Oval course

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the USA is the most famous oval course in the world

Oval courses are permanent motorsport racetracks which, as a round course , in contrast to street or city courses , only have curves in one direction. Mostly there are left turns; the course is therefore traveled counter-clockwise . The up to four curves have a very different elevation depending on the course . This enables particularly high speeds to be achieved on oval courses. This type of route, which is often found in the USA, is called the speedway . Smaller oval racetracks, on which motorcycle speedway events take place, are not oval courses in the narrower sense.

distribution

Oval racetracks are found predominantly in North America, in the USA far more frequently than other racetracks. Canada and Mexico each have around a dozen smaller ovals, mainly for national offshoots of the US NASCAR Xfinity Series .

In Europe, the Lausitzring in Germany, the Rockingham Motor Speedway in England, the Raceway Venray in the Netherlands and the Tours Speedway in France are the only permanent courses of this kind. Between 2001 and 2003, the Eurospeedway Lausitz and the Rockingham Motor Speedway took place The American Champ Car Championship races are held, as well as the ASCAR races until 2007 , a former European touring car racing series. The short tracks in Tours and Venray have been organizing oval races since 2010 as part of the American-licensed NASCAR Whelen Euro Series .

Historically, oval tracks existed at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza and in Mallory Park, UK . The Formula 1 race of Italy took place on the oval track in Monza in the 1950s. The former “fastest race track in the world” (quote from German media from the end of the 1940s), the German Grenzlandring , which surrounds the city of Wegberg near Mönchengladbach , is an egg-shaped oval, originally built with concrete paving . However, the oval shape is comparatively uneven and the elevation minimal.

Other large oval courses are located in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil , Welkom in South Africa, Rafaela in Argentina, Melbourne in Australia, Puebla in Mexico and Motegi in Japan. However, the meaning of these ovals is very limited for international racing. The Twin Ring Motegi held the last official race of the IndyCar Series in 2010. In 2008, Danica Patrick was the first woman to win a race in a world-famous major racing series.

Differentiation of the oval courses

According to route length

Type	Explanation and examples	example Pictures
Short track	Short Tracks are oval courses less than a mile in length, the shortest of which are 0.2 miles. A large number of these racetracks can be found in the USA, mostly in every major city. Routes like Mansfield Motorsports Park or Martinsville Speedway are hardly elevated. On these routes, the pace differs greatly between the curve and the straight. Other routes, such as the Bristol Motor Speedway , on the other hand, are extremely elevated. In general, it can be said about short tracks that they exude a stadium atmosphere, as they are surrounded on all sides by sometimes steeply rising grandstands. The spectators can see the entire racetrack from almost every seat, but this sometimes causes problems with poor exhaust gases. Such short tracks can be compared to a modern coliseum. Local races are held almost every weekend on many short tracks. Apart from a few well-known tracks, such as Martinsville, Bristol or Nashville Fairgrounds, there are hardly any national series racing events on short tracks.	The Martinsville Speedway is a typical short track.
Speedway	Also widespread in the USA are the oval courses , known only as speedways , with a length of one to two miles. Sometimes this term is also used generally for all oval courses. In the NASCAR technical term, the Speedway are referred to as Intermediate . Many of these stretches are so banked that the speed hardly differs between straight and curve, it is sufficient to slightly take off the accelerator ("lift").	The Las Vegas Motor Speedway is a typical speedway.
Super speedway	Very long stretches of two miles or more are called super speedways . Most of them specialize in either formula or NASCAR races. Very high speeds are achieved on them, which as a rule no longer differ between straight lines and curves. The Speedways Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway , which specialize in NASCAR races, have a very strong cant (over 30 °). At NASCAR, only these two oval courses are now referred to as the Superspeedway, and the other Superspeedways in Pocono, Indianapolis, Michigan, California and Texas (World) are assigned to the intermediate routes. The reason lies in the fact that only in Daytona and Talladega, the so-called "Restrictor Plates", so air restrictors , are used to slow the speed of the cars. After Bill Elliott achieved the fastest lap ever driven by a NASCAR vehicle in 1987 with 212.809 mph (342.410 km / h) and there was an accident with injured spectators in the following race, the top speed in later races was about 190-200 mph throttled. No air flow limiters are used in the IndyCars and therefore no distinction is made between the individual super speedways. The approximately two-mile-long Auto Club Speedway in Fontana is officially the fastest racetrack in the world. On her Gil de Ferran achieved on October 28, 2000 in qualifying the fastest lap ever driven on a circuit with an average speed of 241.428 mph (388.537 km / h).	Talladega Superspeedway - the largest active superspeedway in the world

