What Local Tracks Have You Visited or Like to Visit?

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It's cool seeing Limaland being on the list, especially since it only got recently sanctioned by NASCAR. It's disappointing to not see Wall Stadium on the list since it's had a long history and the politics have been destroying its reputation.

You people pretty much know I've gone to Eldora and Limaland. Here's the list of tracks I've gone to:

Tracks I've raced at:
-Wall Stadium (NJ. Both the quarter midget track and the big track)
-Bethel Speedway (upstate NY)
-Shenandoah Speedway (Virginia)
-Southside Speedway (race track Denny Hamlin grew up on. I was only there for a driver's clinic)
-Thompson Speedway (Connecticut. I've only raced on the quarter midget track though. I did get to see a couple of races while I was there)
-Kil-Kare Speedway (southern part of Ohio. Same thing applies with Thompson except I never actually got to see a race on the big track)
-Charlotte Motor Speedway (I know it's not exactly a local track but there were some track layouts I've raced on in events I would consider local. One of them was a 1/5 mile oval I've raced on that's built on a landfill located behind the 1.5 mile backstretch. I raced on the infield road course as well, which was fun)
-There were a bunch of the other tracks I've raced on that were quarter midget tracks but weren't near any local track.

Tracks I've visited but never raced on (yet):
-Eldora
-Limaland
-Riverhead (Long Island, NY)
-Englishtown Raceway Park
-Daytona
-Pocono
-Watkins Glen
-Kansas Speedway

Tracks that I want to visit or will visit:
-Volusia Speedway (dirt track in Florida I'll be visiting in February during Speedweeks)
-Bowman Gray Stadium (Do I need to say more)
-North Wilkesboro (although it's kind of dead)
-Irwindale Speedway (see N.W.)
-Bristol Motor Speedway (I'll only be there for the modified & truck race)

Adelaide Street Circuit.

http://www.racepbir.com/

I've raced here in karts, tested a Spec Racer Ford there as well, and I'm currently working on fixing the alpha version of the track for NR2003.

I've been to Raceway Park and ran Karts there, and I have also been to Wall Stadium and NJ Motorsports Park.

Willow Springs

My brother-in-law took me drifting there. It's insane.

Blake Camphausen wrote:I've been to Raceway Park and ran Karts there, and I have also been to Wall Stadium and NJ Motorsports Park.

Where in New Jersey do you live?

I've raced on:
Sydney Speedway
Nowra Speedway
Cullen Bullen Speedway
A.C.T. Speedway (only A-Main win)
Dubbo Speedway
Goulburn Speedway

Driven on:
Sydney Street Circuit
Mt. Panorama, Bathurst (It is a public road for 49 weeks of the year)

Will drive on in the future:
Wakefield Park (Got a V8 Drive for 18th birthday)

Have been to (that hasn't been mentioned yet):
Gilgandra Speedway
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
Oran Park
Eastern Creek
Queensland Raceway
Darwin Speedway
Hidden Valley
Mallala
Calder Park

Grandview Speedway was on that list too.

I'm going to Queensland Raceway and possibly Surfers for V8 Supercars this year.

I've been to:
Mount Panorama Bathurst (if I don't go one year it's because of some personal issue)
Oran Park Raceway
Eastern Creek Raceway & Drag strip
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
Homebush Street Circuit
Phillip Island

Been to everything in Connecticut, ran a few test laps at Lime Rock and Stafford

Went to Riverside (MA) before it was torn down in 1999

I've only ever been to Oulton Park to watch a race, but I've visited Daytona before.

I'd love to go to Star Speedway, or a track similar to that. I want to see what it's like to visit a short track, even if I have to fly thousands of miles to see it xD

I've been to Silverstone before for various amounts of race meetings including the BTCC, but I've never had the chance to actually be there to watch the British GP in Formula 1. I hope to go there in the future. I also went to see last year's Aaron's 499 race at Talladega as well.

Tracks I’ve seen races at:
Bristol Motor Speedway
Charlotte Motor Speedway (called Lowe’s Motor Speedway when I went)
Darlington Raceway
Daytona International Speedway
Dover International Speedway
Five Flags Speedway
Langley Speedway
Martinsville Speedway
Richmond International Raceway
Virginia Motor Speedway

Tracks I’ve visited but have not seen races at:
Blyton Park Circuit
Brands Hatch Circuit
Donington Park Circuit
Gresham Motorsports Park
Silverstone Circuit
Virginia International Raceway

In addition, I've taken a few laps around Langley in my car.

