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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 ...
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.
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 ...
Track was dirt after 1978; converted back to asphalt in 2009; returned to dirt in 2012. Altamont–Schenectady Fairgrounds 0.500-mile dirt oval Altamont, New York: 1951 1955 Auto racing discontinued after 1955. Footprint of track, repurposed, still exists. Arizona State Fairgrounds: 1.000-mile dirt oval Phoenix, Arizona: Copper Cup Championship ...
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]
Oval tracks are classified as short track (less than 1 mile), intermediate or speedway (1 to 2 miles) or superspeedway (over 2 miles). Road courses are any tracks having both left and right turns. Depending on the track, typical race speeds can vary from 90 miles per hour (140 km/h) at Martinsville to over 200 miles per hour (320 km/h) at ...
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]
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park continues to run NASCAR-sanctioned races on the oval track, with 10 oval events scheduled for 2019. The two largest events, The Icebreaker and The Sunoco World Series of Speedway Racing, are traditionally New England’s season opener and season finale.