According to route shape

The courses also differ in the number of curves. Ovals usually have four curves, but only two of them are really noticeable. With the Americans, a curve is usually divided into Turn 1 and Turn 2 (or Turn 3 and Turn 4 ). The odd number ( Turn 1 and Turn 3 ) indicates the entry into a curve. Turn 2 and Turn 4 , on the other hand, are the exits. The 2nd corner is also known as the "chute" on some routes, as it is easier for the driver to understand which corner is meant. "Curved straight lines" are accepted as simple straight lines. At the start and finish there is the S / F straight , the back straight is the back straight . Other courses, such as Indianapolis , also have four turns, but there are four individual 90 ° turns connected by long or short straights.

shape	Explanation and examples	example Pictures
Classic oval	The classic oval race tracks consist of two long straights, which are connected by two long curves. The first oval tracks in the USA, the Milwaukee Mile (1903) and the Nashville Speedway (1904) belong to this group. In the USA, some oval with this line shape are called paperclips, i.e. paper clips, if the two straight lines are long and the curves have a small radius.	The Milwaukee Mile as a classic oval
D oval	With a D-oval, one of the two long straight lines of an oval, usually the start and finish straight, is laid out in the form of a long arc. This curve can be driven like a straight line and thus enables high average speeds. This design was mostly used in the superspeedways, such as the two-mile twin tracks Michigan International Speedway / Texas World Speedway , which were built in the late 1960s, or the California Speedway , which opened in 1997 . There are also short tracks and speedways that are D-shaped. These include the one-mile long Rockingham Speedway and Pikes Peak International Raceway , the short oval Richmond International Raceway and Myrtle Beach Speedway or the newly built Iowa Speedway .	The layout of the California Speedway .
Tri-oval	A shape widely used in modern ovals are courses with three curves, so-called tri-ovals. A distinction is made between ovals, which have been created in a real triangular shape, and modified D-ovals as sub-shapes. With the triangular ovals, the curves are simply numbered 1, 2 and 3. The third straight has a special name (mostly long straight or short straight ). The Pocono Raceway is an example of a classic triangular oval. With its length of 2.5 miles, it is considered a super speedway . However, each of the three curves has a different curve radius and a different superelevation. This asymmetry makes it very difficult for the teams to set up a car well. Pocono is often referred to as “The superspeedway that drives like a road course” because of its low elevation. This is a superspeedway that drives like a road course. The only German oval course, the EuroSpeedway Lausitz , is also a triangular tri-oval. The racetracks Las Vegas Motor Speedway , Kentucky Speedway , Chicagoland Speedway and Kansas Speedway , built between 1997 and 2001 , also form part of the tri-ovals. However, they do not have a classic triangular shape, but are modified D-oval. Instead of laying out the start and finish straight as a long curve, a kink would be built in here, which counts as a third corner, so to speak.	The triangle of the Pocono Raceway The Kentucky Speedway is a modern tri-oval (modified D-oval).
Quad oval	A quad oval has four independent curves, which are numbered 1 to 4. As with the tri-ovals, there are also sub-shapes: The first sub-shape are the ovals, which have a real square shape. This is the case, for example, with the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway , which has the shape of a rectangle. The English Rockingham Motor Speedway is also one of the quad ovals, although this is not symmetrical in contrast to the Indianapolis racetrack. The Emerson Fittipalti Speedway in Brazil is designed as a trapeze. The second form of quad-ovals are modified tri-ovals. Instead of a kink in the start and finish straight, there are two kinks here , which are connected by a short straight line. Some major NASCAR circuits were built in this form. The pioneer was the Charlotte Motor Speedway . In the 1990s, the Atlanta Motor Speedway , which previously existed as a classic oval, was converted into this shape. After all, the Texas Motor Speedway, which opened in 1997, also has this special shape. Incidentally, all three of these racetracks are owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc. and are a trademark of that track owner.	The layout of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway . Texas Motor Speedway track layout
Oval with "dogleg"	Some oval stretches have a so-called "dogleg". This is the English expression for a sharp curve and means a kink on a straight line. The best known examples of an oval course with a "dogleg" are the closed Nazareth Speedway, the Walt Disney World Speedway and the still active Phoenix International Raceway. All three courses are one mile each.	The Nazareth Speedway , with a "dogleg".
Egg shape	The Darlington Raceway has a special shape . Here the oval is “egg-shaped”, which means that the first two curves have a larger radius than the last two. This layout was created because a farmer did not want to sell his property and the route was built anyway. But the Twin Ring Motegi and the Gateway International Raceway were also built in this egg shape in the mid-1990s. Since it is practically impossible to have a suitable vehicle setup in every curve for such routes, these routes are particularly difficult to drive.	Track layout of the Darlington Raceway
Bean or kidney shape	A special example of a special form of the oval track was the Trenton Speedway , which was closed in 1980 and was an oval track in its basic form, but had a back straight that was slightly bent inwards. Originally it was a classic 1-mile oval, which was expanded to 1.5 miles in 1969 and was given the well-known "kidney bean" shape.	The Trenton Speedway , with the "Kidney Bean Curve".