I've never been on a track before in my life, but I have been to quite a few races. I don't know if they qualify as "local" tracks though.

Seen races at:
Michigan International Speedway
Atlanta Motor Speedway (before it was reconfigured)
Gateway International Raceway (the inaugural Busch series race where several people died from the heat)
Talladega Superspeedway
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Chicagoland Speedway

I've been to USA Speedway, shame it was closed down in 2008....
East Bay Raceway
Lake Erie Speedway


I've also been to Daytona 5 times. (2002 Pepsi 400, 2006 Daytona 500, 2007 & 2008 Rolex 24, and last years Coke Zero 400)

I used to live right down the street from Bowman-Gray. Couldn't count how many times I went there. Most of the tracks I've been to that would today be called "local tracks", are ones that formerly had a NASCAR race. Or at the very least, ARCA, IMCA, or USAC.

Going down the list alphabetically, I've been to:

34 Raceway (Burlington, IA)
Alameda County Fairgrounds (Pleasanton, CA)
Albany Saratoga Speedway (Malta, NY)
Allentown Fairgrounds (Allentown, PA)
Aroostook County Speedway (Caribou, ME)
Asheville-Weaverville Speedway (Weaverville, NC)
Atlanta International Raceway (Hamton, GA) (The *old* Atlanta, not the remake.)
Augusta International Raceway (Augusta, GA)
Augusta Speedway (Augusta, GA)
Beltsville Speedway (Beltsville, MD)
Billings Motorsports Park (Billings, MT)
Black Hills Speedway (Rapid City, SD)
Bowman-Gray Stadium (Winston-Salem, NC)
Bridgehampton Raceway (Bridgehampton, NY)
Bristol International Raceway (Bristol, TN)
California State Fairgrounds (Sacramento, CA)
Canfield Speedway (Canfield, OH)
Caraway Speedway (Asheboro, NC)
Charlotte Motor Speedway (Charlotte, NC)
Circuit de Monaco (Monte Carlo, Monaco)
Clay County Fairgrounds (Spencer, IA)
Cleveland County Fairgrounds (Shelby, NC)
Columbia Speedway (Cayce, SC)
Concord Speedway (Concord, NC)
Coos Bay International Speedway (Coos Bay, OR)
Corbin Speedway (Corbin, KY)
Corpus Christi Speedway (Corpus Christi, TX)
Darlington Raceway (Darlington, SC)
Davenport Speedway (Davenport, IA)
Dayton Speedway (Dayton, OH)
Daytona International Speedway (Daytona Beach, FL)
Dog Track Speedway (Moyock, NC)
Dover Downs International Speedway (Dover, DE)
Dubuque County Fairgrounds (Dubuque, IA)
DuQuoin State Fairgrounds (DuQuoin, IL)
Elko Speedway (Elko, MN)
Evergreen Speedway (Monroe, WA)
Fairgrounds Raceway (Birmingham, AL)
Flat Rock Speedway (Flat Rock, MI)
Flemington Speedway (Flemington, NJ)
Fonda Speedway (Fonda, NY)
Fort Wayne Speedway (Fort Wayne, IN)
Greenville-Pickens Speedway (Greenville, SC)
Hamilton County Speedway (Webster City, IA)
Harris Speedway (Harris, NC)
Hawkeye Downs Speedway (Ceder Rapids, IA)
Heartland Park (Topeka, KS)
Heidelberg Raceway (Heidelberg, PA)
Hialeah Speedway (Hialeah, FL)
Hickory Motor Speedway (Hickory, NC)
Huntsville Speedway (Huntsville, AL)
I-35 Speedway (Mason City, IA)
I-70 Speedway (Odessa, MO)
Illinois State Fairgrounds (Springfield, IL)
Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Indianapolis, IN)
Indianapolis Raceway Park (Clermont, IN)
International Raceway Park (Ona, WV)
Iowa State Fairgrounds (Des Moines, IA)
Islip Speedway (Islip, NY)
Jacksonville Speedway (Jacksonville, FL)
Jacksonville Speedway (Jacksonville, NC)
Joseph F. Meyer Speedway (Houston, TX)
Kil-Kare Speedway (Xenia, OH)
Kingsport Speedway (Kingsport, TN)
Knoxville Raceway (Knoxville, IA)
Kokomo Speedway (Kokomo, IN)
Lakewood Speedway (Atlanta, GA)
Langhorne Speedway (Langhorne, PA) (Post-pavement, unfortunately.)
Langley Field Speedway (Hampton, VA)
Lanier National Speedway (Gainesville, GA)
Lee County Speedway (Donnellson, IA)
Lime Rock Park (Lakeville, CT)
Louisa County Fairgrounds (Columbus Junction, IA) (Aka, the only track I've ever raced at.)
Louisiana State Fairgrounds (Shreveport, LA)
Louisville Motor Speedway (Louisville, KY)
Martinsville Speedway (Martinsville, VA)
Merced Fairgrounds (Merced, CA)
Mesa Marin Raceway (Bakersfield, CA)
Michigan International Speedway (Brooklyn, MI)
Middle Georgia Raceway (Macon, GA)
Milwaukee Mile (West Alis, WI)
Montgomery Motor Speedway (Montgomery, AL)
Mount Pleasant Fairgrounds (Mount Pleasant, IA)
Myrtle Beach Speedway (Myrtle Beach, SC)
Nashville Speedway (Nashville, TN)
Nazareth Speedway (Nazareth, PA)
New York State Fairgrounds (Syracuse, NY)
North Carolina Motor Speedway (Rockingham, NC)
North Wilkesboro Speedway (North Wilkesboro, NC)
Occoneechee Speedway (Hillsboro, NC)
Old Bridge Stadium (Old Bridge, NJ)
Old Dominion Speedway (Manassas, VA)
Ontario Motor Speedway (Ontario, CA)
Orange County Speedway (Rougemont, NC)
Oxford Plains Speedway (Oxford, ME)
Palm Beach Speedway (West Palm Beach, FL)
Peoria Speedway (Peoria, IL)
Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds (Spartanburg, SC)
Pocono International Raceway (Long Pond, PA)
Portland Speedway (Portland, OR)
Quad City Speedway (East Moline, IL)
Rapid Speedway (Rock Rapids, IA)
Reading Fairgrounds (Reading, PA)
Red River Valley Speedway (West Fargo, ND)
Redwood Acres Raceway (Eureka, CA)
Richmond Fairgrounds (Richmond, VA)
Riverside International Raceway (Riverside, CA)
Road Atlanta (Braselton, GA)
Rockford Speedway (Rockford, IL)
Salem Speedway (Salem, IN)
Saugus Speedway (Santa Clarita, CA)
Savannah Speedway (Savannah, GA)
Sharon Speedway (Hartford, OH)
Smoky Mountain Raceway (Maryville, TN)
South Bend Motor Speedway (South Bend, IN)
Southside Speedway (Midlothian, VA)
Speedway Park (Jacksonville, FL)
Starkey Speedway (Roanoke, VA)
Streets of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg, FL)
Talladega Superspeedway (Talladega, AL)
Texas World Speedway (College Station, TX)
Thompson International Speedway (Thompson, CT)
Thunder Road International Speedbowl (Barre, VT)
Toledo Speedway (Toledo, OH)
Trenton International Speedway (Trenton, NJ)
Valdosta Speedway (Valdosta, GA)
Watkins Glen International (Watkins Glen, NY)
Williams Grove Speedway (Mechanicsburg, PA)
Winchester Speedway (Winchester, IN)

