Greenville Pickens Speedway Listed for Sale, Redevelopment

Greenville Pickens Speedway in Easley, South Carolina is the next short track seemingly destined to become a lost speedway.

A listing for the property is pitching the land to become a 110,000 square foot building on a 305-acre industrial complex. They’re calling it Speedway Industrial Park. A report in the Greenville Journal states that the property is being shopped by land acquisitions and sales broker Stan Tzouvelekas, who is also a Greenville County councilman, on behalf of owner Kevin Whitaker.

The track has been owned by Whitaker since 2003. Neither Whitaker nor Tzouvelekas are responding to requests for comment on the matter. An asking price has not been listed.

Greenville Pickens is one of the most historically significant tracks in both NASCAR and short track history. It opened in 1940 as a half-mile dirt track and was paved as a half-mile in 1970. It has hosted 28 races on what is now the NASCAR Cup Series from 1955 to 1971. The April 10, 1971 race was the first ever aired flag-to-flag on television via ABC’s Wide World of Sports.

In recent years, it has played host to touring series such as NASCAR’s East division, CARS Tour and ASA Southern Super Series. It also hosts the Upper South Carolina State Fair and the Upstate Holiday Lights Show.

The current lease holder is Anthony Anders, who is also the 2013 and 2014 NASCAR Weekly Series National Champion, who has also raced at the track since the 1990s.

One glimmer of hope is that there is at least one site rendering that protects the speedway but most do not include the track remaining as is.

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