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Asphalt 2.8 miles (4.51 km) 10 Driveway Austin: Austin: Texas: 2005-2021 Asphalt 1.61 miles (2.59 km) 14 Gateway International Raceway: Madison: Illinois: 1985-1996 Asphalt 2.6 miles (4.2 km) 14 Green Valley Raceway: North Richland Hills: Texas: 1963–1984 Asphalt 1.6 miles (2.6 km) 8 Greenwood Roadway: Indianola: Iowa: 1963-1966 Asphalt 3.0 ...
Smoky Mountain Speedway was built in 1962 and opened during the 1965 racing season. The track was converted into an asphalt track in 1967 only to revert back to a dirt track in 1978. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] On November 2, 2022, it was announced that the track would be shortened to 0.375 mi (0.604 km) in 2023.
It is one of three NASCAR tracks that features a concrete racing surface instead of the traditional asphalt; its sibling tracks in Dover, Delaware and Bristol, Tennessee, are the other two. Along with the main track, the track complex also features a 1.800 mi (2.897 km) road course layout that uses parts of the main track along with an infield ...
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 ...
The Memphis International Raceway (more commonly known as MIR) was founded in 1986 by Ed Gatlin, who along with a group of investors, bought a 400-acre tract of land within the northeastern section of Shelby County, and built a drag strip with an adjacent road course, including a dirt track and a go-kart track. [2]
Dirt track racing is the single most common form of auto racing in the United States. According to the National Speedway Directory, there are over 700 dirt oval tracks in operation in the US. [1] The composition of the dirt on tracks has an effect on the amount of grip available. Many tracks use clay with a specific mixture of dirt.
This image comes from drone video showing the scope of flooding after a levee failed in Tennessee on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025.
Slab track with flexible noise-reducing rail fixings, built by German company Max Bögl, on the Nürnberg–Ingolstadt high-speed line. A ballastless track or slab track is a type of railway track infrastructure in which the traditional elastic combination of sleepers and ballast is replaced by a rigid construction of concrete or asphalt.