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The track is an asphalt-paved nominal 1/4 mile. The measured length of the track is 0.29167 miles (0.46940 km). [10] It is highly banked at the turns and relatively flat on the front and back stretches. It is banked at 22 degrees in the 50-foot (15 m)-wide corners and eight degrees in the 40-foot (12 m)-wide straightaways.
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.
1/4 mile NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series: Green Mountain Raceway: Milton: Vermont: 1962-1972 Asphalt 1/4 Mile Green Valley Raceway: North Richland Hills: Texas: 1963-1984 Asphalt 1/4 Mile Kansas City International Raceway: Kansas City: Missouri: 1967-2011 Asphalt 1/4 Mile Memphis International Raceway: Millington: Tennessee: 1987 Concrete ...
The cars are approximately one-quarter (1 ⁄ 4) the size of a full-size midget car. The adult-size midget being raced during the start of quarter midget racing used an oval track of one-fifth of a mile in length. The child's quarter midget track is one quarter that length, or 1 ⁄ 20 mile (264 feet; 80 m).
The first step was determining whether the dimensions of the stadium could yield a legitimate race. ... 23 cars will rev up at the same time on the quarter-mile track. Drivers William Byron and ...
In 1992, developers added a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) road course layout that combined the main oval with a specialized infield portion to create a "roval". [5] As part of the 1997 reconfiguration, developers added a 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.40 km) oval on the track's frontstretch to accommodate legends car racing. [6]
The track is billed as the "World's Fastest Quarter Mile Oval." The current track record was set by Jeff Bloom in a 410 extreme winged sprint car on August 21, 2010 at a time of 9.908 seconds. [ 1 ] This is the first lap record under 10 seconds on a quarter mile oval track of any type, breaking Anderson Speedway 's 10.28 second lap record. [ 1 ]
Charlotte Motor Speedway (CMS) in its current form is measured at 1.5 miles (2.4 km), with 24 degrees of banking in the turns and five degrees of banking on the track's frontstretch and backstretch. [1] Within the main track's frontstretch, there is a 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.40 km) oval that was built in 1991 and is primarily used for legends car ...