Oval race

Oval courses are an art in themselves, especially from the perspective of the actors. European motorsport fans like to call such courses somewhat derogatory as "noodle pot", which is supposedly always the same. But if you compare the approx. 25 different courses of the NASCAR Cup Series , you will notice, even as a layperson, that no two oval are alike. You only drive in the left direction, but the curve radius, curve superelevation, straight line superelevation, number of bends and many other peculiarities of each route must be observed. Races on oval circuits have a long tradition. Ordinary horse racing tracks were originally used for automobile races. Even today, for example, some motorsport events (including rally evaluation tests) take place on trotting tracks.

1907 opened the first built for motorsport competitions race track, the oval of Brooklands in the UK, the two differently long and excessive steep turns had. A former racecourse in Milwaukee was also converted into an oval course with elevated curves and a solid surface. The Milwaukee Mile developed from 1903 and is still in use today.

Typical racing situation in the NASCAR Sprint Cup in Daytona

In most oval course races, so-called slipstream driving plays a crucial role. Headwind always makes it difficult for the front runners to gain a lead, while the following riders in the slipstream of the leaders can more easily follow. On fast oval courses, no braking or shifting is necessary due to the curve elevation. While an overtaking maneuver on normal circuits usually takes place in the braking zone of a curve, on oval circuits the vehicles can drive side by side for long laps. This keeps the field tightly closed. The racing strategy, which is often referred to as "high-speed chess", is therefore of fundamental importance. Most of the race is about staying in the lead lap - also known as “stay on the lead lap” , whereas the exact position is of secondary importance. Only at the end of the race is there a direct fight for positions. Due to the elevation in the curves, you can overtake inside and outside. This makes it almost impossible for the leader to close the curve by driving a battle line . In extreme cases, it can happen that a leadership position at the beginning of the last lap is undesirable, as you are only an easy victim because of the slipstream. Legendary in this regard is a 2000 ChampCar series race at Michigan Speedway , in which Juan Pablo Montoya lost the lead to Michael Andretti shortly before the last lap , then took it back to be overtaken again and in the end the race nonetheless thanks to the slipstream of the rounded Tarso Marques to win wafer-thin.

