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NASCAR national series race tracks
The following is a list of race tracks currently used by NASCAR as part of its Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series for their 2009 racing season.[1][2]
Key to table
- Track - The name of the facility.
- Type and layout - Length and shape of the course.
- Location - Geographical location of the track.
- Series - NASCAR national series currently hosted by the track. Numbers in parentheses indicate if the course holds more than one series event during the season.
- Seats - Number of seats for spectators at the track, if known.
- Notes - Any extra notes about the track.
Track | Type and layout | Location | Series | Seats | Notes |
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Atlanta Motor Speedway | 1.540-mile oval | Georgia (Hampton) | Sprint Cup (2) Nationwide Series Camping World Truck (2) | 124,000 | |
Auto Club Speedway | 2.000-mile oval | California (Fontana) | Sprint Cup (2) Nationwide Series (2) Camping World Truck | 92,000 | |
Bristol Motor Speedway | 0.533-mile oval | Tennessee (Bristol) | Sprint Cup (2) Nationwide Series (2) Camping World Truck | 160,000 | |
Chicagoland Speedway | 1.500-mile oval | Illinois (Joliet) | Sprint Cup Nationwide Series Camping World Truck | 75,000 | |
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 2.710-mile road course | Quebec (Montreal, QC) | Nationwide Series | ||
Darlington Raceway | 1.366-mile oval | South Carolina (Darlington) | Sprint Cup Nationwide Series | 63,000 | |
Daytona International Speedway | 2.500-mile oval | Florida (Daytona Beach) | Sprint Cup (5) Nationwide Series (2) Camping World Truck | 168,000 | |
Dover International Speedway | 1.000-mile oval | Delaware (Dover) | Sprint Cup (2) Nationwide Series (2) Camping World Truck | 140,000 | |
Gateway International Raceway | 1.250-mile oval | Illinois (Madison) | Nationwide Series Camping World Truck | 60,000 | |
Homestead-Miami Speedway | 1.500-mile oval | Florida (Homestead) | Sprint Cup Nationwide Series Camping World Truck | 65,000 | |
Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 2.500-mile oval | Indiana (Speedway) | Sprint Cup | 250,000 | |
Infineon Raceway | 1.99-mile road course | California (Sonoma) | Sprint Cup | 102,000 | |
Iowa Speedway | 0.875-mile oval | Iowa (Newton) | Nationwide Series Camping World Truck | 30,000 | |
Kansas Speedway | 1.500-mile oval | Kansas (Kansas City) | Sprint Cup Nationwide Series Camping World Truck | 81,687 | |
Kentucky Speedway | 1.500-mile oval | Kentucky (Sparta) | Nationwide Series Camping World Truck | 66,089 | |
Las Vegas Motor Speedway | 1.500-mile oval | Nevada (Las Vegas) | Sprint Cup Nationwide Series Camping World Truck | 142,000 | |
Lowe's Motor Speedway | 1.500-mile oval | North Carolina (Concord) | Sprint Cup (3) Nationwide Series (2) Camping World Truck | 165,000 | |
Mansfield Motorsports Park | 0.500-mile oval | Ohio (Mansfield) | Camping World Truck | 25,000 | |
Martinsville Speedway | 0.526-mile oval | Virginia (Martinsville) | Sprint Cup (2) Camping World Truck (2) | 65,000 | |
Memphis Motorsports Park | 0.750-mile oval | Tennessee (Memphis) | Nationwide Series Camping World Truck | 35,000 | |
Michigan International Speedway | 2.000-mile oval | Michigan (Brooklyn) | Sprint Cup (2) Nationwide Series Camping World Truck | 137,243 | |
Milwaukee Mile | 1.032-mile oval | Wisconsin (West Allis) | Nationwide Series Camping World Truck | 45,000 | |
Nashville Superspeedway | 1.333-mile oval | Tennessee (Lebanon) | Nationwide Series (2) Camping World Truck | 50,000 | |
New Hampshire Motor Speedway | 1.058-mile oval | New Hampshire (Loudon) | Sprint Cup (2) Nationwide Series Camping World Truck | 91,000 | |
O'Reilly Raceway Park | 0.686-mile oval | Indiana (Indianapolis) | Nationwide Series Camping World Truck | 30,000 | |
Phoenix International Raceway | 1.000-mile oval | Arizona (Avondale) | Sprint Cup (2) Nationwide Series (2) Camping World Truck | 76,800 | |
Pocono Raceway | 2.500-mile triangle | Pennsylvania (Long Pond) | Sprint Cup (2) | 76,812 | |
Richmond International Raceway | 0.750-mile oval | Virginia (Richmond) | Sprint Cup (2) Nationwide Series (2) | 112,029 | |
Talladega Superspeedway | 2.660-mile oval | Alabama (Talladega) | Sprint Cup (2) Nationwide Series Camping World Truck | 143,231 | |
Texas Motor Speedway | 1.500-mile oval | Texas (Fort Worth) | Sprint Cup (2) Nationwide Series (2) Camping World Truck (2) | 159,585 | |
Watkins Glen International | 2.450-mile road course | New York (Watkins Glen) | Sprint Cup Nationwide Series | 41,000 |
[edit] Defunct or inactive NASCAR national series tracks
The following tables list all of the tracks previously used by NASCAR that are either closed or, for various reasons, are no longer used by any NASCAR national series.
