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Dirt track racing is the single most common form of auto racing in the United States. According to the National Speedway Directory, there are over 700 dirt oval tracks in operation in the US. [1] The composition of the dirt on tracks has an effect on the amount of grip available. Many tracks use clay with a specific mixture of dirt.
Colorado National Speedway is a paved oval in Dacono, Colorado, spanning 0.375 mi (0.604 km).The track is currently a member of the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series and hosts the ARCA Menards Series West (former NASCAR K&N Pro Series West), the King of the Wing Sprint Car Series, and the North American Big Rig Racing Series annually.
Oval (asphalt) 2006 Langhorne Speedway: Pennsylvania: Middletown Township: 1.0 mile (1.6 km) Oval (asphalt) 1971 Little Egypt Kart Raceway Park: Vermont: Lyndon: 0.20 miles (0.32 km) Oval (asphalt) 2001 Louisville Motor Speedway
Oval track racing is a form of motorsport that is contested on an oval-shaped race track. An oval track differs from a road course in that the layout resembles an oval with turns in only one direction, and the direction of traffic is almost universally counter-clockwise. Oval tracks are dedicated motorsport circuits, used predominantly in the ...
Racing in the Pikes Peak Region included 19th century horse tracks (e.g., to the west of Colorado Springs' Palmer House along Fountain Creek by 1882 [4] and to the north by 1903, the "Roswell Racing Park"), [5] and the annual Pikes Peak International Hill Climb started in 1916 on the 1915 Pikes Peak Highway.
0.500-mile dirt oval Winston-Salem, North Carolina: 1955 Auto racing discontinued after 1963. Ft. Miami Speedway 0.500-mile dirt oval Toledo, Ohio: 1951–1952 Shortened to 0.375-mile length in 1957; closed after 1958. Grand Rapids Speedrome 0.500-mile dirt oval Grand Rapids, Michigan: 1951 1954 Closed in 1966 to make way for U.S. Route 131. [15]
An oval is an oval-shaped racing facility. A road course is a permanent motor racetrack, too, but features both left and right turns. A street circuit is composed of temporarily closed-off public roads or airport runways. A combined road course is a racing facility that features a road course that is linked to the oval track.
Continental Divide Raceways was a race track located in Castle Rock, Colorado, about 30-mile (48 km) south of Denver.Built in 1959, it featured a 2.8-mile (4.5 km) road course, half-mile (.805 km) oval, and 4,200-foot (1,300 m) drag strip.