At the 2008 NASCAR autumn race in Talladega, 28 out of 43 drivers led at least 1 complete lap. This is a new record in NASCAR.

If at all possible, pit stops only take place during one of the very numerous race neutralizations, otherwise with lap times of 20 to 30 seconds a lap deficit of one lap is almost inevitable; in Bristol (lap time 15s) not infrequently much more. A pit stop at the wrong time can destroy any chance of a good position; If, on the other hand, a stop under green can be avoided at the very end, this can also give an actually inferior car a chance.

The American racing series of the NASCAR Sprint Cup (touring cars) drives almost exclusively on oval courses. The American IndyCar Series (formula cars) holds slightly less than half of the races on oval courses. The American Champ Car Series had only a few oval races on its calendar. There are also smaller classes, such as the NASCAR Nationwide Series , the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series or the ARCA . One of the most important motorsport events of all, the Indianapolis 500 , also takes place on an oval course. There are also countless small, regional and unknown oval series.

In Europe, too, there is an organization, the Stock Car Speed Association (SCSA), which NASCAR has as a model. So far, oval races have not prevailed in Europe.

Many oval tracks have now installed lighting, so races can be continued or started even after dark. These night races are considered a special attraction by fans. Especially with the NASCAR series there are many so-called night races on routes such as B. in Daytona, Bristol, Richmond, Charlotte (Lowes) or Darlington.

List of paved oval sections

See also: List of NASCAR racetracks

See also: List of IndyCar / ChampCar racetracks

There are several dozen asphalt or concreted oval stretches in almost every major city or town in the US alone. There are more than 2000 pieces all over the world. This is an example list for some of these well-known oval courses with a length of at least 0.5 miles (0.8 km) or the organization of a national race as part of the ARCA / NASCAR series or the IndyCar series .

International

Route name	place	Route sketch	Length ( km)	Cant						Opening, closing	Events Comments
Route name	place	Route sketch	Length ( km)	Front straight	Curve 1	Curve 2	Back straight	Curve 3	Curve 4	Opening, closing	Events Comments
Autódromo Miguel E. Abed	Puebla , Mexico		2.011	no	<4 °	<4 °	no	<4 °	<4 °	2005	local racing series (active)
Emerson Fittipaldi Speedway	Rio de Janeiro , Brazil		3,000	no	<4 °	<4 °	no	<4 °	<4 °	1996 2001	Champcar 1996–2000 In 2011 the racetrack was demolished to make way for facilities for the 2012 Summer Olympics .
Lausitzring	Klettwitz , Germany		3.255	no	5.7 °	5.7 °	no	5.7 °	not existent	2001	Champcar 2001 & 2003
Mallory Park	Kirkby Mallory , England		1.609	no	flat	flat	no	flat	flat	1956	local racing series
Phakisa Freeway	Welkom , South Africa		2,414	9 °	12 °	12 °	3 °	12 °	12 °	1999	Copy of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Venray Raceway	Venray , Netherlands		0.880	10 °	25 °	25 °	10 °	25 °	25 °	2009	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
Rockingham Motor Speedway	Corby , England		2,380	3.5 °	7.0 °	7.9 °	3.5 °	7.9 °	7.0 °	2001	Champcar 2001-2002
Sanair Super Speedway	Saint-Pie , Quebec , Canada		1.33	no	4 °	6 °	no	4 °	not existent	1983	No national racing events have taken place on the Tri-Oval since 1991, but the oval can be rented for private purposes. The CART Championship was held here from 1984 to 1986 .
Thunderdome	Melbourne , Australia		1.797	4 °	24 °	24 °	6 °	24 °	24 °	1987	AUSCAR
Tours Speedway	Tours , France		0.720	no	10.5 °	10.5 °	no	9 °	9 °	2012	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
Twin Ring Motegi	Motegi , Japan		2,492	1.7 °	10 °	10 °	5 °	10 °	10 °	1997 2011	CART / IRL 1997–2010 The elevated curves of the oval were damaged by the March 2011 earthquake. A repair of the oval is not planned, the oval track has been closed. The last IndyCar race took place on the circuit at the end of 2011.

