FloRacing To Broadcast All Marquee Races At Hickory Motor Speedway In 2023
FloRacing To Broadcast All Marquee Races At Hickory Motor Speedway In 2023
FloRacing will be the broadcast home for North Carolina's Hickory Motor Speedway once again in 2023.
Dubbed the "Birthplace of the NASCAR stars," Hickory Motor Speedway will once again welcome fans and competitors for three marquee events during the 2023 season.
The 0.363-mile asphalt oval in Hickory, North Carolina will host the second edition of the Jack Ingram Memorial on June 10, the Bobby Isaac Memorial on Sept. 2 and the Fall Brawl on Nov. 11.
Those events are part of a packed season-long schedule of NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series racing that will be available to watch live on FloRacing, the official streaming home of all NASCAR Roots properties.
The 2023 edition of the Jack Ingram Memorial will look to build off an incredible inaugural event last season that saw JR Motorsports NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Josh Berry triumph in the 111-lap main event for Late Model Stock Cars held in honor of NASCAR Hall of Famer Jack Ingram.
Limited Late Models, Street Stocks, Super Trucks and Renegades will also be in action live on FloRacing on June 10.
Another race held in honor of a NASCAR Hall of Famer, the Bobby Isaac Memorial takes center stage at Hickory Motor Speedway on Sept. 2. The race will be headlined by a 150-lap Late Model Stock Car race in addition to features for Limited Late Models, Street Stocks, Super Trucks and Pro Late Models.
Drivers such as Dale Jarrett, Jack Ingram, Tommy Houston, Bob Pressley, Robert Huffman, Dennis Setzer, Coleman Pressley, Berry, Sam Mayer and, most recently, Ryan Millington have taken home the checkered flag in the Bobby Isaac Memorial.
FloRacing will present live coverage of the Bobby Isaac Memorial on Sept. 2.
Finally, the racing season at Hickory Motor Speedway will end with a bang thanks to the annual running of the Fall Brawl on Nov. 11. Late Model Stock Cars will battle for 200 laps around Hickory’s historic confines.
Last year, Coleman Pressley, making his return to Hickory as a driver for the first time in several seasons, won his second Fall Brawl. Denny Hamlin, Rodney Childers, Ben Rhodes, Berry, Taylor Gray and Anthony Alfredo are just some of the previous Fall Brawl winners.
Limited Late Models, Pro Late Models and Street Stocks will also be part of the action during the Fall Brawl, which will be shown live on FloRacing on Nov. 11.
Hickory Motor Speedway has not yet announced purses or race day schedules for these events.
These three races are just a small part of a busy and exciting season of racing at Hickory that is already underway. Doug Barnes Jr. swept the season opening Twin 40s for the Late Model Stock Car class on March 4.
With an old and abrasive racing surface, Hickory’s 0.363-mile oval presents one of the Southeast’s stiffest challengers for racers. Featuring 14 degrees of banking in Turns 1-2 and 12 degrees of banking in Turns 3-4, the historic venue that first opened in 1951 continues to host some of the best racing in the region.
Fans can witness that racing for themselves on most Saturday nights through the rest of the season. More than 20 nights of racing are on the schedule at Hickory.