1936 and a track was constructed in Nutts Lane directly on the north side of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway South Leicestershire branch.

Joe Grant purchased an extra one and a half acres in 1947 and the track was extended.

[2] By 1960s the McWhirter hare system was replaced by the 'Inside Sumner' on a track measuring a 400-yard circumference with race distances over 300, 500, 710 and 900 yards.

During the 1980s and 1990s the track had a covered stand, car parking for 200 vehicles and a computerised totalisator.

The council granted Crest Nicholson planning permission in 2006 for 84 homes.