United States

Superspeedways

Surname	place	Route sketch	length	Curve superelevation	Opening closure	Seats	Events remarks
California Speedway ( Auto Club Speedway )	Fontana , California		2.029 / 2.00 miles	14 ° (11 ° front straight; 3 ° back straight)	1997	92,000	NASCAR Sprint Cup Champ Car (1996-2002) IndyCar Series (2002-2015)
Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach , Florida		2.50 miles	31 ° (18 ° front arc; 3 ° back straight)	1959	168,000	NASCAR Sprint Cup
Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Indianapolis , Indiana		2.50 miles	12 ° (9 ° straight line)	1909 (asphalted in 1961)	258,000	IndyCar Series NASCAR Sprint Cup
Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn , Michigan		2.00 miles	18 ° (12 ° front straight; 5 ° back straight)	1968	137,000	NASCAR Sprint Cup Champ Car (1979-2001) IndyCar Series (2002-2007)
Ontario Motor Speedway	Ontario , California	Quad oval (rectangle)	2.5 miles	9 ° (curves 1–4)	1970 1980	-	The racetrack was closed in 1980 and demolished the same year. In 1997 the California Speedway was opened not far from it .
Pocono Raceway	Blakeslee , Pennsylvania		2.50 miles	14 ° (Turn 1); 8 ° (turn 2); 6 ° (Turn 3)	1968	77,000	IndyCar Series NASCAR Sprint Cup
Texas World Speedway	College Station , Texas		2.00 miles	22 ° (6 ° straight line)	1969 2016	-	Indycar (1973–1979) NASCAR Grand National (1969–1981) The route will be demolished in 2016.
Talladega Superspeedway	Talladega , Alabama		2.66 miles	33 ° (18 ° anterior borrow; 2 ° back straight)	1969	143,000	NASCAR Sprint Cup

Speedways (Intermediate)

Surname	place	length	Curve superelevation	Opening closure	Seats	Events remarks
Atlanta Motor Speedway	Hampton , Georgia	1.522 miles 1.54 miles	24 ° (5 ° straight line)	1960 (converted to Quad-Oval in 1997)	125,000	NASCAR Sprint Cup Champ Car (1979–1983) IndyCar Series (1998–2001)
Charlotte Motor Speedway ( Lowe's Motor Speedway )	Concord , North Carolina	1.50 miles	24 ° (5 ° straight line)	1960	165,000	NASCAR Sprint Cup IndyCar Series (1997–1999)
Chicagoland Speedway	Joliet , Illinois	1.52 / 1.50 miles	18 ° (Turn 1 & 2); 11 ° (Turn 3 & 4); 5 ° (front curve)	2001	75,000	NASCAR Sprint Cup IndyCar Series (2001-2010)
Darlington Raceway	Darlington , South Carolina	1,366 miles	25 ° (Turn 1 & 2); 23 ° (Turn 3 & 4); 3 ° (straight line)	1950	63,000	NASCAR Sprint Cup
Gateway International Raceway	St. Louis , Illinois	1.25 1.27 miles	11 ° (Turn 1 & 2); 9 ° (Turn 3 & 4); 3 ° (straight line)	1997	60,000	NASCAR Xfinity Series Champ Car (1997-2000) IndyCar Series (2001-2003)
Homestead Miami Speedway	Homestead , Florida	1.485 / 1.50 miles	20 °	1995 (rebuilt in 1997 and 2002)	65,000	NASCAR Sprint Cup Champ Car (1996-2000) IndyCar Series (2001-2010)
Kansas Speedway	Kansas City , Kansas	1.52 / 1.50 miles	15 ° (Turn 1 & 2); 10 ° (Turn 3 & 4); 5 ° (front curve)	2001 (rebuilt in 2012)	82,000	NASCAR Sprint Cup IndyCar Series (2001-2010)
Kentucky Speedway	Sparta , Kentucky	1.48 / 1.50 miles	14 ° (Turn 1 & 2); 10 ° (Turn 3 & 4); 4 ° (front curve)	2000 (rebuilt in 2015)	107,000	NASCAR Sprint Cup IndyCar Series (2000-2011)
Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Las Vegas , Nevada	1.50 miles 1.544 miles	20 °	1996 (rebuilt in 2007)	156,000	NASCAR Sprint Cup IndyCar Series (1997-2011)
Marchbanks Speedway Hanford Motor Speedway	Hanford , California	1,375 miles	14 °	1960 1970	-	NASCAR Grand National (1960–1961) Champ Car (1967–1969)
Nashville Superspeedway	Lebanon , Tennessee	1,333 miles	14 °	2001 2011	50,000	NASCAR Nationwide Series (2001–2011) IndyCar Series (2001–2008)
Texas Motor Speedway	Fort Worth , Texas	1.455 / 1.482 / 1.50 miles	24 ° (5 ° straight line)	1996	213,000	NASCAR Sprint Cup IndyCar Series
Trenton Speedway	Trenton , New Jersey	1.5 miles	Curves 1-2 10 °; Curves 3-4 15 °; Dogleg 4 °	1900 1980	-	The racetrack was closed in 1980 and dismantled in 1983.

