Just off Highway 49 is a small facility that features a tight quarter mile track. On the track and in the pits are a variety of cars and a community that shares a love and thrill for racing. Racing, almost like a family heirloom, is instinctively passed down from generation to generation of drivers.
The Hattiesburg Speedway opened in 1978, and current owners Ronald and Kellie Parker have owned the track for five seasons.
Racers age from 16 to 73 travel from Arkansas, Texas, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana and throughout Mississippi to compete in the Hattiesburg Speedway’s 7th annual Curtis Burns race on Sept.