ABOUT
THE RACING SCHOOL - A
REAL RACECAR EXPERIENCE
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TRACKS |
Built in 1968. 'Yellow Freight 200' NASCAR Craftsman Truck
Race is Biggest Motorsports event in MO. Mark Martin, Rusty
Wallace, Alan Kulwicki, Dick Trickle, Ken Schrader, and
others made I-70 a regular stop early in their careers.
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Length:
1/2 Mile
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Banking:
34 in corners
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Track
Shape: High Banked Oval
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Bristol, one of the shortest tracks on the NEXTEL Cup circuit,
has the highest banking, making for an appealing combination
for driver and spectator alike. Added to the schedule in
1961 and resurfaced from asphalt to concrete in 1992, Bristol's
attendance has increased from 18,000 to well over 160,000
with the reconstruction of the speedway's backstretch
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Length:
1/2 Mile
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Banking:
36 Degrees
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Track
Shape: High Banked Oval
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Columbia Motorsports Park is a half mile banked asphalt
oval speedway with wide racing grooves and huge pits. Centrally
located just south of Lake City Florida and close to Jacksonville,
Gainesville, the Florida Panhandle and South Georgia. The
speedway is a 1/2 mile from the Interstate 75 exit 414 with
motels and all facilities within a few minutes of the track.
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Length:
1/2 Mile
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Banking:
n/a
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Track
Shape: Banked Oval
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Homestead-Miami Speedway is a world-class motorsports facility
located just south of Miami in tropical South Florida. The
Speedway is the home of Ford Championship Weekend, the season-finales
for the Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup, and the Busch and
Craftsman Truck Series. Each spring, the Speedway hosts
the Toyota Indy 300 featuring the IRL IndyCar Series, the
Rolex Sports Car Series, and the Menards Infiniti Pro Series.
In addition to these major spectator events, the Speedway
is active more than 260 days per year with multiple forms
of racing, testing, track rentals, driving schools, and
community events
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Length:
1.5 Mile
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Banking:
20 Degrees
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Track
Shape: Banked Oval
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Kansas Speedway boasts great views from every seat and easy
access in and out of the 1 1/2-mile, state-of-the-art facility,
a response to growing interest for motorsports entertainment
in the Midwest. Though the tri-oval track design is not
unique to Kansas Speedway, a slight difference in the banking
makes this track unique.
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Length:
1.5 Mile
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Banking:
15 Degrees
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Track
Shape: Banked Tri-Oval
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Lake Erie Speedway is a 3/8 mile paved, banked oval, with
a figure 8 inside. The banking ranges from 6 degrees on
the straights to 12 degrees on the turns. The track runs
with NASCAR sanction, and is visited by the Busch Grand
National North Series during the course of the year.
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Length:
3/8 Mile
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Banking:
Compound Banking from 6-8-10-12 degrees
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Track
Shape: Banked Oval
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Madison International Speedway is located in the beautiful
countryside of the Town of Rutland just ten miles south
of Madison. This half-mile paved oval, constructed in 1969,
was built for speed as Wisconsin's fastest times ever on
a half-mile have been set at MIS. Grandstand seating is
available for over 10,000 fans with free parking. Four weekly
racing divisions will take to the track in 2005: Super Late
Models, ASA Late Models, Midwest / Mid Am Trucks, and Area
Sportsman.
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Length:
1/2 Mile
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Banking:
n/a
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Track
Shape: Banked Oval
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During the past century, the facility has played an integral
role in shaping the face of auto racing. The Milwaukee Mile
has hosted a variety of events from turn-of-the-century
"speed contests" and 24-hour endurance races to AAA and
USAC-sanctioned Indy car and Stock Car events, to NASCAR
Busch Series competition. The roster of past winners at
America’s Legendary Oval is a veritable "who's-who" of racing
history, including names like Barney Oldfield, Rex Mays,
Parnelli Jones, A.J. Foyt, the Unsers, the Andrettis and
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
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Length:
1 Mile
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Banking:
n/a
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Track
Shape: Semi-Flat Oval
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A year round racing facility that boasts some of the best
short track competition in Florida, if not the nation. Weekly
racing events include Late Models, Open-Wheel Modifieds
and Sportsman divisions. Each February, the track hosts
the highly anticipated "World Series of Asphalt Auto Racing".
