The track in its current form is measured at 0.5 mi (0.80 km), with 5 degrees of banking in the turns. Prior to 1970, the track had a dirt surface. Greenville-Pickens Speedway is served by U.S. Route 123 and South Carolina Highway 124. As of 1996, the track had a capacity of "between 9,000 and 10,000" according to The Greenville News. The track's retaining walls feature the names of previous track champions as decoration.
On June 4, 1946, the Associated Press reported that auto racing promoter Bill France Sr. announced plans to host an auto racing and horse racing program in Greenville, South Carolina, on a dirt track built and financed by Bob Willimon. The speedway opened as scheduled on July 4, with driver Ed Samples winning the first auto race. In 1947, Willimon sold controlling interest of the track to John H. Holcombe and Buddy Davenport. After five years under this group's control, the track closed for almost two years after the end of the 1952 racing season, reopening in 1954 under promoter W. A. McFalls for motorcycle racing. A year later, a new lighting system was installed under promoter Joe Bailey. On October 6, the first NASCAR Cup Series race was run at the facility, with Bob Flock winning the event.
In December 1955, the speedway was bought by Pete Blackwell and Tom Blackwell, who owned it until 2003. In 1970, Greenville-Pickens Speedway was paved after 25 racing seasons on a dirt surface. A year later, the track hosted the first flag-to-flag NASCAR Cup Series race broadcast on national television, broadcasting the 1971 Greenville 200 on ABC's Wide World of Sports. After the 1982 racing season, the Blackwells sold off the facility to firm Jarvis–Landry Associates but repurchased it two years later. In 2003, Tom Blackwell sold the speedway to Kevin Whitaker, a Greenville car dealer. Blackwell stayed as the general manager and promoter, and the facility hosted a Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150 race annually from 2006 to 2017 as part of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. Blackwell died in 2010.
In January 2023, The State reported that the track faced an uncertain near future, with no racing events scheduled for the 2023 racing season. Two months later, real estate company RealtyLink acquired a contract to purchase the track. In November 2023, RealtyLink's plans to start construction on a 289-acre (117 ha) industrial park around the speedway were approved. In January 2025, the third phase of construction, to include the demolition of the speedway, was denied by the Pickens County Planning Commission. As of March 2025, the track was said to have purchase offers of approximately $3 million. On April 4, 2026, a "Save the Speedway" rally was held at District Park in Easley, featuring gubernatorial candidate Alan Wilson as a speaker.
Greenville-Pickens Speedway formerly held at least one NASCAR Cup Series race in two separate periods: from 1955 to 1956 and from 1958 to 1971. The track has also held NASCAR Weekly Racing Series races since 1952 across multiple divisions. The track formerly held CARS Tour races on multiple occasions from 1999 to 2000, 2005, 2010, 2016, and 2020 to 2022. Since 1964, the track has held the Upper South Carolina State Fair.
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