1 mile ovals

Surname	place	length	Curve superelevation	Opening closure	Seats	Events remarks
Chicago Motor Speedway	Chicago , Illinois	1,029 miles	0 °	1999 2002	-	The racetrack was completely dismantled in 2009 after the grandstands were removed in 2005. The last race took place in 2002.
Dover International Speedway	Dover , Delaware	1.00 miles	24 ° (9 ° on a straight line)	1966	144,000	NASCAR Sprint Cup IndyCar Series (1998–1999)
Milwaukee Mile	West Allis , Wisconsin	1,000 / 1,015 / 1,032 miles	9 ° (2.5 ° straight line)	1903 (asphalted in 1954) 2015	40,000	Champ Car (1979-2006) NASCAR Nationwide Series (1993-2009) IndyCar Series (2004-2015)
Nazareth Speedway	Nazareth , Pennsylvania	0.935 / 0.946 / 1,000 miles	2.7 ° (Turn 1, "dogleg"); 3 ° (Turn 2 & 3); 4 ° (Turn 4 & 5)	1910 (paved in 1987) 2004	-	In 2004 the racetrack was closed and the grandstands dismantled. The route itself is still there but unused.
New Hampshire Motor Speedway	Loudon , New Hampshire	1.025 / 1.058 miles	12 ° (1 ° straight line)	1990	105,000	NASCAR Sprint Cup Champ Car (1992-1995) IndyCar Series (1996-1997, 2011)
Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale , Arizona	1,000 miles 1,022 miles	11 ° (Turn 1 & 2); 9 ° (Turn 3 & 4)	1964 (rebuilt in 2011)	77,000	NASCAR Sprint Cup Champ Car (1979–1995) IndyCar Series
Pikes Peak International Raceway	Fountain , Colorado	1.00 miles	10 °	1997	62,000	IndyCar Series (1997-2005) NASCAR Nationwide Series (1998-2005)
Rockingham Speedway (formerly North Carolina Speedway )	Rockingham , North Carolina	1,017 miles	22 ° (Turn 1 & 2); 25 ° (Turn 3 & 4); 8 ° (straight line)	1965	35,000	NASCAR Sprint Cup (1965-2004)
Walt Disney World Speedway	Orlando , Florida	1.00 miles	10 ° (Turn 1); 8.5 ° (Turn 2); 7 ° (Turn 3)	1996 2015	-	The racetrack and the grandstands were demolished in 2016.

