Middle Georgia Raceway
| Location | Byron, Georgia, United States |
|---|---|
| Time zone | EST/EDT (-0500/-0400) |
| Coordinates | 32°40′8.00″N 83°42′45.93″W / 32.6688889°N 83.7127583°WCoordinates: 32°40′8.00″N 83°42′45.93″W / 32.6688889°N 83.7127583°W |
| Owner | Thornton Realty Company |
| Opened | 1966 |
| Closed | c.1986 |
| Construction cost | $500,000 |
| Major events | NASCAR |
| Oval | |
| Surface | Paved |
| Length | .548 mi |
| Turns | 4 |
The Middle Georgia Raceway was a raceway located in Byron, Georgia, in the United States. Nine NASCAR Grand National (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) races were held at the track between 1966 and 1971. Richard Petty won four races, Bobby Allison won three, and David Pearson and Bobby Isaac each earned one victory.
Opened in 1966 at a cost of $500,000, the first race, the Speedy Morelock 200 NASCAR Grand National stock car race, became the location of a speed record when Richard Petty broke the half-mile NASCAR record for half-mile tracks with an average speed of 82.023 miles per hour during the 100-mile (160 km) event. The next year, federal agents discovered a moonshine distillery in an underground bunker at turn three. Petty returned to win the 150-mile (240 km) NASCAR race during the following season.
NASCAR began its 1968 season at the track. LeeRoy Yarbrough sat on the pole position and Bobby Allison won the 267-mile (430 km) race. Later that year, David Pearson won a 150-mile (240 km) race from the pole. NASCAR's 1969 season again began at the track. Pearson qualified on the pole and Petty won his third race at the track. He covered the 250 miles (400 km) with a speed of 85.121 miles per hour (136.989 km/h) which was the fastest in the track's NASCAR history. In the middle of the season, Bobby Isaac won the second of the three NASCAR races held at the track in a 300 lap event. He beat by pole-sitter Pearson by 4 seconds and they were the only two cars on the lead lap. The final race was held near the end of the year. Isaac sat on the pole after recording a 98.148-mile-per-hour (157.954 km/h) lap, which was the fastest in the track's history. Allison won the 274-mile (441 km) event in a 1969 Dodge.
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