Key to tables
- Track: Name of the track. Either the current name of the track (as it exists today) or the last known name of the track will be shown.
- Type and layout: Approximate course length (in miles), shape, and surface type. For course length, the last known measurement provided by NASCAR will be shown. Note that this figure may differ in various sources depending on the method that NASCAR or other sanctioning bodies have used to measure the track.
- Location: The state (or province, for Canadian tracks) and city (or nearest city) where each track is located.
- Named race(s): For many years, specific names have been given to races during a given season as a way of marketing the event. Where these names are known, they will be noted next to the seasons in which that name was used.
- Season(s): NASCAR seasons in which the track hosted an event. Note that only points-paying races are counted as part of a given series' season; tracks where additional exhibition or special races have been held are included in a separate table.
- Notes: Any additional information or clarification that may be useful. This will include details on the track's current status, or whether the track saw further use in other NASCAR series.
Sprint Cup Series
Formerly known as Strictly Stock (1949), Grand National (1950 to 1971), Winston Cup (1972 to 2003), and Nextel Cup (2004 to 2007). This table lists every track that once hosted a Sprint Cup event.[3][2]
Track | Type and layout | Location | Named race(s) | Season(s) | Notes |
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Birmingham International Raceway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Alabama (Birmingham) | Birmingham 200 (1965) | 1958 1961 1963-1965 1967-1968 | Located within Alabama State Fairgrounds; remains active.[4] |
Chisholm Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Alabama (Montgomery) | 1956 | Closed during 1956. | |
Dixie Speedway | 0.250-mile paved oval | Alabama (Birmingham) | 1960 | Closed after 1974. | |
Huntsville Speedway | 0.250-mile paved oval | Alabama (Huntsville) | 1962 | Remains active.[5] | |
Lakeview Speedway | 0.750-mile dirt oval | Alabama (Mobile) | 1951 | Closed in 1953. | |
Montgomery Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Alabama (Montgomery) | Alabama 200 (1969) | 1955-1956 1967-1969 | Remains intact, but no racing events held in 2007; last known info indicates that races may again be held in 2008.[6] |
Arizona State Fairgrounds | 1.000-mile dirt oval | Arizona (Phoenix) | Copper Cup Championship (1960) | 1951 1955-1956 1960 | Closed in 1963; reopened in 1985 as 0.125-mile dirt oval; remains active.[7] |
Tucson Rodeo Grounds | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Arizona (Tucson) | 1955 | Stopped hosting auto races during 1955; facility remains active.[8] | |
Memphis-Arkansas Speedway | 1.500-mile dirt oval | Arkansas (Lehi) | Mid-South 250 (1954-1955) | 1954-1957 | Closed due to highway construction in the area; layout remains intact.[9] |
Ascot Park | 0.400-mile dirt oval | California (Los Angeles) | 1957 1959 1961 | Closed in 1990; now an industrial park. | |
Bay Meadows Racetrack | 1.000-mile dirt oval | California (San Mateo) | 1954-1956 | Remains active as a horse track.[10] | |
California State Fairgrounds | 1.000-mile dirt oval | California (Sacramento) | 1956-1961 | Closed in 1970 when fairgrounds moved to new location; site now a shopping center. | |
West Capital Raceway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | California (Sacramento) | 1957 | Closed in 1980; former site now marked by a monument.[11] | |
Carrell Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | California (Gardena) | 1951 1954 | Closed circa 1954 to make way for the eventual Artesia Freeway. | |
Marchbanks Speedway | 1.400-mile paved oval | California (Hanford) | California 250 (1960) | 1951 1960-1961 | Originally a 0.500-mile dirt oval; 1.400-mile track built in 1960; complex demolished in 1984. |
Merced Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | California (Merced) | 1956 | Located within Merced County Fairgrounds; rebuilt to 0.375-mile length in 1991; remains active.[12] | |
Oakland Speedway | 0.625-mile mixed oval | California (San Leandro) | 1951 1954 | Straights were paved, turns were dirt; closed after 1955; now the site of Bayfair Center. | |
