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Lanier National Speedway – Dirt

November 28th, 2017 by

Lanier was a typical southern dirt track when it opened in 1982. Five years later the 3/8-mile oval was paved, and its moderately-banked wide-open turns and fairly short straightaways made NASCAR-sanctioned Lanier National Speedway a good test for the track’s weekly racing divisions, among them Pro Late Models, open-wheel Modifieds and Legends Cars. Located across … Read the Rest »

Snetterton Circuit

September 4th, 2017 by

Located in Norfolk, UK, Snetterton Circuit was first opened in 1951. Built on a former WWII RAF airfield, the original circuit was constructed on the old runways and taxi ways left but the track has undergone many renovations and upgrade with the most significant changes having been completed in 2011. There are three configurations of … Read the Rest »

USA International Speedway – Dirt

March 27th, 2017 by

A three-quarter mile, high banked oval, USA International hosted USAR, ASA, USAC races and a variety if Late Model events from 1995 to its closure in 2008. Located in Lakeland, FL the temperate climate, coupled with its relatively long straights and tight turns, made the facility a popular year round test track for a number … Read the Rest »

Southern National Motorsports Park

December 7th, 2015 by

In a little more than two decades, Southern Motorsports Park (aka Southern National Speedway) has earned a reputation as one of the premier short tracks in the Carolinas.  Opened in 1993, the banked 4/10 mile speedway near Kenly, NC became part of the NASCAR Home Tracks program as host to the Whelen Southern Modified Series … Read the Rest »

Daytona International Speedway – Rallycross

November 2nd, 2015 by

Rallycross Track – Circa 2008 No one could have known it then, but when Daytona International Speedway opened in 1959, it marked the beginning of a new era in American motorsport. As a replacement for the old beach road course a few miles east, the the high-banked, 2.5-mile Florida tri-oval represented the leading edge of … Read the Rest »

Oran Park Raceway

October 25th, 2012 by

One of Australia’s most historic race tracks, Oran Park lives forever on iRacing.com even though it fell to the wreckers’ ball and bulldozers in 2010 to make way for a housing development. Shortly before this unique track went the way of Riverside Raceway and Trenton Speedway, iRacing’s laser-scanning crew mapped Oran Park’s different configurations, thus … Read the Rest »

Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park

October 25th, 2012 by

Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (TSMP) is one of the premier motorsports facilities in the Northeast, featuring the first purpose-built road course and first asphalt high-banked oval in America.  The track that became known as the “Indy of the East” was born of the calamitous hurricane (“The Long Island Express”) that devastated much of New England … Read the Rest »

Charlotte Motor Speedway – 2008

October 25th, 2012 by

Legacy Track – Circa 2008 Opened in 1960 by Bruton Smith and NASCAR driving legend Curtis Turner with the running of the longest stock car race in history, the World 600, a year later the 1.5-mile the Charlotte Motor Speedway was in bankruptcy, done in by a huge infield rock formation that ballooned construction costs … Read the Rest »

South Boston Speedway

October 25th, 2012 by

A mecca for southern Virginia short-track racing for over half a century, South Boston Speedway today bills itself as “America’s Hometown Track.” South Boston Speedway – SoBo to its many fans – was a quarter-mile dirt track when it opened its gates in 1957, and in that dusty incarnation hosted NASCAR stock car racing as … Read the Rest »

Oulton Park Circuit

October 25th, 2012 by

An integral part of the fabric of the British motorsports scene for more than half a century, Oulton Park is one of the world’s most picturesque – and challenging – road circuits. Originally developed by the Mid-Cheshire Car Club on an estate between Chester and Liverpool, Oulton Park has been a staple of the British … Read the Rest »