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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.
National stock car racing touring series (such as NASCAR Monster Energy Cup, ARCA, NASCAR Nationwide Series, and Craftsman Truck Series) race mainly on 4 tracks in Illinois: Chicagoland Speedway, near Chicago, Gateway International Speedway, Near St. Louis, and the mile dirt tracks at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, and the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds near DuQuoin, Illinois.
The track is host to two of the older memorial events in the United States, the Bettenhausen 100 for the USAC dirt championship cars, first run in 1961 and the Allen Crowe Memorial 100 stock car event for USAC, now ARCA, stock cars, first held in 1963. Both races are now held on the last weekend of the Illinois State Fair.
Track name Location Length Shape/banking Classes 4-17 Southern Speedway: Florida Punta Gorda: 0.375 miles (0.604 km) Oval: Late Models, Modifieds, Sportsman, Street Stocks, Bombers, Trucks, 4-Cylinder FWD, Legends, Bandoleros Angola Motor Speedway: Indiana Angola: 0.375 miles (0.604 km) Oval: Limited Late Models, I-Modifieds, Factory Stocks ...
During round 1 of the 2024 Enjoy Illinois 300 qualifying session on June 1, 2024, Michael McDowell set a new NASCAR Cup Series track record with a 32.318s (139.241 mph) lap time. On August 29, 2024, it was announced that the track's NASCAR date would move from June to September and now be in the Round of 16 for the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
In 2001, Brad Both and three Kaufman brothers joined the ownership group of the track to complement the Cook family. [1] Cedar Lake Speedway signed with NASCAR as a NASCAR Home Track in 2008. [ 2 ] At the annual school bus race of the 2020 season, a track worker died while trying to remove an overturned vehicle from the track.
Chicagoland Speedway is a 1.520 mi (2.446 km) tri-oval speedway with a curved backstretch in Joliet, Illinois, southwest of Chicago.The speedway opened in 2001 and actively hosted NASCAR racing including the NASCAR Cup Series until 2019.
This list includes SRO America's GT4 America, TC America and GT America series. Several nations have hosted a race, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. Canadian Tire Motorsport Park has hosted the series in 28 of its 34 seasons, the most of any track. The 8 tracks which are hosting a race in the 2024 season, are listed ...