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Bristol Motor Speedway Dover Motor Speedway. This is a list of tracks which have hosted a NASCAR race from 1948 to present. Various forms of race track have been used throughout the history of NASCAR, including purpose-built race tracks such as Daytona International Speedway and temporary tracks such as the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
A. Ace Speedway; Air Base Speedway; Alaska Raceway Park; Albany-Saratoga Speedway; All American Speedway; Altamont Raceway Park; Ascot Park (speedway) Asheville–Weaverville Speedway
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC Sport Auto racing Category Stock car racing Sports car racing (IMSA) Abbreviation NASCAR Founded February 21, 1948 ; 76 years ago (1948-02-21) Affiliation ACCUS-FIA Headquarters Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. (main) Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. Concord, North Carolina, U.S. President Steve Phelps Peter Jung (Vice President, CMO) Chairman Jim ...
Person Image Role Notes Dale Earnhardt: Driver and owner: 7-time Cup drivers champion, 76 race wins, 281 top 5s, 428 top 10s, 22 poles, 1998 Daytona 500 winner, 3-time Coca-Cola 600 winner, 1995 Brickyard 400 winner, 3-time Southern 500 winner, 3-time All-Star Race winner, leads drivers in wins at Atlanta Motor Speedway (9) and Talladega Superspeedway (10), 1979 Rookie of the Year, founder of ...
NASCAR Late Models, Modifieds, Legends, Bandoleros Kalamazoo Speedway [21] Michigan Kalamazoo: 0.375 miles (0.604 km) Oval (asphalt) Outlaw Late Models, NASCAR Modifieds, Sportsmans, Pure Stocks, Cyber Stocks(6 cyl. Front Wheel Drive) Kentucky Motor Speedway (short track) [22] Kentucky Whitesville: 0.375 miles (0.604 km) Oval (asphalt)
The track was converted to a 0.250 mi (0.402 km) paved oval in 1957, when it began to be a NASCAR series track. The speedway was lengthened between the 1969 and 1970 seasons. The corners were cut down from 35 degrees to their present 18 degrees in 1972. The track was repaved between the 1995 and 1996 seasons. [citation needed]
It was the site of auto races for NASCAR's top series from 1951 through 1971. [1] For most of its history, the racing surface was dirt. The races in April and August 1970 were two of the final three NASCAR Grand National races ever held on a dirt track. [2] The track was paved before hosting its last two Grand National races in 1971. [3]
NASCAR teams compete in all three national NASCAR series: the Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and Craftsman Truck Series, as well as in all the regional touring series. A ...