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The Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway was a dirt oval racing track located in Detroit, Michigan. The track was built in 1899 for horse racing, [1] and it was part of the ground purchased to provide a permanent venue for the Michigan State Fair. Joseph Lowthian Hudson donated the land, at Woodward Avenue and what is now 8 Mile Road, to the ...
For a period, this was the only track in Michigan to offer live thoroughbred racing. The track opened in 1949 for Thoroughbred flat racing. In 1953 a harness racing season was added. After 1985, only Standardbred harness racing events were run here until 2014, when Thoroughbred racing was revived. [2] The track was sold and closed in April 2018 ...
Between 1993 and 2001, economic activity from horse racing throughout the state fell nearly 19 percent.Year-round racing and the introduction to simulcasting in 1996 helped to keep the racetracks ...
Flat Rock Speedway in 2021. Flat Rock Speedway was constructed in 1952, but financial issues led to the original investors backing out. Under Sheldon Hayes of the Cadillac Asphalt Company, the track was completed in 1953; using 70 tons of a mixture of rubber and asphalt, Hayes created a "rubberized" asphalt surface that was the first of its kind for a race track.
Defunct horse racing venues in Washington (state) (3 P) Pages in category "Defunct horse racing venues in the United States" The following 60 pages are in this category, out of 60 total.
The Detroit Race Course was a complex in Livonia, Michigan, a suburb northwest of Detroit and part of the metropolitan area. It consisted of a regulation racing track and associated stables for horses, and facilities for trainers, exercise workers, and jockeys. It was opened in 1950 primarily as a venue for racing thoroughbreds.
Berlin Raceway is a 0.438 mi (0.705 km) long paved oval race track in Marne, Michigan, [1] near Grand Rapids.The track races weekly as part of the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series. [2]
Figure 8 World Championship Racing .50 miles (0.80 km) Flat cross Seekonk Speedway: Seekonk: Massachusetts: 1946 Asphalt 0.30 miles Anderson Speedway: Anderson: Indiana: Asphalt National Crown is the nation's oldest continuously run stock car race, and this event even pre-dates the legendary Daytona 500. High bank Slinger Speedway: Slinger ...