Ontario Motor Speedway | 2.500-mile paved oval | California (Ontario) | Miller High Life 500 (1971-1972) Los Angeles Times 500 (1974-1980) | 1971-1972 1974-1980 | Closed in 1980; demolished in 1981; now the site of Citizens Business Bank Arena. |
Redwood Acres Raceway | 0.625-mile dirt oval | California (Eureka) | 1956-1957 | Remains active.[13] | |
Riverside International Raceway | 2.631-mile road course | California (Riverside) | Crown America 500 (1958) Riverside 500 (1963) Golden State 400 (1963) Motor Trend 500 (1964-1971) Falstaff 400 (1970) Golden State 400 (1971-1972) Winston Western 500 (1972-1987) Tuborg 400 (1973-1975) Riverside 400 (1976) NAPA 400 (1977-1979) Warner W. Hodgdon 400 (1980-1981) Budweiser 400 (1982-1988) | 1958 1961 1963-1988 | Closed in 1989; now the site of Moreno Valley Mall; may eventually be replicated at the proposed Riverside Motorsports Park. |
Santa Clara County Fairgrounds | 0.500-mile dirt oval | California (San Jose) | 1957 | Closed in 1990; reopened as a 0.333-mile dirt oval in 1991; facility remains active but track status is unclear.[14] | |
Willow Springs International Motorsports Park | 2.500-mile road course | California (Lancaster) | 1956-1957 | During NASCAR years, track used an oiled-dirt surface; now paved; remains active.[15] | |
Thompson International Speedway | 0.500-mile paved oval | Connecticut (Thompson) | Thompson Speedway 200 (1969-1970) | 1951 1969-1970 | Remains active as home to several NASCAR feeder series.[16] |
Beach and Road Course | 4.170-mile road course | Florida (Daytona Beach) | 1949-1958 | Half the course was beach sand, other half was State Road A1A. | |
Five Flags Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Florida (Pensacola) | 1953 | Remains active.[17] | |
Golden Gate Speedway | 0.333-mile paved oval | Florida (Tampa) | 1963 | Closed in 1978; reopened in 1981; closed again in 1984. | |
Jacksonville Speedway Park | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Florida (Jacksonville) | 1951-1952 1954-1955 1961 1964 | Closed in 1973. | |
Palm Beach Speedway | 0.500-mile paved oval | Florida (Palm Beach) | 1952-1956 | Originally a dirt oval; paved in 1955; demolished in 1984. | |
Titusville-Cocoa Speedway | 1.600-mile road course | Florida (Titusville) | 1957 | Status unknown. | |
Augusta International Raceway | 0.500-mile paved oval 3.000-mile road course | Georgia (Augusta) | Jaycee 300 (1964) Georgia Cracker 300 (1966) Augusta 300 (1967) Dixie 250 (1968) Augusta 200 (1968) Cracker 200 (1969) | 1962-1969 (oval) 1964 (road) | Oval was originally dirt and paved in 1964; road course abandoned after 1963; complex closed in 1970; site in the process of becoming Diamond Lakes Regional Park.[18] |
Central City Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Georgia (Macon) | 1951-1954 | Closed during 1956. | |
Columbus Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Georgia (Columbus) | 1951 | Closed during 1950s. | |
Hayloft Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Georgia (Augusta) | 1952 | Closed in 1955; a new track was built on same location during 1980s. | |
Peach State Speedway | 0.500-mile paved oval | Georgia (Jefferson) | Peach State 200 (1968) Jeffco 200 (1969) | 1968-1969 | Remains active.[19] |
Lakewood Speedway | 1.000-mile dirt oval | Georgia (Atlanta) | 1951-1954 1956 1958-1959 | Closed after 1960; selected events held until 1979; now the site of Lakewood Park in Atlanta. | |
Middle Georgia Raceway | 0.548-mile paved oval | Georgia (Macon) | Speedy Morelock 200 (1966) Macon 300 (1967-1969) Middle Georgia 500 (1968) Georgia 500 (1969-1971) | 1966-1971 | Closed after 1971; current status unknown. |
Oglethorpe Speedway Park | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Georgia (Pooler) | 1954-1955 | Remains active.[20] | |
Savannah Speedway | 0.500-mile paved oval | Georgia (Savannah) | St. Patrick's Day 200 (1962) Sunshine 200 (1964) Savannah 200 (1964) Savannah 200 (1970) | 1962-1964 1967 1969-1970 | Originally dirt; paved in 1969; closed in 1981; apparently reopened but closed again by 2004; current status unknown.[21] |
Valdosta 75 Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Georgia (Valdosta) | 1962 1964-1965 | Closed in 1966. | |
Santa Fe Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Illinois (Willow Springs) | 1954 | Closed in 1995.[22] | |
Soldier Field | 0.500-mile cinder oval | Illinois (Chicago) | 1956 | Stadium remains active as home to the NFL's Chicago Bears; track was removed in 1970. | |
