Stronger Together
Sanctioning Bodies
Organization that creates, enforces and oversees rules, safety standards and technical regulations for motorsports series and competitions.
Race Teams
Complex organization of specialized personnel and resources that build, maintain and operate race cars in competition. North Carolina is home to more professional and recreational race teams than any other state.
TRACKS & VENUES
North Carolina is home to more than 50 purpose-built race tracks hosting a variety of competitions. Whether they are asphalt ovals, road circuits, dirt ovals, or drag strips, the state is home to the best collection of venues in the country.
SUPPLIERS
North Carolina is the proud home of hundreds of suppliers that provide goods, components, services and raw materials to race teams, tracks and sanctioning bodies across the country and around the world.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
The motorsports industry requires expertise-based services and support, and North Carolina is home to numerous professional organizations that provide knowledge, training, and consulting to the ecosystem. Popular categories include finance, legal, commercial real estate, marketing, event operations, and mass media.
EDUCATION
The future of the motorsports industry is evident today in colleges, universities, and trade schools across the state, with thousands of students annually pursuing degrees and certifications in disciplines essential to the next generation of motorsports.
North Carolina: A Global Motorsports Industry Cluster
Motorsports in North Carolina isn’t just an industry; it’s a fully realized economic cluster with a competitive advantage.
An industry cluster forms when companies, suppliers, talent, and institutions operate together in proximity, creating shared strengths, innovation, and long-term growth. Few places in the country embody this concept more than North Carolina’s motorsports ecosystem.
Here, race teams, manufacturers, engineers, fabricators, technology firms, logistics providers, marketing agencies, and professional services companies operate side by side, competing on the track while collaborating behind the scenes. The result is an unrivaled concentration of expertise and innovation that fuels both performance and business success.
Why North Carolina Wins
North Carolina is home to American motorsports. It is where:
- Core technologies are developed.
- Specialized skills are refined.
- The most productive motorsports jobs are created.
- Innovation is accelerated through proximity and collaboration.
Teams and companies draw from a shared, highly specialized workforce, access integrated supply chains, and benefit from infrastructure that supports rapid iteration and continuous improvement. This environment allows motorsports businesses not just to compete, but to thrive.
A Self-Reinforcing Ecosystem
Motorsports companies in North Carolina are connected through:
- Buyer–supplier relationships that shorten timelines and increase efficiency.
- Competitive and collaborative relationships that raise performance standards.
- Shared resources, including talent, materials, technology, and facilities.
These relationships strengthen the entire ecosystem. When one company innovates, the ripple effect elevates the cluster as a whole.
Sustaining the Competitive Advantage
Long-term success requires more than heritage; it requires forward momentum. North Carolina’s motorsports cluster thrives because it continually invests in:
- A skilled, adaptable workforce.
- Emerging technologies and advanced manufacturing.
- Access to capital and reinvestment in the region.
- Infrastructure that supports speed, scale, and growth.
- A regulatory environment that balances business needs with innovation.
This is how competitive advantage is created and sustained.
NCMA’s Role
The North Carolina Motorsports Association (NCMA) exists to protect, promote, and grow this industry cluster.
NCMA serves as the connective tissue of the motorsports ecosystem, advocating for smart policy, strengthening industry relationships, supporting workforce development, and ensuring North Carolina remains the undisputed home of motorsports.
Because when motorsports succeed in North Carolina, the entire state wins. We are where motorsports mean business!
