"A four-tenths-mile Alamance County oval that opened as a dirt track in 1956 — and in May 2026 became the site of the first weekend sweep in CARS Tour history, when Kaden Honeycutt won both features in a single night."
Location: Altamahaw, NC (Alamance County) Track Type: Paved oval Length: 0.400 miles Surface: Asphalt Banking: Turns 12° / Straightaways 10° Capacity: 5,000 Opened: 1956 (dirt) · Paved 1990 Owner: David Morton (since 1999)
Overview
Ace Speedway is a four-tenths-mile asphalt oval in Altamahaw, North Carolina, in Alamance County between Burlington and Elon. With 12-degree corners and 10-degree straights it is a quick, grippy short track that runs a weekly Friday-night program of Late Models, modifieds, and support divisions, and it has been a regular stop on the zMAX CARS Tour Presented by SoundGear for years.
History
The track was built by Roy Maddren and opened in 1956 as Southern Speedway, a one-third-mile dirt oval. It was expanded to a 0.375-mile dirt track in 1984, then paved in 1990 under the ownership of Fred and Jim Turner as a NASCAR Winston Racing Series member track. In 1999 the facility was re-expanded to its current 0.400-mile paved configuration under owner David Morton, with new bleachers and an enlarged pit area. The CARS Tour has visited across 2000–2005, 2011–2012, and every season since 2018.
The 2026 CARS Tour Race (May 9)
Ace hosted the Accelerated Graphics 250 presented by Larry Walker & Sons Body Shop, a Late Model Stock and Pro Late Model doubleheader — and it produced history. Kaden Honeycutt swept both features to become the first driver ever to pull off a weekend sweep in CARS Tour competition. It capped a four-win weekend across four disciplines: Honeycutt had won the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and ARCA Menards Series races at Watkins Glen the day before, then flew back to North Carolina for the Ace doubleheader.
In the Pro Late Model feature, Honeycutt won from the pole in the JC Motorsports No. 54, holding off Jake Johnson and Treyten Lapcevich over a series of late restarts. In the Late Model Stock feature, he drove Tom Usry Racing's No. 17 past polesitter London McKenzie with 75 laps to go for his fifth career CARS Tour Late Model Stock win. Lapcevich finished second, and Caden Kvapil came home third to claim a $10,000 Flodium segment bonus while protecting his Late Model Stock points lead.