Playland Park Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Indiana (South Bend) | 1952 | Was located within Playland Park; reportedly closed circa 1956. | |
Winchester Speedway | 0.500-mile oiled oval | Indiana (Winchester) | 1950 | Paved in 1951; remains active.[23] | |
Davenport Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Iowa (Davenport) | 1953 | Remains active.[24] | |
Corbin Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Kentucky (Corbin) | 1954 | Closed during 1960s; apparently reopened at some point and is currently active.[25] | |
Louisiana Fairgrounds | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Louisiana (Shreveport) | 1953 | Facility remains active; track closed in 1980. | |
Oxford Plains Speedway | 0.333-mile paved oval | Maine (Oxford) | Maine 300 (1967-1968) | 1966-1968 | Remains active.[26] |
Beltsville Speedway | 0.500-mile paved oval | Maryland (Laurel) | Beltsville 200 (1966-1967) Maryland 200 (1966) Beltsville 300 (1968-1970) Maryland 300 (1967-1969) | 1965-1970 | Closed after 1978; now the site of Capitol College.[27] [28] |
Norwood Arena | 0.250-mile paved oval | Massachusetts (Norwood) | Yankee 500 (1961) | 1961 | Closed in 1972; now an industrial park.[29] |
Grand River Speedrome | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Michigan (Grand Rapids) | 1951 1954 | Closed in 1966 to make way for U.S. Route 131.[30] | |
Michigan State Fairgrounds | 1.000-mile dirt oval | Michigan (Detroit) | Motor City 250 (1951-1952) | 1951-1952 | Facility remains active; track was converted into parking lot. |
Monroe Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Michigan (Monroe) | 1952 | Closed circa 1954. | |
Lincoln City Fairgrounds | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Nebraska (North Platte) | 1953 | Remains active. | |
Las Vegas Park Speedway | 1.000-mile dirt oval | Nevada (Las Vegas) | 1955 | Demolished; now the site of a Hilton hotel. | |
Linden Airport | 2.000-mile road course | New Jersey (Linden) | 1954 | Auto racing discontinued after 1955. | |
Morristown Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | New Jersey (Morristown) | 1951-1955 | Closed in 1955. | |
Old Bridge Stadium | 0.500-mile paved oval | New Jersey (Old Bridge) | Fireball Roberts 200 (1964) Old Bridge 200 (1965) | 1956-1958 1963-1965 | Closed in 1968. |
Trenton Speedway | 1.500-mile paved oval | New Jersey (Trenton) | Northern 300 (1967-1969) Schaefer 300 (1970) Northern 300 (1971-1972) | 1958-1959 1967-1972 | During NASCAR years, began as 1.000-mile oval; reworked to 1.500-mile "peanut" oval in 1969; closed in 1980. |
Wall Stadium | 0.333-mile paved oval | New Jersey (Belmar) | 1958 | Closed in 2008. Reopened in 2009. | |
Airborne Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | New York (Plattsburgh) | 1955 | Paved in 1961; remains active. | |
Albany-Saratoga Speedway | 0.362-mile dirt oval | New York (Malta) | Albany-Saratoga 250 (1970-1971) | 1970-1971 | Closed in 1975; one event held in 1991. |
Altamont-Schenectady Fairgrounds | 0.500-mile dirt oval | New York (Altamont) | 1951 1955 | Closed after final NASCAR event. | |
Bridgehampton Race Circuit | 2.850-mile road course | New York (Bridgehampton) | 1958 1963-1964 1966 | Remains active. | |
Buffalo Civic Stadium | 0.250-mile cinder oval | New York (Buffalo) | 1958 | In later years, home to the AFL's Buffalo Bills; demolished in 1988. | |
Fonda Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | New York (Fonda) | Fonda 200 (1968) | 1955 1966-1968 | Remains active. |
Hamburg Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | New York (Hamburg) | 1949-1950 | Remains active. | |
Islip Speedway | 0.200-mile paved oval | New York (Islip) | Islip 300 (1967-1968) Islip 250 (1971) | 1964-1968 1971 | Closed after 1984; now the site of a factory. |
Monroe County Fairgrounds | 0.500-mile dirt oval | New York (Rochester) | 1950-1956 1958 | Track closed circa 1962; briefly reopened during 1981. | |
Montgomery Air Base | 2.000-mile road course | New York (Montgomery) | Empire State 200 (1960) | 1960 | Auto racing discontinued after 1960. |
New York State Fairgrounds | 1.000-mile dirt oval | New York (Syracuse) | 1955-1957 | Auto racing discontinued; venue remains active. | |
Shangri-La Speedway | 0.500-mile paved oval | New York (Owego) | 1952 | Closed in 2005. | |
