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1.61 miles (2.59 km) 14 Gateway International Raceway: Madison: Illinois: 1985-1996 Asphalt 2.6 miles (4.2 km) 14 Green Valley Raceway: North Richland Hills: Texas: 1963–1984 Asphalt 1.6 miles (2.6 km) 8 Greenwood Roadway: Indianola: Iowa: 1963-1966 Asphalt 3.0 miles (4.8 km) 14 Heartland Motorsports Park: Topeka: Kansas: 1989-2023 Asphalt 2. ...
1.500-mile (2.414 km) paved D-shaped oval Joliet, Illinois: Chicagoland Speedway oval: Camping World 400 Chicagoland 300 Camping World 225: 2001–2019 (Cup, Xfinity, Truck) Track still active. Not used for racing from 2020 to 2022 and not used by NASCAR since 2020. Kentucky Speedway: 1.500-mile (2.414 km) paved D-shaped oval Sparta, Kentucky
Around 1900, a new 1 ⁄ 2 mile dirt track was constructed at the current location between Route 191 and 248. The site began hosting motor racing events in the 1910s. In 1966, an additional 1 1 ⁄ 8 mile dirt track was added. In 1986, Roger Penske bought the property, and subsequently paved the big track. The small track was demolished and the ...
Other tracks used included the 1 ⁄ 2 mile (805 metre) Speedway Super Bowl at the Adelaide International Raceway (also owned by Jane, this was the only paved oval track in Australia other than the Thunderdome, though with only 7° banking in the turns it was more of a traditional flat track), as well as road courses such as the Surfers ...
In 1954, the 1-mile (1.6 km) track was paved, and an infield road course was created. The 1/4 mile dirt infield track was kept for weekly programs during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1963, Jim Clark won the first victory for a rear-engined Indy Car in his Lotus-Ford. In 1964, A. J. Foyt dominated in what was to be his penultimate race in a roadster ...
Looking backwards at Turn 2. Winchester Speedway is a 0.500 mi (0.805 km) paved oval motor racetrack in White River Township, Randolph County, just outside Winchester, Indiana, approximately 90-mile (140 km) northeast of Indianapolis. It seats 5,000 spectators. It is also known as the "World's Fastest 1/2 mile".
Stafford Motor Speedway is the track that had hosted the second most ever races in the modern era of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour with 135 races from 1985 to 2021. The speedway also had hosted 5 NASCAR North Tour events from 1979 until 1985 and 30 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East races, between 1987 and 2016 .
Toledo, as a track owned by the Automobile Racing Club of America, plays host to an ARCA Menards Series East race, the Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200 in early October as the Final race of the season. The USAC Silver Crown Series also visits the track. [4] A touring super late model series, the ARCA/CRA Super Series, also holds an event at Toledo. [5]