Modoc Speedway was built in October of 1983 by Talmadge Bussey as a 4/10 oval mile dirt track. Modoc Speedway opened in June of 1984 for its first race. Talmadge operated the speedway as the owner/promoter for two years 1984 and 1985. Soon there after Johnny Anderson became the first promoter of the speedway. Gene Thomas was the first flagman, with the assistance of Fred Harper who came back to help out last year, 2007, when a fill in flagman was needed. Jim Swearingen became the announcer in 1985 until around 1988 or 1989. Modoc started out those first two seasons racing on Friday nights and Sunday afternoons. During those two years Talmadge hosted several enduros, events for kids, and had a regular "Powder Puff" class for the ladies to race. The first opening night of racing at Modoc featured 16 late models, super late models of the time, with Bill "The Spiderman" Morgan winning that first late model race. In 1986, Talmadge leased Modoc Speedway to KWK Enterprises. At this time racing at Modoc was switched to Saturday nights. At the end of the 1986 season in December, Talmadge sold Modoc Speedway. Some time after 1986 the track was leased by Don and Joe Adams of Belvedere, SC. At that time the promoter was Wayne Parrish of Gaffney, SC. It is not yet known what happened during the next three to four years.

Modoc Speedway raced until the mid 90's. Evidence in the Articles and Photo links above shows racing all the way until 1993 with the likes of Ernest Stifle winning the Sportsman Championship taking 10 of the 11 events, with seven wins in a row.

The track closed due to ownership problems and laid dormant for nearly 10 years. The track was re-done and the pits were moved from in the middle of the track to the outside of turns 1 & 2 in 2001, and Modoc Speedway was re-opened in 2002 and ran by Terry Odom. In December of 2005 the track was bought by Larry Moore & Brian Stewart. Tony Friar became the promoter in April of 2006 till the end of 2007. In January of 2008 Chris Henry and Robert Conley promoted Modoc Speedway for one year.

At the end of the 2008 season Brian Stewart the current owner of Modoc Speedway took over as promoter and began the journey to put Modoc Speedway back on the map. Mr. Stewart widened the racing surface and decrease the banking as well as brought in new clay. This provided for better racing and more passing. Brian is the current owner/promoter and has the 2009 season under way. The 2009 season was opened up with the first ever running of the Modoc 100 for Crate Late Models sanctioned by Fastrak Racing Series. This event was a historical weekend marking the most amount of people ever in attendance as well as the most late models ever at the facility for a single event (67).

A special thanks goes out to:

- James Stapleton

 - Kenny Mckie

- Gordon Powell

- The Greg Parks Racing Team

- Brian Stewart

- Lori Steifle

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