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Atlanta Motor Speedway
Hampton, Georgia (GA)Atlanta Motor Speedway is situated on 870 acres in Hampton, GA, just 25 miles south of Atlanta; today’s Atlanta Motor Speedway is one of the country’s top racing facilities. Originally planned in 1958, insufficient funds forced four of the founders to abandon ship before construction …
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Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol, Tennessee (TN)Bristol Motor Speedway, originally proposed as “Piney Flats,” opened in 1961 with a seating capacity of only 18,000. Work began on the speedway in 1960 and it took approximately one year to finish. The goal was a smaller model of Charlotte Motor Speedway; something with …
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California Speedway
Fontana, California (CA)California Speedway opened in June 1997 and is built on the site of an old steel mill more than 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. In an effort to bring a major speedway to Southern California, construction started on the speedway in November 1995. …
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Chicagoland Speedway
Joliet, Illinois (IL)Chicagoland Speedway is a 1.5-mile tri-oval, built along Historic Route 66 just outside of Chicago. With the addition of the 75,000-seat, $130 million Speedway, Joliet’s world-class motorsports complex would form what is now Illinois’ largest sporting facility, occupying over 1,300-acres. The plan to build a …
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Darlington Raceway
Darlington, South Carolina (SC)Darlington Raceway’s first race was the Southern 500, on Labor Day 1950, and not much was expected from the fledgling NASCAR series. No more than 10,000 fans were expected, but a crowd of over 25,000 showed up to the 1-1/4-mile egg-shaped oval. Plans originally called …
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Daytona International Speedway
Daytona Beach, Florida (FL)Daytona International Speedway is the home of "The World's Greatest Race" -- the Daytona 500. Annually, the Daytona 500 attracts the largest audience in motorsports. Although the Daytona 500 garners most of the attention, the enormous 480-acre motorsports complex boasts the most diverse schedule of …
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Dover International Speedway
Dover, Delaware (DE)Dover International Speedway opened in 1969 near Dover, Delaware. It is unusual in several respects. It is called “The Monster Mile” for good reason; Dover is a concrete track while most other NASCAR tracks are asphalt causing the speedway to be very hard on the …
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Gateway International Raceway
Madison, Illinois (IL)Gateway International Raceway is equipped to host almost any form of major league motorsports on its various tracks at the facility. From the egg-shaped 1.25-mile oval with two unique sets of turns, a tight 1-2 banked at 11 degrees with a sweeping 3-4 that has …
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Homestead-Miami Speedway
Homestead, Florida (FL)Homestead-Miami Speedway’s Art Deco architecture, considered beautiful even on South Beach in Miami, its massive size and vibrant colors has help it been labeled as one of the most beautiful sports facilities in the US. With the skyline of Miami visible to the northeast, this …
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Speedway, Indiana (IN)Indianapolis Motor Speedway was built in 1909 on 328-acres of farmland five miles northwest of Indianapolis. Financed by four local businessmen, it was planned as a year-round testing facility for the automobile industry in Indiana. Occasional race meets would be presented at the track, featuring …
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Infineon Raceway
Sonoma, California (CA)Infineon Raceway is a 2.52-mile road-racing course constructed on 720 acres of land in Northern California’s famous wine country. Built in 1968, the raceway was originally called Sears Point Raceway. From the fender-rubbing action of NASCAR Nextel Cup and ground pounding thunder of NHRA Drag …
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Kansas Speedway
Kansas City, Kansas (KS)Kansas Speedway is a 1.5-mile tri-oval constructed near the intersection of two major interstate highways about 15 miles from downtown Kansas City. Seating capacity is nearly 87,000 and the speedway boasts great views from every seat, and there’s room to increase capacity up to 150,000 …
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Kentucky Speedway
Sparta, Kentucky (KY)Kentucky Speedway is a state-of-the-art facility that opened in 2000 in Sparta, Kentucky. The location is very central and seemed to be perfect to attract NASCAR Nextel Cup races. It is approximately halfway between Louisville, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio, with easy interstate highway access to …
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Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas, Nevada (NV)Las Vegas Motor Speedway is called the "Diamond in the Desert" for good reason; with 1,600 acres in the northeast portion of the Las Vegas Valley and more than a dozen different venues at the facility. From go-karts to drag racing to NASCAR Nextel Cup …
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Lowe’s Motor Speedway
Concord, North Carolina (NC)Lowe’s Motor Speedway was designed and built in 1959; a 1.5-mile superspeedway on the outskirts of Charlotte, North Carolina and, in June 1960, the first World 600 was run at the track. In addition to the 1.5-mile quad oval, the speedway complex includes a 2.25-mile …
