Track guide
Hickory Motor Speedway
Opened 1951
- Length
- 0.363 miles
- Surface & layout
- Asphalt oval
- Location
- Newton, NC
- Banking
- 14° in turns 1–2; 12° in turns 3–4; 8° on the straights
Hickory’s 0.363-mile oval has different banking at each end: 14 degrees in the first two turns and 12 in the last two. The Cook Out 200 brought the ARCA East Series here for the first time in March 2026.
Originally a dirt oval, Hickory was paved in 1967 and took its current shorter form in 1970.
Where to watch
Coverage
Carried on
As ofARCA Menards Series 2026 broadcast schedule
At the track
Race weekend
Race report
Connor Hall qualified fourth and finished 15th in the No. 24 Sigma Performance Services Chevrolet in the inaugural ARCA East Cook Out 200. His best qualifying lap was 15.228 seconds. The official result credits Hall with 182 of the 200 laps on Hickory’s 0.363-mile oval, leaving him 18 laps behind winner Tristan McKee.
- Laps completed
- 182
- SPS car
- No. 24 Chevrolet
SPS entries
- No. 24Connor Hall
Finishing position
Result
P15
Started P4 · Official