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Oval track racing is a form of motorsport that is contested on an oval-shaped race track. An oval track differs from a road course in that the layout resembles an oval with turns in only one direction, and the direction of traffic is almost universally counter-clockwise. Oval tracks are dedicated motorsport circuits, used predominantly in the ...
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 ...
In season 6, the track is extended and the two chicanes at the back straight and the Peraltada are removed. The track also uses more of the Formula 1 layout. After turn 2 (Formula E track), the track will turn left instead of right and the extended part includes a 4-turn sequence before going back to the original circuit and the stadium section.
Martinsville Speedway is a stock car racing short track in Ridgeway, Virginia, just south of Martinsville.The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in stock car racing, being built in 1947 by partners H. Clay Earles, Henry Lawrence, and Sam Rice, nearly a year before NASCAR was officially formed. [2]
The dirt track is directly behind the original asphalt facility. On July 5, 2018, it was announced that I-70 Speedway was bought by Chris Payne, owner of Heartland Motorsports Park and would reopen in 2019. The half-mile asphalt oval at I-70 would be converted to a dirt track with a drag strip to be included on the property. [2]
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.
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]
In motorsport, the racing setup, car setup or vehicle setup is the set of adjustments made to the vehicle in order to optimize its behaviour (performance, handling, reliability, etc.) for specific conditions. Vehicle setups are variable for a variety of reasons, ranging from weather, driver/rider preference and race track characteristics.