Top Story Spotlight HICKORY MOTOR SPEEDWAY Hickory Motor Speedway returns for 2026 season with new TriState challenge jason.koon Mar 4, 2026 Mar 4, 2026 Updated Mar 15, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NASCAR racing action will return to Hickory Motor Speedway on March 7 as the season cranks up for the 2026 season.kAm%96 D62D@? H:== DE2CE $2EFC52J H:E9 E96 7:CDE :?DE2==>6?E @7 E96 }p$rp# {@42= #24:?8 $6C:6D A@H6C65 3J ~’#6:==J pFE@ !2CED] %96 8C2?5DE2?5D H:== @A6? 2E c A]>] 2?5 C24:?8 H:== 368:? 2E dib_ A]>] |2C49 f :D 2 q:8 `_ C246[ H9:49 H:== 36 2 fd\=2A 6G6?E E9:D D62D@?] ~E96C =@42= C24:?8 ?:89ED H:== <66A E96 5F2= c_\=2A 7@C>2E]k^AmkAmxE’D E96 368:??:?8 @7 2 D62D@? A24<65 H:E9 DA64:2= 6G6?ED] %96 7:CDE H:== E2<6 A=246 E96 ?6IE H66<6?5 W|2C49 `b 2?5 `cX H:E9 E96 !C@ p== $E2C $6C:6D t2DE6C qF??J a__] %96 C246 H:== 762EFC6 2 Scc[_fd AFCD6 H:E9 2? 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