Pender County Speedway

[DoubleZero]

In the late 1970's Richard Brickhouse, who cut his racing teeth at Carolina Beach Speedway, and won 1969's inaugural "Talladega 500", built and opened the "Pender County Speedway". Located on the Brickhouse farm in the Pender county (NC) community of Rocky Point, the track eventually forced the closure of Leland Raceway and became the focus of Wilmington-area dirt racing. Unfortunately, the economic conditions of the early '80's coupled with the transformation to the radical styled NDRA racer prooved too much for PCS, and the track did not survive this period. Ultimately the site was sold for housing, and no evidence remains of the track. Fortunately, Terraserver's 1990 imaging did capture the Pender County Speedway.

[djSNUFFY]

What road is it on DoubleZero?

[DoubleZero]

dj, it's on US Highway 117 about 2 miles south of Rocky Point, NC.......Terraserver coordinates: -77.88661 long. 34.41902 lat.

[Dirtrebel]

00 We went one Sunday afternoon took our wedge mod 4 .I remember having to go to a barn to weigh after the race. Joey Lavender won the mod 4 . Ernie Ervin Won mod 6 in a car from Fayetteville . They Worked on car all afternoon something in motor ,then wore out everone

[Kenny]

Bobby,What was Glen Mcduffie's car number at pender county when he drove that "United Uniform" sponsored camaro out of Fayetteville? You posted a pic of him where he had spun out but i can't make out the number. (Picture at the top of page)

[team0]

Bobby,What was Glen Mcduffie's car number at pender county when he drove that "United Uniform" sponsored camaro out of Fayetteville? You posted a pic of him where he had spun out but i can't make out the number. (Picture at the top of page)It is kenny,i read the articles an thats Jimmy Edwards Jr doding him,you got good eye`s Kenny!!

[DoubleZero]

Glen McDuffie's Camaro at Pender Co.

[MBushee]

We won some races there in the 80s i loved the track dog leg on the front stretch was cool

[djSNUFFY]

The aerial in post #1 is not Pender...that is a horse ring measuring less than 0.15 miles. The Boggs article says Pender measuers 0.45 miles. Back to the search

[PRP]

Pender County Speedway was a neat little dirt track that had a trioval out in the country , alot of big named dirt drivers raced at the track when it was in its prime , Pender County is where I started my photography career in 1985 when Donald & Shirley Autry where the promoters at the time .

[DoubleZero]

That particular lay-out may be a horse ring, but the outline of a larger track can be seen surrounding the track-in-the-photo. At any rate, I'm confident the location is the same because I can rember the road leading to the track and it is the same as the photo. Also, the area was bulldozed some time ago, any photo will have to date from the '80's. This particular image was dated 1990, that's about as early as exists. When viewing this image on Terraserver, the Brickhouse air-strip is visible adjacent to the track, and I've flown into that airstrip, with my dad, to borrow some wheel spacers from Richard Brickhouse.

[djSNUFFY]

Double Zero someone on 4m sent me a pm calling this Pender County Speedway. He said there was racing there in the early 80's. Directions: from the intersection of NC133 & NC 210 travel East 1.2 miles to first right turn past Poplar Branch Rd. Turn right go .95 miles past small lake on the right,
Terraserver areial coords lon -77.95684 lat 34.40650. Track measures 3/8m trioval

If not Pender County then whats the right name?????

[DoubleZero]

dj, that's it, Good work!

[djSNUFFY]

I knew that the one at the horse barn could not be right...way way to small. As I said earlier I had a good tip..