SOUTH BOSTON, Va. — South Boston Speedway will celebrate its 65th season of racing in 2022 with a tentative 14-event schedule that will feature four special events and highlight the track’s four regular NASCAR racing divisions.
“The 2021 season has been great and we look forward to carrying that momentum into 2022 as we celebrate the speedway’s 65th anniversary,” said incoming South Boston Speedway General Manager Chase Brashears.
“We have a lot of special events and promotions planned throughout the 2022 season. We still have some finer details to iron out on a few of those, and we will release those details as we go through the offseason.”
The season will start on Saturday, March 19, featuring twin 65-lap races for the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Late Model Stock Car Division to kick off the celebration of the speedway’s 65th season. Races for the track’s Limited Sportsman Division, the Budweiser Pure Stock Division and the Budweiser Hornets Division are also slated for the season-opening event.
South Boston Speedway’s first three events of the season will be daytime events, with the track moving to night racing on the weekend of April 29-30.
The first of four special events will take place on Saturday, April 2 when the SMART Modified Tour returns for the second straight year.
Friday, April 29 and Saturday, April 30 features the second special event of the season and the first night races of the year. More details on this special event will be released soon.
South Boston Speedway will hold its pre-Fourth of July showcase event – the South Boston Late Model Stock Car 200 – on Saturday, July 2. Along with the 200-lap Late Model Stock Car Division race, the first race of the Virginia Late Model Triple Crown, fans will see the track’s Limited Sportsman Division, Budweiser Pure Stock Division and Budweiser Hornets Division competitors in action. A practice day and fan fest are slated for the day before on Friday, July 1.
The track officially celebrates its 65th anniversary on Saturday night, Aug. 6. As part of the 65th anniversary celebration event, fans will get a glimpse back in time as competitors in the Southern Ground Pounders Vintage Racing Club will hit the track in their Modified and Late Model Sportsman cars. Drivers in all four of the track’s regular NASCAR racing divisions will also be in action that night and there are many other special plans in the works to commemorate 65 years of racing at South Boston Speedway.
South Boston Speedway will close its season of NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series points races with Championship Night on Saturday, Sept. 3.
In another special event, the CARS Tour will return to South Boston Speedway on Saturday, Oct. 22.
The speedway also plans to host drifting and other events at points during the season. Details will be announced at a later date.