State Line Speedway | 0.333-mile dirt oval | New York (Busti) | 1958 | Remains active. | |
Vernon Fairgrounds | 0.500-mile dirt oval | New York (Vernon) | 1950 | Closed circa 1951; semi-active as a horse track. | |
Asheville-Weaverville Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | North Carolina (Weaverville) | Western North Carolina 500 (1958-1969) Fireball 300 (1966-1969) | 1951-1969 | Closed in 1970. |
Bowman Gray Stadium | 0.250-mile paved oval | North Carolina (Winston-Salem) | Myers Brothers Memorial (1961-1962) International 200 (1962-1963) Myers Brothers Memorial (1964-1971) | 1958-1971 | Remains active as a host to several NASCAR feeder series. |
Champion Speedway | 0.333-mile paved oval | North Carolina (Fayetteville) | 1958-1959 | Closed in 1959. | |
Charlotte Speedway | 0.750-mile dirt oval | North Carolina (Charlotte) | 1949-1956 | Closed circa 1956. | |
Cleveland County Fairgrounds | 0.500-mile dirt oval | North Carolina (Shelby) | 1956-1957 1965 | ||
Concord Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | North Carolina (Concord) | Lee Kirby Memorial (1959) Textile 250 (1964) | 1956-1959 1962 1964 | Closed in 1978; reopened in 1979. |
Dog Track Speedway | 0.333-mile paved oval | North Carolina (Moyock) | Moyock 300 (1964-1965) Tidewater 300 (1965) | 1962-1966 | Originally a 0.250-mile dirt oval; paved and lengthened in 1964. |
Forsyth County Fairgrounds | 0.500-mile dirt oval | North Carolina (Winston-Salem) | 1955 | Auto racing discontinued after 1963. | |
Gastonia Fairgrounds | 0.333-mile dirt oval | North Carolina (Gastonia) | 1958 | Closed during 1980s. | |
Greensboro Agricultural Fairgrounds | 0.333-mile dirt oval | North Carolina (Greensboro) | 1957-1958 | ||
Harnett Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | North Carolina (Spring Lake) | 1953 | Closed circa 1970. | |
Harris Speedway | 0.333-mile paved oval | North Carolina (Harris) | 1964-1965 | Remains active. | |
Hickory Speedway | 0.362-mile dirt oval | North Carolina (Hickory) | Buddy Shuman Memorial (1956) Buddy Shuman Memorial (1960-1971) Hickory 250 (1962-1967) Hickory 250 (1969) Hickory 276 (1970-1971) | 1953-1971 | Remains active as a host to several NASCAR feeder series. |
Jacksonville Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | North Carolina (Jacksonville) | 1957 1964 | Closed after 1964. | |
McCormick Field | 0.250-mile paved oval | North Carolina (Asheville) | 1958 | Remains active as home to the Asheville Tourists baseball team; auto racing discontinued in 1959. | |
New Asheville Speedway | 0.333-mile paved oval | North Carolina (Asheville) | Asheville 300 (1966-1968) Asheville 300 (1971) | 1962-1968 1971 | Remains active. |
North Carolina Motor Speedway | 1.017-mile paved oval | North Carolina (Rockingham) | American 500 (1965-1984) Peach Blossom 500 (1966) Carolina 500 (1967-1985) Nationwise 500 (1985-1986) GM Goodwrench 500 (1986-1995) AC Delco 500 (1987-1995) Goodwrench Service 400 (1996) AC Delco 400 (1996) | 1965-2004 | Closed in 2004; reopened in 2008 as a host to several NASCAR feeder series. |
North Carolina State Fairgrounds | 0.500-mile dirt oval | North Carolina (Raleigh) | North State 200 (1969) Home State 200 (1970) | 1955 1969-1970 | Track closed after 1970. |
North Wilkesboro Speedway | 0.625-mile paved oval | North Carolina (North Wilkesboro) | Wilkes 200 (1960-1961) Gwyn Staley 400 (1962-1978) Wilkes 320 (1962) Wilkes 250 (1963) Wilkes 400 (1964-1978) Northwestern Bank 400 (1979-1985) Holly Farms 400 (1979-1996) First Union 400 (1986-1996) | 1949-1996 | Originally dirt; paved in 1957; closed in 1996. |
Occoneechee Speedway | 0.900-mile dirt oval | North Carolina (Hillsborough) | Joe Weatherly Memorial 150 (1964) Joe Weatherly Memorial 150 (1966) Hillsborough 150 (1967-1968) | 1949-1968 | Closed in 1968. |
Raleigh Speedway | 1.000-mile paved oval | North Carolina (Raleigh) | Raleigh 250 (1956-1958) | 1953-1958 | Closed after 1958. |
Salisbury Superspeedway | 0.625-mile dirt oval | North Carolina (Salisbury) | 1958 | Closed in 1961. | |
Southern States Fairgrounds | 0.500-mile dirt oval | North Carolina (Charlotte) | 1954-1961 | Closed after 1960. | |
Starlite Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | North Carolina (Monroe) | 1966 | Closed after 1973. | |
Tar Heel Speedway | 0.250-mile dirt oval | North Carolina (Randleman) | Turkey Day 200 (1963) | 1963 | Closed circa 1967; possibly hosted one racing event in 1975. |
