Metrolina Speedway, also known as Charlotte Fairground Speedway, opened in 1968 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The track was a 0.5-mile banked clay oval that primarily ran races on Friday evenings. In an effort to cater to NASCAR racing, the speedway was paved for a short period of time in the 1970s. Paving the track and attracting more popular racers in NASCAR failed to draw larger crowds. The track returned to its clay surface and racing continued until mid-1998 when it was ultimately closed. In 2009, plans were announced to reopen the track as the Metrolina Speed and Sport Center, but the speedway was not renovated. While defunct, Metrolina Speedway is the only closed speedway in Charlotte still in existence.