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Batavia Downs is a harness racing track and casino in Batavia, New York. It is located in Genesee County between Buffalo and Rochester just off of the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90). It opened on September 20, 1940, and is the oldest lighted harness racetrack in the United States. The track is exactly .5 miles (0.80 km) long.
On September 30, 2020, Speedway Motorsports announced Kentucky would lose its Cup race and the event be moved back to Atlanta, to be held July 11, 2021. [2] The race will only be 260 laps (400.4 miles), owing to Shell's prior sponsorship agreements and the first since 1966 to be held at the track at 400.4 miles (644.4 km).
The Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart, commonly known as simply the Quaker State 400, was a 400.5-mile (644.5 km) annual NASCAR Cup Series race held at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky. The inaugural event was held on July 9, 2011, and was won by Kyle Busch .
Kentucky Speedway last hosted a NASCAR race in 2020. ... The track has been unused for racing after it was left off the 2021 NASCAR schedule and its vast parking spaces are now being utilized by ...
In 2024 speedway competitions are scheduled to be held in 4 continents. FIM is the governing body of speedway sport. Five variants of the speedway sport are held around the world: speedway , long track , flat track , grasstrack and ice speedway .
Batavia Race 10 mi (16 km) Batavia Fairgrounds: Batavia, New York: Dirt Oval Big Car Bill Holland: 36 August 11 Bedford Race 10 mi (16 km) Bedford Speedway: Bedford, Pennsylvania: Dirt Oval Big Car Ted Horn: 37 August 11 Langhorne Race 20 mi (32 km) Langhorne Speedway: Langhorne, Pennsylvania: Dirt Oval Big Car George Robson: 38 August 11 ...
Kentucky Motor Speedway hosted 2 NASCAR Southeast Series races in 2003 in the 3/8-mile short track layout. The track hosts weekly races of all that divisions: Sportsman Division, super streets, pure stock, mini mods, mini stocks, stock cars and scrappers. The facility was idle from 2005 to 2008 due to bankruptcy issues before officially ...
On May 22, 2008, SMI announced it had purchased Kentucky Speedway from Kentucky Speedway, LLC. The track had been trying to secure a NASCAR Sprint Cup race for several years. [7] SMI was finally victorious in their pursuit, with Kentucky Speedway receiving its inaugural Sprint Cup race on July 9, 2011. [8]