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Colorado National Speedway is a paved oval in Dacono, Colorado, spanning 0.375 mi (0.604 km).The track is currently a member of the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series and hosts the ARCA Menards Series West (former NASCAR K&N Pro Series West), the King of the Wing Sprint Car Series, and the North American Big Rig Racing Series annually.
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 ...
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.
0.750-mile dirt oval Charlotte, North Carolina: 1949–1956 Closed c. 1956. Cleveland County Fairgrounds 0.500-mile dirt oval Shelby, North Carolina: 1956–1957 1965 Half-mile track closed at some point. A 1/4-mile dirt track was built at the same spot to hold local races. Coastal Speedway 0.500-mile dirt oval Myrtle Beach, South Carolina ...
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On the Pike's Peak Ocean-to-Occan Highway [7] west of the city was the end of the 1951 Colorado sports car rally (terminus at the Crystola Inn), [8] a 1953 dirt dragstrip "some four miles east of Colorado Springs" was used for "the first statewide drag race", [9] and a stock car track was along Powers Road in the early 1960s.
The now defunct Ascot Speedway featured 1/2 mile and 1/4 mile dirt oval tracks, and Irwindale Speedway features 1/2 mile and 1/3 mile concentric paved oval tracks. Pocono Raceway once had a 3/4 mile oval which connected to the main stretch, and circled around the garage area.
Wheatland Raceway or Lucas Oil Speedway (aka The Diamond of Dirt Tracks) [3] is a 3 ⁄ 8 mi (0.60 km) semi-banked oval with a clay surface. [8] The oval is 400 ft (120 m) wide, 4,000 ft (1,200 m) long, and 12 ft (3.7 m) of banking. The interior of the oval is capable of holding 90,000,000 US gal (340,000,000 L) if it were watertight. [9]