And that's just the ones important enough for Ultimateracinghistory to list. I know there are others (West Liberty Raceway for instance) that aren't on the list. So at minimum, I've been to 130 different tracks in my life. Which probably explains my hearing problems.

NASCAR Circuits I've been to:
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Dover International Speedway
Martinsville Speedway
New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Pocono Raceway
Watkins Glen International

Other Tracks I've been to:
Grandview Speedway

Good lord. How did you manage to go to a lot of tracks??

Too bad Trenton International Speedway and Old Bridge Stadium (the town I actually grew up in) got shut down due to developments. It would've been cool to see how the racing was back then, especially Trenton with the kink on the backstretch.

Since you brought up a ton of tracks, I got this booklet for free that lists every race track that exists throughout the U.S. and Canada. It's a really interesting what information is in there. http://speedwaysonline.com/

RealRacer4: When I was a kid, my family went out to the races like most people go out to clubs. My dad's job had us on the road most weeks (Winston-Salem was just 'home base'), so whenever we were in a new town, we'd always be sure to check out the nearest track. That explains most of the tracks east of the Mississippi: the west coast ones came from when I lived in California, and the midwestern ones have been slowly added over the last 17 years. I don't go to races nearly as much as I used to.

bartman97 wrote:I'm going to Queensland Raceway this year.

