Others Uses

Other than being a host for Nascar races. The Occoneechee/Orange Speedway also hosted football games for Hillsboro High School, Orange High School Panthers and the Stanford Junior High Chargers. We hope in the future we are able to find historic photos and information that we can post on this website. Historic Speedway Group not only wants to help preserve the racing history at the track. But also for Orange High and Stanford Junior High Athletics that were played in the infield of Occoneechee/Orange Speedway. We encourage anybody that has any information pertaining to this please contact via email at:

As currently known the old wooden part of the scoreboard is still in the infield. Also both metal goal posts are there also. Albeit both are lying on the ground and are in state of disrepair. But with HSG determination we want to preserve anything and everything that pertains to Occoneechee/Orange Speedway.

Buck Baker

Buck Baker was born on March 4, 1919 in Richburg, SC. Buck entered his first race in 1939. He started his Grand National career in 1949 at Charlotte Speedway. He would go on to win his first time in 1952 at Columbia Speedway in South Carolina. Later that same year he took the 1952 Nascar Speedway Division Championship. In 1956 and 1957 he was Nascar’s first back to back championship winner in the Grand National division. He would go on to win 46 total career wins in that division. He collected his last win at the 1964 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. At Occoneechee/Orange Speedway he would collect 3 total wins. Buck finished his career with his final race at the 1976 National 500. Buck Baker died on April 14, 2002 in Charlotte, NC.

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