Featured Spotlight AUTO RACING Hickory Motor Speedway to be repaved in June; track champ sweeps 2 at opening night jason.koon Mar 9, 2026 Mar 9, 2026 Updated Mar 16, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The track at Hickory Motor Speedway is getting an upgrade in June. kAm%96 2??@F?46>6?E H2D >256 $2EFC52J @? @A6?:?8 ?:89E E92E E96 EC24< H@F=5 36 C6A2G65] pDD:DE2?E >2?286C v:?2 $49:=5\z?@H=6D D2:5 E96 5C:G6CD H6C6 6I4:E65 E@ 962C E96 2??@F?46>6?E]k^AmkAm$96 D2:5 @A6?:?8 ?:89E :D E96 DE2CE @7 D@>6 ?6H >@>6?EF> 2E E96 EC24<] k^AmkAmQ{2DE ?:89EVD @A6?:?8 ?:89E H2D 2 8C62E ?:89E @7 C24:?8[Q D96 D2:5 $F?52J] Q(6 925 2 8C62E 4C@H5[ 8C62E C246CD 2?5 6G6? 36EE6C C24:?8]Qk^Am kAma_ad EC24< 492>A:@? |:4926= qF>82C?6C H@? 3@E9 C246D 96 6?E6C65] w6 42AA65 @77 E96 ?:89E 3J H:??:?8 E96 !2C2>@F?E q:8 `_ #246 ` AC6D6?E65 3J {62AuC@8 {2H?42C6] $2EFC52JVD C246 H2D 2 fd\=2A 6G6?E E92E D2H 9:> C:D6 E@ E96 E@A @7 E96 `d\5C:G6C 7:6=5] k^Am People are also reading… Highway patrol: Juvenile killed in McDowell County wreck while driving electric bike 12-year-old arrested in death of classmate who was hit in the head by a metal water bottle One person critically injured in Sunday crash involving bicycle in McDowell County Marion woman charged with starting wildfire in northern McDowell County Investigation continues into fatal wreck that killed juvenile on Sunday McDowell County women's powerlifter inducted into North Carolina hall of fame See events that will close Marion downtown streets this year, including Friday night concerts Marion, McDowell leaders seek public’s input on future of Drexel Heritage site Tanker truck crashed on I-40 at McDowell, Burke line; milk spills into creek NC high school senior accepted to 90+ colleges, received $5.3 million in scholarship offers ‘No kings’ rally in downtown Marion draws more than 275 people, organizers say McDowell County NC East Marion, Clinchfield, Stumptown homecoming to celebrate community McDowell County will help some households connect to county water This new spot in Marion is offering locally grown food and beer, run by farmers and a brewer Wildfire in northern McDowell County burns 420 acres, now 50% contained kAmt?EC:6D :?4=F565 C6EFC?6CD %9@>2D q62?6 Wa?5X[ r92C=:6 (2ED@? 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':4D 2?5 w6C:E286U?3DAju:?2?4:2= $EC66E $E@4<D H:== 2=D@ C246]k^Am Jason Koon is the Sports Editor for the Hickory Record and can be reached at jason.koon@lee.net. 0 Comments Love 0 Funny 0 Wow 0 Sad 0 Angry 0 Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. jason.koon Author email Follow jason.koon Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? 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McDowell County women's powerlifter inducted into North Carolina hall of fame Her gym currently has more active hall of fame members than any other powerlifting team in the Carolinas.
"Blowout crowd" highlights ARCA racing debut at Hickory Motor Speedway Assistant manager Gina Schild-Knowles said it was a fantastic night of racing that drew a "blowout crowd" to the track.Â
Transgender women athletes banned from Olympics by new IOC policy on female eligibility Transgender women athletes are now excluded from the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy that aligns with Trump's execut…
US routs Canada in Para ice hockey final to complete historic clean sweep The victory came three weeks after the United States beat Canada in the Olympic hockey finals.
