Some of the most famous names in stock car racing have raced at the Orange County Speedway, including Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin, Davey and Donnie Allison, Dale Jarrett, Jeff and Ward Burton, Elliott and Hermie Sadler, Scott Riggs, Michael Waltrip, Todd Bodine, Kyle Petty and Bobby Labonte.

The track currently runs a regular weekly show on the second and fourth Saturday night of each month, April through October.

In 1966, the speedway underwent significant improvement, which is considered the actual launch date of the track.

Orange County Speedway was one of the first tracks in the area to have live televised Busch races; the first was the 1990 Roses Stores 200 on June 9, 1990.

And CARS X-1R Pro Cup Series ran 5 races at Orange County Speedway between 1997 and 2014.

Bj Reaves on October 5th 2024 set the track record for the pure stock division, with a qualifying time of 16.376