Star Speedway opened in 1966, having been primarily built by Charlie Elliot, a contractor, restaurant owner, and car enthusiast from nearby Dover, New Hampshire. The prior year, Elliot had gone into business with Kendall C. Smith and local journalist Russ Conway to build a race track on what had formerly been Star Brick Yard in Epping, New Hampshire. Elliot, Smith, and Conway sold their interests in the track by late 1983, when they purchased Lee Raceway (later known as Lee USA Speedway) in nearby Lee, New Hampshire.
The track has a long history of notable drivers, highlighted by Ollie Silva, a modified and supermodified standout who won feature races from Canada to Florida with less-than-top equipment. In the 1970s, Star Speedway hosted modified and supermodified races weekly, and Silva’s battles with “Big Daddy” Don McLaren, Eddie West, Jim Cheney, Dick Batchelder, and Paul Richardson provided fans with great thrills and memories.[citation needed] The speedway also held promotional races featuring some Boston Bruins players. It even hosted what was then thought to be the heaviest wedding cake in history, tipping the scales at over 700 pounds (320 kg).[citation needed]
Star Speedway hosted one NASCAR North Tour race in 1985. The track hosted 20 NASCAR Busch North Series events between 1987 and 2001, and four NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour events between 1985 and 1990.
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