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Length:
1/2 Mile
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Banking:
18 Degrees
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Track
Shape: Banked Oval
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The two NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series races at New Hampshire
Motor Speedway are largest spectator sporting events
in New England with 101,000 guests in attendance at each
race. NHMS is located one hour from Boston, two hours from
Portland, Maine, and Providence, R.I., and is easily accessible
from Vermont and Canada.
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Length:
1 Mile
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Banking:
12 Degrees
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Track
Shape: Semi-Flat Oval
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FORMERLY INDIANAPOLIS RACEWAY PARK.
O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis (ORP) has been in
operation since 1960. The first event at ORP was held on
the dragstrip in 1960. The first oval race was in 1961 on
the dirt. A. J. Foyt won that first event. The facility
was recently renamed O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis
following a multiyear, multimillion-dollar sponsorship agreement
with O’Reilly Auto Parts. ORP is on 267 acres of land and
has three racetracks. A .686-mile oval, quarter-mile dragstrip,
and 2.5-mile, 15-turn road course make up this multipurpose
facility.
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Length:
.0686 Mile
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Banking:
semi
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Track
Shape: Semi Banked Oval
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Saturday nights are dedicated to our NASCAR fans. NASCAR
Dodge Weekly Racing Series features NASCAR Late Model, Grand
Stock, Mini Stock and Speedway Sportsman racing action.
ODS is the home of Late Model Stock Cars, the 2003 National
Champion, Mark McFarland, and the track where the greatest
stock car legends of all time have raced. On selected nights,
see INEX Legends racing action. ODS short track racing is
exciting and action packed – DON’T MISS IT!
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Length:
3/8 Mile
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Banking:
n/a
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Track
Shape: Banked Oval
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One of the most historic tracks in racing is also one of
the most popular among drivers, fans and the media. Year
after year, Richmond International Raceway puts on the best
short track show, and arguably the best racing anywhere.
Why? Richmond’s unique, ¾-mile layout produces tremendous
side-by-side racing, yet drivers obtain high enough speeds
to give it a superspeedway feel. That rare combination still
allows for the beating and banging that fans love, with
the drivers’ skill playing a major role in winning. In the
words of NASCAR NEXTEL Cup icon Rusty Wallace, those characteristics
help make racing at the track and the experience fans have
while visiting, simply “perfect.”
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Length:
3/4 Mile
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Banking:
14 Degrees
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Track
Shape: D-Shape Oval
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Rockingham
(North Carolina Speedway) Rockingham,
NC
A joint venture between Darlington Raceway builder Harold
Brasington and landowner Bill Land, North Carolina Speedway's
first race was held in 1965. Over time, the track came under
control of L.G. DeWitt, a local trucking company executive
who supervised reshaping the original flat mile track into
the present, banked 1.017-mile oval in 1969. Drive
a piece of history!
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Length:
1.017 Miles
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Banking:
22/25 Degrees
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Track
Shape: Banked Oval
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Over the years, Thompson Int'l Speedway has attracted some
of racing’s biggest names and has been home to many of today’s
racing stars. One of the first to test the waters in the
major leagues of the sport was Pete Hamilton. He established
himself very quickly by winning the Daytona 500 while driving
for Petty Enterprises. Geoffrey Bodine and Greg Sacks became
Daytona champions after several years of plying their trade
at Thompson. Steve Park and others have gained national
prominence following successful years at this famed Connecticut
speedway
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Length:
5/8 Mile
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Banking:
26 Degrees
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Track
Shape: High Banked Oval
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The SK-Modifieds top the four-division program which also
includes the Late Model, Sportsman and Mini Stock classes.
Legends Cars are often a fifth attraction on Saturday nights.
The Speedbowl also hosts the area's leading touring divisions
as well including the popular NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour,
the NASCAR Busch North, the Northeastern Midget Association,
the American Canadian Tour, the Southern New England Pro-Four
Modifieds and the AllStar Race Trucks.
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Length:
1/3 Mile
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Banking:
n/a
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Track
Shape: Banked Oval
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