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0.533 miles (0.858 km) dirt 2000, 2021-2023 2021-First dirt race for NASCAR Cup Series since 1971. California State Fairgrounds Race Track: Sacramento: California: 1 mile (1.6 km) rice hulls / dirt 1907-1970 AAA / USAC Champ Cars (1949-1970) NASCAR Cup Series (1956-1961) Charlotte Speedway: Charlotte: North Carolina: 0.750 miles (1.207 km) clay ...
Grandview Speedway is a one third-mile automobile race track located just east of Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania, United States. [2] Featuring moderately high banks and a wide racing surface, it is suitable for close racing and passing. The track is sanctioned by NASCAR in the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series. [3]
Its first event was February 9 and 10, but the event was prematurely canceled on the 10th due to weather. [13] A make-up event was rescheduled for a Sunday run on October 20, 2013. [14] The ARCA series also made a return to the oval, making it the first racing event held on the oval since the new ownership in 2011. [15]
The event runs Jan. 6-7, 10, 12-14 at Vado Speedway Park with racing starting at 5 p.m. or 6 p.m. depending on the night. For complete event schedules go to vadospeedwaypark.com .
In the beginning of dirt track racing small numbers of cars would gather at a horse racing oval. [2] [page needed] The first dirt race was held in 1876 in Cranston, Rhode Island and was made up of 8 vehicles, most who were gasoline powered, however the victor was a man named Whiting who had an electric powered vehicle. [2]
World Racing Group, Inc. (WRG) is a licensing, sanctioning and promotional organization aligned with oval dirt track auto racing. Through its World of Outlaws and DIRTcar brands, WRG supports individual races and racetracks, and also operates national touring series.
The organizations secretary, Benny Corbin, designed the half-mile dirt oval with 13 degree banks and construction was completed by the East Coast Paving Company out of Palatka. [1] After months of delays, leadership of Auto Racing Enterprises, Inc., shifted to Dan Epps and the track held its first event on April 23, 1967.
Dirt track racing is a form of motorsport held on clay or dirt surfaced banked oval racetracks. Dirt track racing started in the United States before World War I and became widespread during the 1920s and 1930s using both automobiles and motorcycles, spreading throughout Japan and often running on horse racing tracks.