Tri-City Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | North Carolina (High Point) | 1953 1955 | Closed by 1960s. | |
Wilson Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | North Carolina (Wilson) | 1951-1954 1956-1960 | Closed in 1989. | |
Bainbridge Fairgrounds | 1.000-mile dirt oval | Ohio (Bainbridge) | 1951 | Auto racing discontinued after 1951; later used as a horse track. | |
Canfield Speedway/Canfield Fairgrounds | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Ohio (Canfield) | Poor Man's 500 (1950-1952) | 1950-1952 | ARCA & USAC ran on a inner mixed .250 mi oval until it closed to auto racing in 1973. It is still used for horse racing. |
Dayton Speedway | 0.500-mile paved oval | Ohio (Dayton) | 1950-1952 | Closed in 1982; now the site of a landfill. | |
Ft. Miami Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Ohio (Toledo) | 1951-1952 | Shortened to 0.375-mile length in 1957; closed after 1958. | |
Powell Motor Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Ohio (Columbus) | 1953 | Closed in 1959; smaller tracks used same site until 1965. | |
Oklahoma State Fairgrounds | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Oklahoma (Oklahoma City) | 1956 | Remains active. | |
Portland Speedway | 0.500-mile paved oval | Oregon (Portland) | 1956-1957 | Closed in 2002. | |
Bloomsburg Fairgrounds | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Pennsylvania (Bloomsburg) | 1953 | Closed during 1980s. | |
Heidelberg Raceway | 0.250-mile dirt oval | Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) | 1949 1951 1959-1960 | Closed after 1973. | |
Langhorne Speedway | 1.000-mile dirt oval | Pennsylvania (Langhorne) | 1949-1957 | Closed after 1971; now the site of a shopping center. | |
Lincoln Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Pennsylvania (New Oxford) | Pennsylvania 200 Classic (1964-1965) | 1955-1958 1964-1965 | Remains active. |
New Bradford Speedway | 0.333-mile dirt oval | Pennsylvania (Bradford) | 1958 | Remains active. | |
Pine Grove Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Pennsylvania (Shippenville) | 1951 | Closed during 1960s. | |
Reading Fairgrounds | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Pennsylvania (Reading) | 1958-1959 | Closed after 1979. | |
Sharon Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Ohio (Hartford) | 1954 | Remains active. | |
Williams Grove Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Pennsylvania (Mechanicsburg) | 1954 | Remains active. | |
Coastal Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | South Carolina (Myrtle Beach) | 1956-1957 | ||
Columbia Speedway | 0.500-mile paved oval | South Carolina (Columbia) | Arclite 200 (1962) Sandlapper 200 (1963-1965) Columbia 200 (1964-1965) Sandlapper 200 (1967-1971) Columbia 200 (1969-1970) | 1951-1971 | Closed in 1977. |
Gamecock Speedway | 0.250-mile dirt oval | South Carolina (Sumter) | 1960 | Closed in 1984; reopened 1987; closed again in 1993. | |
Greenville-Pickens Speedway | 0.500-mile paved oval | South Carolina (Greenville) | Greenville 200 (1969-1971) Pickens 200 (1971) | 1951 1955-1956 1958-1971 | Remains active. |
Hartsville Speedway | 0.333-mile dirt oval | South Carolina (Hartsville) | 1961 | Closed circa 1962. | |
Lancaster Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | South Carolina (Lancaster) | 1957 | Remains active. | |
Newberry Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | South Carolina (Newberry) | 1957 | Closed circa 1979. | |
Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds | 0.500-mile dirt oval | South Carolina (Spartanburg) | 1953-1966 | Closed circa 1986. | |
Rambi Race Track | 0.500-mile dirt oval | South Carolina (Myrtle Beach) | 1958-1965 | Remains active. | |
Rapid Valley Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | South Dakota (Rapid City) | 1953 | Remains active. | |
Boyd Speedway | 0.333-mile paved oval | Tennessee (Chattanooga) | Confederate 200 (1962) Confederate 200 (1964) | 1962 1964 | Remains active. |
Kingsport Speedway | 0.337-mile paved oval | Tennessee (Kingsport) | Kingsport 250 (1969) Kingsport 100 (1970) Kingsport 300 (1971) | 1969-1971 | Closed 2002. Still on the market, good condition. |
Music City Motorplex | 0.675-mile paved oval | Tennessee (Nashville) | Nashville 500 (1961-1962) Nashville 400 (1963) Nashville 400 (1965) Nashville 400 (1967-1969) Nashville 420 (1970-1983) Music City USA 420 (1973-1980) Melling Tool 420 (1981) Cracker Barrel 420 (1982) Marty Robbins 420 (1983) Coors 420 (1984) Pepsi 420 (1984) | 1958-1984 | Closed. |
