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Lucas Oil Speedway is a motorsports racing facility located at the intersection of U.S. Route 54 and Missouri Route 83, in Wheatland, Missouri. [1] Its primary circuit is a dirt track banked oval motorsport race track . [ 1 ]
The two drag strips on the property are officially closed. The park no longer hosts drag racing events of any type. The 1/8-mile track was the host of junior dragsters and "trophy" classes. The 1/4-mile track was the host of everything from street-driven vehicles to the quickest in the sport, the top fuel dragsters.
The track was known as Lucas Oil Raceway from 2011 to 2021. In 1958, 15 Indianapolis-area businessmen and racing professionals led by Tom Binford, Frank Dickie, Rodger Ward, and Howard Fieber invested $5,000 each to fund the development of a 267-acre (108 ha) farm tract into a recreational sporting complex that would focus on auto racing. The ...
Before the 1999 racing season, Gateway installed the now-named Wallace Grandstand in turns 1 & 2 of the oval track to increase seating capacity. The grandstand is named in honor of the Wallace family's trio of racing brothers who were born and raised in the St. Louis region—Rusty, Mike, and Kenny.
The 2021 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series is the 16th season of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, a national touring series for dirt late models owned & operated by Lucas Oil. The series began with the General Tire Winter Nationals at All-Tech Raceway on January 22, and ended with the Dirt Track World Championship at Portsmouth Raceway Park ...
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The 2009 racing season was the first for the 2.500 mi (4.023 km) course which was completed in the 2008 summer. Turn 1 on the 2.500 mi (4.023 km) Competition Road Course is the same as Turn 1 on the three-mile road course. Turn 1 is a narrow but very high-speed banked right-hand 60-degree turn, which is intended be taken flat out by all vehicles.