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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.
It is the only series that races on dirt tracks. The track sizes range between (approximately) one-eighth-mile to one-quarter-mile. The Speedway Dirt Series has been WKA's best attended series throughout the 2000s; although, recently entry numbers have dropped off due to a difficult economy and the WKA treating the dirt oval racers poorly.
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.
The track reopened January 2016 and features "arrive and drive" karting, as well as hosting oval track (legends series), and drift events. In 2021, the Lanier Raceplex functioned as an arrive and drive go-kart track and is hosted a four-race legends car series in July that was broadcast on NBC Sports Gold Trackpass.
Australia's Triple Formula One World Drivers' Champion Sir Jack Brabham got his motor racing start in Speedcars on the dirt track ovals in his home town of Sydney. Before going on to become the 1959 , 1960 and 1966 World Champion, Brabham was a multiple Australian national and state title winner from 1948 until he turned full time to road ...
The track hosts the annual Little 500 presented by UAW on the Saturday of the Memorial Day weekend, the night before the Indianapolis 500.At 500 laps, or 125 miles, the race is unusually long for sprint car races (typically races are between 10 and 50 miles) and is considered one of the premier wingless asphalt sprint car races.
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