Smoky Mountain Raceway | 0.500-mile dirt | Tennessee (Maryville) | East Tennessee 200 (1966-1967) Smoky 200 (1966-1969) Maryville 300 (1969) Maryville 200 (1970-1971) East Tennessee 200 (1970) | 1965-1971 | Remains active. |
Tennessee-Carolina Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Tennessee (Newport) | 1956-1957 | Closed in 1967. | |
Meyer Speedway | 0.500-mile paved oval | Texas (Houston) | Space City 300 (1971) | 1971 | Closed in 1979. |
Texas World Speedway | 2.000-mile paved oval | Texas (College Station) | Texas 500 (1969) Texas 500 (1971-1972) Lone Star 500 (1972) Alamo 500 (1973) Texas 400 (1979) NASCAR 400 (1980-1981) | 1969 1971-1973 1979-1981 | Closed in 1989; reopened in 1993. |
Langley Speedway | 0.395-mile paved oval | Virginia (Hampton) | Tidewater 250 (1964-1968) Crabber 250 (1968) Tidewater 375 (1969) Tidewater 300 (1970) | 1964-1970 | Originally dirt; paved in 1968; Remains active as a host to several NASCAR feeder series. |
Norfolk Speedway | 0.400-mile dirt oval | Virginia (Norfolk) | 1956-1957 | Closed during 1957. | |
Old Dominion Speedway | 0.333-mile paved oval | Virginia (Manassas) | Old Dominion 400 (1964) | 1958 1963-1966 | Remains active. |
Princess Anne Speedway | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Virginia (Norfolk) | 1953 | Closed in 1954; site now a shopping center. | |
South Boston Speedway | 0.400-mile paved oval | Virginia (South Boston) | South Boston 400 (1963) South Boston 100 (1969) Halifax County 100 (1970-1971) | 1960-1964 1968-1971 | Remains active as a host to several NASCAR feeder series. |
Southside Speedway | 0.333-mile paved oval | Virginia (Richmond) | 1961-1963 | Remains active. | |
Starkey Speedway | 0.250-mile paved oval | Virginia (Roanoke) | 1958 1961-1962 1964 | Closed in 1966. | |
Bremerton Raceway | 0.900-mile paved oval | Washington (Bremerton) | 1957 | Auto racing discontinued by 1958. | |
West Virginia International Speedway | 0.438-mile paved oval | West Virginia (Ona) | Mountaineer 300 (1963) Mountaineer 500 (1964) West Virginia 300 (1970) West Virginia 500 (1971) | 1963-1964 1970-1971 | Closed in 1972; reopened in 2007 as Ona Speedway. |
Road America | 4.100-mile road course | Wisconsin (Elkhart Lake) | 1956 | Remains active. | |
Canadian National Exhibition Stadium | 0.333-mile paved oval | Ontario (Toronto) | 1958 | Track closed in 1966; stadium closed in 1989; demolished in 1999; now the site of BMO Field. | |
Stamford Park | 0.500-mile dirt oval | Ontario (Niagara Falls) | 1952 | Closed during 1953. |
Nationwide Series
Formerly known as Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series (1982 to 1983) Busch Late Model Sportsman Series (1984-85), Busch Grand National Series (1986 to 2002), and Busch Series (2003 to 2007). This table includes only former Nationwide Series tracks that never hosted a Sprint Cup event; see the previous table for former Sprint Cup tracks.[31]
Track | Type and layout | Location | Named race(s) | Season(s) | Notes |
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Autódromo Hermanos RodrÃguez | 2.518-mile road course | Mexico (Mexico City) | Telcel-Motorola 200 (2005-2006) Telcel-Motorola Mexico 200 (2007) Corona México 200 (2008) | 2005-2008 | |
Caraway Speedway | 0.500-mile paved oval | North Carolina (Asheboro) | 1982-1983 | ||
Lanier Speedway | 0.375-mile paved oval | Georgia (Gainesville) | 1988-1992 | ||
Louisville Speedway | 0.438-mile paved oval | Kentucky (Louisville) | 1988-1989 | ||
Myrtle Beach Speedway | 0.538-mile paved oval | South Carolina (Myrtle Beach) | 1988-2000 | ||
Nazareth Speedway | 0.946-mile paved oval | Pennsylvania (Nazareth) | 1988-2004 | ||
New River Valley Speedway | 0.416-mile paved oval | Virginia (Dublin) | 1988-1992 | ||
Orange County Speedway | 0.375-mile paved oval | North Carolina (Rougemont) | 1983-1994 | ||
Pikes Peak International Raceway | 1.000-mile paved oval | Colorado (Fountain) | 1998-2005 | ||
Road Atlanta | 2.520-mile road course | Georgia (Braselton) | 1986-1987 | Track still active, the track hosts American Le Mans Series (Petit Le Mans) | |
Volusia County Speedway | 0.500-mile paved oval | Florida (Barberville) | 1989-1992 |
Camping World Truck Series