I'm sorry to hear that .

Spen wrote:RealRacer4: When I was a kid, my family went out to the races like most people go out to clubs. My dad's job had us on the road most weeks (Winston-Salem was just 'home base'), so whenever we were in a new town, we'd always be sure to check out the nearest track. That explains most of the tracks east of the Mississippi: the west coast ones came from when I lived in California, and the midwestern ones have been slowly added over the last 17 years. I don't go to races nearly as much as I used to.

When did you got to Columbia Speedway?

'78, just before it shut down.

Spen wrote:'78, just before it shut down.

Were you there for auto racing or motorcross? According to people I've talked to they stopped racing cars around '76.

You might be interested in one of the links in my signature as well.

I've been to the Langley Speedway, Gateway Motorsports Park, I'm going to the Texas Motor Speedway for the IndyCar race tomorrow, and I've visited Daytona, but I've never seen a race there.

Spen wrote:I used to live right down the street from Bowman-Gray. Couldn't count how many times I went there. Most of the tracks I've been to that would today be called "local tracks", are ones that formerly had a NASCAR race. Or at the very least, ARCA, IMCA, or USAC.

Going down the list alphabetically, I've been to:

Spoiler:

And that's just the ones important enough for Ultimateracinghistory to list. I know there are others (West Liberty Raceway for instance) that aren't on the list. So at minimum, I've been to 130 different tracks in my life. Which probably explains my hearing problems.

Aaaand you have officially won this thread

Having traveled around the eastern half of the us with my dad racing, I went to quite a fewnroad courses.
Some of the more famous ones were Daytona, Mid Ohio, Road Atlanta, and Road America.

Many were small local road courses
Putnam Park (Indiana) is a fast smooth track that is used for testing by the IZOD IndyCar Series teams.
Gingermen Raceway (Michigan) is a local road course in Michigan. I haven't been there in a loooooooooonnngg time.
Pittsburgh International Speedway (Pennsylvania) was formerly called Beaver Run. It's a special place because my father won a lot here and I raced on the kart track. That kart track was INTENSE.
Nelson Ledges (Ohio) is one of my favorites. Fast and bumpy, it's really close to home and I've been there a lot. I'm hoping to drive on it soon. Nelson was known for years for the The Longest Day, a sort of low end Le Mans, which my dad and my uncle raced in many times. Nelson Ledges is kind of old and is showing it's age (it needs to be repaved badly), but it is still awesome. More on Nelson later.

I've been to-

Indianapolis Motor Speedway ('04 Brickyard Practice, '05 Brickyard, '06 Brickyard, '08 Brickyard, '09 or '10 Brickyard, I can't remember which)

Indianapolis Raceway Park ('04 Busch Race, '05 Busch and Truck race, '06 Busch race I think, A Sprint car and Late Model race a couple years back)

I-69 Speedway [Gas City, IN] (My home track, only actually been once or twice)

Anderson Speedway [Anderson, IN] (Some race there, I think there were Figure 8 and Full Track races)

Michigan Speedway ('07 Cup race, didn't actually see the race, it was the one that was rained out for two days)

Bristol Motor Speedway ('07 Busch and Cup race a.k.a. the first COT race)

TheMayor44 wrote:Were you there for auto racing or motorcross? According to people I've talked to they stopped racing cars around '76.

You might be interested in one of the links in my signature as well.

I'm 95% certain it was motorcross. I might have been there for a Cup race in 1970, though. I remember going to a dirt race where Johnny Halford's "Sponsor Wanted" car was leading for a while, and I can't recall if it was Columbia or Raleigh.

The track in your link is for N2003, right? This old computer can't handle that game.

Spen wrote:

TheMayor44 wrote:Were you there for auto racing or motorcross? According to people I've talked to they stopped racing cars around '76.

You might be interested in one of the links in my signature as well.

I'm 95% certain it was motorcross. I might have been there for a Cup race in 1970, though. I remember going to a dirt race where Johnny Halford's "Sponsor Wanted" car was leading for a while, and I can't recall if it was Columbia or Raleigh.

The track in your link is for N2003, right? This old computer can't handle that game.

Well there's that, and then there's the link to the documentary on the speedway.

Karting: Bayford Meadow, Lynn, Buckmore Park

I haven't been or attended a non-karting meet this year but I am planning to go to the British and Italian Grand Prix's (in a way, both local tracks for me )