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Virginia Motorsports Park (VMP) is a 1/4 mile (0.402 km) dragstrip in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, just outside of Petersburg. [1] It opened in 1994 and originally hosted the NHRA's Virginia NHRA Nationals. It has a seating capacity of 23,000 spectators. After a brief time with IHRA beginning in 2010, the track returned to NHRA in 2012.
New England Dragway Epping, NH FOX N/A [a] June 6–8 Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals Bristol Dragway Bristol, TN FS1 June 20–22 Virginia NHRA Nationals Virginia Motorsports Park Dinwiddie, VA TBA N/A [a] June 26–29 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals PSCO : Summit Motorsports Park Norwalk, OH FOX July 18–20
The NHRA announced on March 10, 2024 that the planned Odessa round will not take place in 2024 because the drag strip, which during development was called the new Kansas City International Raceway and later Central Power Raceway, is still under construction. [7] That circuit opened April 11, 2024 for competition.
John Force's car exploded at the finish line during eliminations at an NHRA event Sunday afternoon. The cause of the explosion has not been released.
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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
The speedway featured banked, paved 1 ⁄ 2 - and 1 ⁄ 3-mile oval tracks and a 1 ⁄ 8-mile drag strip. The property was primarily used for NASCAR races such as ARCA Menards Series West and Whelen All-American Series events. In late 2011, NASCAR announced it was dropping Toyota Speedway from its schedule.
Palm Beach County is interested in leasing 128 acres at 20-Mile Bend to a developer to build a course for drag racing, off-highway vehicles or both.