Formerly known as SuperTruck Series (1995) and Craftsman Truck Series (1996-2008). This table includes only former Camping World Truck tracks that never hosted a Sprint Cup or Nationwide Series event; see the previous tables for former Sprint Cup or Nationwide Series tracks.[32]
Track | Type and layout | Location | Named race(s) | Season(s) | Notes |
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Chicago Motor Speedway | 1.029-mile paved oval | Illinois (Cicero) | 2000-2001 | Grandstands dismanteled, but track itself remains. | |
Colorado National Speedway | 0.375-mile paved oval | Colorado (Erie) | 1995-1997 | ||
Evergreen Speedway | 0.646-mile paved oval | Washington (Monroe) | 1995-2000 | Track still active | |
Flemington Speedway | 0.625-mile paved oval | New Jersey (Flemington) | 1995-1998 | Track closed in 2002, demolished 2005 | |
Heartland Park Topeka | 1.800-mile road course | Kansas (Topeka) | 1995-1999 | Track still active, complex primarily used by NHRA | |
I-70 Speedway | 0.500-mile paved oval | Missouri (Odessa) | 1995-1999 | Track still active | |
Mansfield Motorsports Speedway | 0.44-mile paved oval | Ohio (Mansfield, Ohio) | 2004-2008 | ||
Mesa Marin Speedway | 0.500-mile paved oval | California (Bakersfield) | 1995-2001 2003 | Original track demolished in 2005, new speedway set to open sometime in 2008 | |
Portland International Raceway | 1.950-mile road course | Oregon (Portland) | 1999-2000 | Track still active | |
Saugus Speedway | 0.333-mile paved oval | California (Saugus) | 1995 | ||
Tucson Raceway Park | 0.375-mile paved oval | Arizona (Tucson) | 1995-1997 | ||
Walt Disney World Speedway | 1.000-mile paved oval | Florida (Orlando) | 1997-1998 | Track still active as part of the Richard Petty Driving Experience |
[edit] Other tracks used by NASCAR
This table includes tracks used by NASCAR solely for exhibition races or other special events that were not part of any regular NASCAR season.
Track | Type and layout | Location | Named race(s) | Season(s) | Notes |
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Suzuka International Racing Course (East Circuit) | 1.400 mile road course | Japan (Suzuka) | (exhibition; 1996-1997) | 1996-1997 | Remains active, hosts Formula One race from 1987 - 2006, alternate Formula One Japanese Grand Prix (2009 at Suzuka), (2010 at Fuji Speedway). returned in 2009. |
Twin Ring Motegi | 1.594 mile paved oval | Japan (Motegi) | (exhibition; 1998) | 1998 | Remains active, hosts Indy Japan 300 for IndyCar Series race. |
External links
- Complete list of every Cup track ever at racing-reference.info
- Interactive map of all current race tracks in North America
- Satellite and Aerial Photography of NASCAR Tracks
References
- ^ NASCAR.COM : Tracks
- ^ a b Sprint Cup Tracks Past and Present - Racing-Reference.info
- ^ Golenbock, Peter and Fielden, Greg, eds. NASCAR Encyclopedia. MBI Publishing Company, 2003. pps 695-948. ISBN 0-7603-1571-X
- ^ Birmingham International Raceway Welcome Race Fans
- ^ Huntsville Speedway
- ^ Montgomery Motor Speedway
- ^ Arizona Exposition & State Fair - Building Information
- ^ Tucson Rodeo - Feb. 16-24, 2008 - Welcome to the La Fiesta de los Vaqueros!
- ^ Memphis-Arkansas Speedway
- ^ Bay Meadows - v2.0
- ^ 05a.PDF
- ^ Merced
- ^ www.racintheacres.com
- ^ The Fair : 2007
- ^ ::::Willow Springs Raceway::::
- ^ Thompson Speedway
- ^ 5 Flags Speedway
- ^ Historic Augusta International Raceway Augusta, Racing Through History Forum,Georgia Richmond County, Former NASCAR tracks, NASCAR speedway, NASCAR road course, USRRC tracks, United States Road Racing Championship, Richard Petty, Jim Hall, Glenn Fireball Roberts, 1964 race season, tragic, augusta georgia, augusta photos, things to do in Augusta, Georgia, Hephzibah, Georgia, Speedway, Road Course, Old race tracks, Former race tracks, ghost tracks, Richard Petty, Jim Hall
- ^ Peach State Speedway | Georgia's Fastest 1/2 Mile Asphalt Oval
- ^ Oglethorpe Speedway Park
- ^ Savannah Speedway
- ^ Santa Fe Speedway
- ^ Winchester Speedway - Winchester, IN
- ^ Davenport Speedway
- ^ John Davis
- ^ Oxford Plains Speedway
- ^ Beltsville Speedway
- ^ Capitol College:
- ^ Norwood Arena Speedway: stock car racing, nascar tracks, modifieds
- ^ Grand Rapids Speedrome - Grand Rapids Michigan
- ^ Nationwide Series Tracks Past and Present - Racing-Reference.info
- ^ Camping World Truck Series Tracks Past and Present - Racing-Reference.info
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