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Dominion Raceway [2] is a motorsport complex currently operating in Thornburg, Virginia. The facility includes 0.400 mi (0.644 km) oval track, a 2.000 mi (3.219 km) road course, and a 0.125 mi (0.201 km) drag strip. The track hosts [3] NASCAR, SCCA, and Superkart events along with amateur road course and street racing events.
Hornets; mini cup, sprints, legends, focus midgets, figure 8, trains, trailer races, demolition derby, monster trucks, stock cars, modifieds, truck, pro 4's, super modifieds also connected is Drag Racing 1/4 mile and a MX Race track Shenandoah Speedway: Virginia Shenandoah: 0.375 miles (0.604 km) Oval (asphalt)
Bristol Motor Speedway, a short oval (2008) A short track is an oval track less than one mile (1.6 km) long, with the majority being 0.5 miles (0.8 km) or shorter. Drivers seeking careers in oval track racing generally serve their apprenticeship on short tracks before moving up to series which compete on larger tracks.
Dirt track racing is the single most common form of auto racing in the United States. According to the National Speedway Directory, there are over 700 dirt oval tracks in operation in the US. [1] The composition of the dirt on tracks has an effect on the amount of grip available. Many tracks use clay with a specific mixture of dirt.
Dog Track Speedway 0.250-mile dirt oval Moyock, North Carolina: 1962–1963 Paved and lengthened in 1964, closed c. 1974. Eldora Speedway: 0.500-mile (0.805 km) dirt oval New Weston, Ohio: Eldora Dirt Derby: 2013–2019 (Trucks) Track still active, no race in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Did not return to racing in 2021, but continues ...
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 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.
Qlispé Raceway Park (formerly the Spokane County Raceway) is a multi-venue motorsport facility in the western United States, in Spokane County, Washington. [1]Located northeast of Airway Heights and west of the city of Spokane, it includes a 0.250 mi (0.402 km) drag strip, a 2.300 mi (3.701 km) road course, and a 0.500 mi (0.805 km) oval track.