Track profile: Everything to know about Florida’s New Smyrna Speedway

Clyde Hart and his family opened New Smyrna Speedway, titled Daytona Raceway at the time, as a dirt track in 1967. Six months later the track was paved, creating the popular Florida short track that today is loved by competitors across the country.

The pillar of New Smyrna Speedway's schedule is the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing, a multi-night event that welcomes racers from across the continent. Held for the first time in 1968, Tom Pistone from Chicago, Illinois, captured the inaugural championship.

The World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing is headlined each year by Super Late Models and Modifieds, but also features races for other divisons like Pro Late Models and 602 Modifieds as well as local divisions like Florida Modifieds and E-Mods. 

Still owned by the Hart family, New Smyrna Speedway is part of the NASCAR Weekly Series and hosts grassroots racing from January to November.

Each season New Smyrna Speedway hosts several major events. Included among them is the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season opener, which has been held each season at New Smyrna since 2022. 

Matt Hirschman won the inaugural NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour event at New Smyrna in 2022. Ron Silk has won the event twice and Patrick Emerling has one victory.

Other major events include the ASA STARS National Tour Clyde Hart Memorial, the Florida Governor's Cup 200 and the Red Eye 60/60.