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New Smyrna Speedway is a 1/2-mile asphalt oval racetrack located near New Smyrna Beach, Florida, that races the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series every Saturday night. It also has a smaller track, known as "Little New Smyrna Speedway" in the infield. This track races quarter midgets on Friday nights.
Oval (asphalt) ARCA/CRA Super Series: Golden Sands Speedway [35] Wisconsin Plover-Wisconsin Rapids: 0.333 miles (0.536 km) Oval (asphalt) Super Late Model, Super Stocks, Pure Stock, Cruisers, 4 cyl stock: Grundy County Speedway [36] Illinois Morris: 0.333 miles (0.536 km) Oval (asphalt) ARCA Midwest Tour, Super Late Models, Mid-American ...
The complex featured a 1 ⁄ 2-mile asphalt tri-oval and a 1 ⁄ 4-mile asphalt oval. The complex was built in 1982 by Henry Furr, originally with the big track as a dirt 4 ⁄ 10-mile oval. The track was later paved, and then reconfigured in 1991 as a 1 ⁄ 2-mile tri-oval. The primary divisions for the half-mile shifted between Super Late ...
Though it is now known as an asphalt-oval-only series, this was not always the case. The series originally started on dirt, and as more and more asphalt tracks opened, the series migrated to racing on the newer tracks. The series also had previously made forays into road racing with stops at Watkins Glen International in New York. [7]
A specially loaded semi used at the National Center for Asphalt Technology Pavement Test Track near Auburn, Alabama, to test the properties of different asphalt concrete mixtures. 32°35′53″N 85°17′49″W / 32.598°N 85.297°W / 32.598; -
Track Location Facility acreage Main layout* Seating capacity Year opened Year acquired Atlanta Motor Speedway: Hampton, Georgia: 820 1.54 miles (2.48 km) quad-oval 71,000 1960 1990 Bristol Motor Speedway: Bristol, Tennessee: 670 0.533 miles (0.858 km) oval 146,000 1961 1996 Charlotte Motor Speedway: Concord, North Carolina: 1,310 1.5 miles (2. ...
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.
Parts books were often issued as microfiche, though this has fallen out of favour. Now, many manufacturers offer this information digitally in an electronic parts catalogue. This can be locally installed software, or a centrally hosted web application. Usually, an electronic parts catalogue enables the user to virtually disassemble the product ...