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Although a quarter mile (1320 feet, 402 m) is the best known measure for a drag track, many tracks are eighth mile (201 m) tracks, and the premiere classes will run 1,000 foot (304.8 m) races. The race is begun from a standing start which allows three factors to affect the outcome of the race: reaction time, power/weight ratio, and traction.
The now defunct Ascot Speedway featured 1/2 mile and 1/4 mile dirt oval tracks, and Irwindale Speedway features 1/2 mile and 1/3 mile concentric paved oval tracks. Pocono Raceway once had a 3/4 mile oval which connected to the main stretch, and circled around the garage area.
The track opened in 1948 and continued with a clay surface through the 1973 season. When it opened for the 1974 season on June 2, track promoter Rollie Heder had the track converted from a flat 1/5 mile dirt track to a 1/4 mile high-banked asphalt track. [3] The track hosted modified and sportsman classes on the new surface. [3]
Half-mile track closed at some point. A 1/4-mile dirt track was built at the same spot to hold local races. Coastal Speedway 0.500-mile dirt oval Myrtle Beach, South Carolina: 1956–1957 Replaced by Myrtle Beach Speedway. Now a commercial district. Columbia Speedway: 0.500-mile dirt oval Columbia, South Carolina: Arclite 200 (1962)
Charlotte Motor Speedway (CMS) in its current form is measured at 1.5 miles (2.4 km), with 24 degrees of banking in the turns and five degrees of banking on the track's frontstretch and backstretch. [1] Within the main track's frontstretch, there is a 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.40 km) oval that was built in 1991 and is primarily used for legends car ...
Nearly all tracks are oval and less than 1-mile (1.6 km) in length with most being 1 ⁄ 2 mile (800 m) or less. The most common increments in the U.S. are 1 ⁄ 2 mile (800 m), 3 ⁄ 8 mile (600 m), 1 ⁄ 3 mile (540 m), 1 ⁄ 4 mile (400 m), and 1 ⁄ 8 mile (200 m). With the longer tracks, the race cars achieve higher speeds up to 160 mph ...
1/4 mile NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series: Green Mountain Raceway: Milton: Vermont: 1962-1972 Asphalt 1/4 Mile Green Valley Raceway: North Richland Hills: Texas: 1963-1984 Asphalt 1/4 Mile Kansas City International Raceway: Kansas City: Missouri: 1967-2011 Asphalt 1/4 Mile Memphis International Raceway: Millington: Tennessee: 1987 Concrete ...
0.750 miles (1.207 km) clay 1949-1956 NASCAR Cup Series (1950-1956) The Dirt Track at Charlotte: Concord: North Carolina: 0.400 miles (0.644 km) clay 2000 World of Outlaws (2000-present) Super DIRTcar Series (2010-present) American Flat Track: DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack: Du Quoin: Illinois: 1 mile (1.6 km) ground dirt 1946