Short tracks

This is only a small selection of well-known short ovals. There are more than 60 paved oval racetracks in the US, most of them between 1/3 and 1/2 mile long.

Surname	place	Route sketch	length	Curve superelevation	Opening closure	Seats	Events remarks
Birmingham International Raceway	Birmingham , Alabama		0.625 miles		1946 2008	-	The circuit and the grandstands were demolished in January 2009 after the opening of the Barber Motorsports Park in 2003 .
Bristol Motor Speedway	Bristol , Tennessee		0.533 miles	26 ° (10 ° straight line)	1960	160,000	NASCAR Sprint Cup
Evergreen Speedway	Monroe , Washington		0.646 miles	8 ° (straight line 4 °)	1954 (asphalted in 1960)	15,000	NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (1995-2000)
Flemington Speedway	Flemington , New Jersey		0.625 miles	Curves slightly inflated	1915 (asphalted 1990) 2002	-	The racetrack was completely demolished in 2005, including the grandstands. The last race took place in 2002.
I-70 Speedway	Odessa , Missouri		0.540 miles	30 ° (curves); (Front straight 4 °; back straight 7 °)	1969 2008	-	The racetrack was closed in 2008. The route is still there but unused.
Iowa Speedway	Newton , Iowa		0.894 / 0.875 miles	14 ° (10 ° back straight; 4 ° front curve)	2006	30,000	NASCAR Xfinity Series IndyCar Series
Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis (formerly Indianapolis Raceway Park )	Clermont , Indiana		0.686 miles	12 °	1958	30,000	NASCAR Xfinity Series
Mansfield Motorsports Park	Mansfield , Ohio		0.440 miles	16 ° (front straight 8 °)	2004	25,000	NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (2004-2008)
Martinsville Speedway	Martinsville , Virginia		0.526 miles	12 °	1947	65,000	NASCAR Sprint Cup
Memphis International Raceway	Memphis , Tennessee		0.75 miles	11 ° (4 ° back straight; 3 ° front curve)	1998 2010	35,000	NASCAR Nationwide Series (1998–2009) Since 2010 no national racing event on this circuit.
Mesa Marin Raceway	Bakersfield , California		0.500 miles	17 °	1977 2005	-	The racetrack and the grandstands were demolished in 2005.
Music City Motorplex (formerly Nashville Speedway , Fairgrounds Speedway )	Nashville , Tennessee		0.596 miles	18 ° (3 ° straight line)	1904 (asphalted in 1958)	15,000	NASCAR Sprint Cup (1958–1984) NASCAR Nationwide Series (1984–2000)
Myrtle Beach Speedway	Myrtle Beach , South Carolina		0.538 miles	13 °	1958 2020	-	NASCAR Nationwide Series (1988-2000)
North Wilkesboro Speedway	North Wilkesboro , North Carolina		0.625 miles	14 °	1947 2011	-	The circuit was first closed in 1996 and reopened in 2008. In 2011 it was closed again, but not dismantled.
Richmond International Raceway	Richmond , Virginia		0.542 miles 0.75 miles	14 ° (8 ° back straight; 2 ° front curve)	1946 (rebuilt in 1986)	107,000	NASCAR Sprint Cup IndyCar Series (2002-2008)
Salem Speedway	Salem , Indiana		0.555 miles	33 ° (straight line 15 °)	1947	15,000	ARCA Racing Series
South Boston Speedway	South Boston , Virginia	classic oval	0.40 miles	12 ° (front straight 10 °)	1957	10,000	NASCAR Sprint Cup (1960–1971) NASCAR Nationwide Series (1982–2000)
Thompson Speedway	Thompson , Connecticut		0.625 miles	26 °	1940 (asphalted 1960)	13,000	NASCAR Whelen All-American Series
USA International Speedway	Lakeland , Florida		0.75 miles	14 °	1995 2008	-	The racetrack and the grandstands were demolished in 2012.