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Racers to Undertake Orange County Speedway for First Time Prior to
Brief Summer Break
Statesville,
North Carolina (June 17, 2026) – It has been quite the early
ride to start off 2026 for the Super Cup Stock Car Series with four
events and seven races all being graced with glorious weather
conditions in a span of nine weeks.
Two more races at yet another new location for a majority of
the competitors will pose quite the entertaining evening for fans in
the Piedmont region this Saturday.
Orange County
Speedway in Rougemont, North Carolina will be presenting “Dad Day
at the Speedway” as part of Father’s Day weekend in which all
dads get into the spectator gates for a discounted rate of $15.
Originally on the property of a dirt oval built in the early
1960s, the current layout was configured in 
1983
and has hosted numerous touring series over the recent decades,
including what is now the NASCAR O’Reilly Series.
Known as
“America’s Fastest 3/8-Mile Track”, wide and sweeping corners
with multiple grooves across the steep 19-degree banking as well 16
degrees on the straightaways will present intense jockeying for
every position possible. In
a flip of the switch where the first couple events were surfaces
that the current points leader had never raced, this will be the
third consecutive venue in which Chrissy Wallace has been before
with moderate past success.
“I
ran there a couple times for Robbie Hamke (son of the late and noted
car builder Robert Hamke) in a Late Model,” the Concord, North
Carolina driver indicated. “Didn’t
sit on the pole and didn’t win, but the best finish we wound up
with there was third.”
Wallace, who
collected both checkered flags two weeks back at Carteret County
Speedway, added her thoughts on strategy and positive predictions.
“Another one of
those tracks that saving your tires and not driving over your head
is something you’ve got to be smart at.
It’s going to be another good one.
Definitely feel like at Orange County we can run side by side
and I’m sure with Damian (Payton) and Harvey (Harrison) we’ll
all be battling.”
This will be the
third new track in a row for Damian Payton, who will be making the
short 80-mile commute from his garage in Winston-Salem.
“It’s a lot
closer to home, so I’m looking forward to it,” the current
runner-up in points with one victory in 2026 expressed.
“I don’t really know what to expect there, but we’re
going to bring everything we’ve got.”
It will be a
milestone reached for third in points Harvey Harrison.
The two-time series champion from Renick, West Virginia makes
his 100th career start in the first of twin races and will be joined
by top five points drivers, fellow Mountain State past champion
Brent Nelson loaded for bear and North Carolina resident Dylan
Godinez also expected in the mix.
Another
home state competitor motivated to contend is “ShoTime” Mike, a
Pole Award and twice a race winner in 2025, making his second
appearance of the year. More
participants such as West Virginia’s Larry Frame are planning to
be back in action with additional drivers, a few of whom might have
prior experience at OCS, intending to make preparations to be ready
for Saturday. In all,
there will be little room for error with one of if not the largest
fields anticipated of 2026.
An optional early
practice will be held at the cost of $25 per car from 1:30 until
3:00 p.m. on race day with the first of two official rotating
sessions beginning at 3:30 p.m.
Grandstands for the
facility easily accessible from Southern Virginia, Triad and
Research Triangle Park as well as the hub of stock car racing in
North Carolina will swing open at 5:30 p.m.
Qualifying takes place during the 6:00 p.m. hour and racing
commences at 7:00 p.m. with Vintage Sportsman, Chargers, Pure
Stocks, Late Model Stock Cars, and Mod 4s also in competition in
addition to the races for the Super Cup Stock Car Series.
General admission
is $20 with seniors admitted for $15 and children 10 and under only
$2.
More information
can be found on the Super Cup Stock Car Series official web site supercupstockcarseries.com
with interactive updates throughout race days and in between
available on Facebook (search Super Cup Stock Car Series), Twitter
(@SCSCSRacing), Instagram (SCSCS_Racing), and https://www.youtube.com/SCSCSRacing.
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