The old dirt track known as Dillon Raceway used to be the place to be so many years ago. Now, starting in April, on the same site, the brand new Dillon Motor Speedway will be the new place in South Carolina to go.
Spearheaded by former NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Ron Barfield and his partner Stuart Jackson (an Englishman with an impressive European racing resume), Dillon Motor Speedway (DMS) is quickly rising from the weeds of the former dirt track.
“This facility was sitting closed for more than 30 years and there wasn’t much left but the clay from the original track, ” said Barfield, president of Dillon Motor Speedway. “It was a shame as my dad used to race here and my grandparents watched from the grandstands. This area needed a new racetrack and this will be one of the first new tracks to be built since the early 1980s. And since the new oval will sit where the old one once was we feel like we are able to stay in touch with the history of all the drivers that raced here. ”
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