Indiana Dirt Tracks?? ---- All Of them. QUESTION?
 

Indiana Dirt Tracks

All Of them. QUESTION?


So, I have been following this Facebook page "Speedway Car Cams" and they are doing t-shirts for each state and they are printing every dirt track on each states t-shirt.
Pretty cool in my opinion to see what they are doing.
I think it would be pretty cool to have a shirt with all Indiana dirt tracks pictured on it.

https://www.facebook.com/SpeedwayCarCams


How many different dirt tracks have existed in the state of Indiana all together (current or closed) (Micro track or big track)??


Here is what I have so far.

01. Crown Point Spedway - Crown Point, Indiana
02. Daugherty Speedway - Boswell, Indiana
03. Plymouth Speedway - Plymouth, Indiana (Dirt from 2012 to 2021)
04. Shadyhill Speedway - Medaryville, Indiana
05. Bunker Hill Speedway - Bunker Hill, Indiana
06. Warsaw Speedway - Warsaw, Indiana (Closed around 1990)
07. Kokomo Speedway - Kokomo, Indiana
08. US 24 Speedway - Logansport, Indiana
09. Circus City Speedway - Peru, Indiana
10. Montpelier Motor Speedway - Montpelier, Indiana
11. Gs City I-69 Speedway - Gas City, Indiana
12. Union County Speedway - Liberty, Indiana
13. Circle City Raceway - Indianapolis, Indiana
14. 16th Street Speedway - Indianapolis, Indiana
15. Lincoln Park Speedway - Lincoln Park, Indiana
16. Paragon Speedway - Paragon, Indiana
17. Terre Haute Action Track - Terre Haute, Indiana
18. Bloomington Speedway - Bloomington, Indiana
19. Brownstown Speedway - Brownstown, Indiana
20. Tri-State Speedway - Haubstadt, Indiana
21. Illiana Motor Speedway - Schererville, Indiana (track was dirt in the 1960's. Closed 2016)
22. Thunder Valley Raceway - Salem, Indiana
23. Twin Cities Raceway Park - North Vernon, Indiana
24. Scottsburg Speedway - Scottsburg, Indiana
25. Lawrenceburg Speedway - Lawrencburg, Indiana
26. Chandler Speedway - Chandler, Indiana
27. Rush County Fairgrounds - Rushville, Indiana
28. Charlestown Motor Speedway - Charlestown, Indiana
29. Bakersfield Raceway Park - Linton, Indiana
30. The Dirt Track at IMS - Speedway, Indiana
31. Jungle Park Speedway - Marshall, Indiana
32. Avilla Motor Speedway - Avilla, Indiana.
33. Angola Motor Speedway - Fremont, Indiana (Tracks was dirt before it was asphalt)


Others ???

Jungle Park

Find Kevin Ekert on Facebook and message him he can rattle off any closed tracks in Indiana for you.

Re: Indiana Dirt Tracks?? ---- All Of them. QUESTION?
 

There are as many closed tracks as what you have listed. I know of six or eight more in my area.

Re: Indiana Dirt Tracks?? ---- All Of them. QUESTION?
 

Angola was dirt for many years and Avilla was dirt before it was shuttered.

Camden IN, Friday night micros dirt track converted from a go-kart track.

There’s one at Muncie dragway, if you look at satellite data you can still see where it was

Re: Indiana Dirt Tracks?? ---- All Of them. QUESTION?
 

Greene County Speedway-Owensburg, IN-closed
Mitchell Speedway-Mitchell, IN-closed
Bedford Speedway-Bedford, IN-closed
Sweet Owen Speedway-Spencer, IN-Closed
Bartholomew County Fairgrounds Speedway-Columbus, IN
Monroe County Fairgrounds-Bloomington, IN
Sullivan Speedway-Sullivan, IN-Closed
Cataract Speedway-Cataract, IN-Closed

Some of these are micro and go kart tracks at the fairgrounds.

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Savage Speedway. Gary?

Do yourself a huge favor. Get on Ebay and buy a copy of Allan Brown's History of the American Speedway you won't regret it. There are many others in Indiana not listed there was Walnut Gardens, Carey's Ranch, a different State Fair track, .....they are all there with brief history.

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I hate to tell you but his but I have every printed copy of that book “History Of America’s Speedways” and I’ve meet Alan in person. I loved the National Speedway Directory they made. If you know me by how I have posted here on IOW then you know I’m a diehard race fan. :32:

In my open opinion that is one of the best Motorsports books ever made and printed. The history of racing in North America to me is truly a fascinating one. From board tracks to the high banks to the flat tracks to the small figure 8 tracks like the Indianapolis Speedrome.

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Indiana State Fairgrounds Speedway-Indianapolis

Didn’t IMS have a poster with all the Indiana tracks on it?

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Learn something every day. A town named Cataract? How in the hell does a town get a name like that?

Re: Indiana Dirt Tracks?? ---- All Of them. QUESTION?
 

They did when they had the Hoosier Thunder Exhibit. It is surprising how many tracks Indiana has had.

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How about Climax, MI and Intercourse, PA?:5:

Yes

So I'm confused. What you need is right in Alan's book. Undoubtedly a few are missed

Paging Aaron Fry??? sprinter14

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Ft Wayne Speedway. 5/8 mile dirt originally, then 1/2 and 1/4 mile dirt tracks added later. using parts of the big track. Opened 1928 or so, closed in the early 60's

Have a friend that raced at Logottee “sp?”Martin Co. Heard a family story about my grandmother racing a powder puff race in Oaktown 1950’s. Also remember talk of my grandfather racing in Patoka.

I specialize in Ohio stuff but I also dabble in surrounding states. There’s literally been hundreds of tracks in Indiana. Same for Ohio. Allan did a great job considering he was covering pretty much all of North America.

But he DID miss a lot. Literally about 50 tracks in Ohio he is missing. I’d guess he’s missing 50-100 in Indiana too.

Problem is, in the 30’s, “junkyard derbies” (jalopy stock cars) and midget races could literally pop up and disappear within a few weeks. Those Tracks were primitive, but they count.

Yes agree. Sometimes I would find a program that showed a track had started earlier than thought and I would pass along. We have been friends 30-35 years

Spooky Hollow Speedway, Salamonia

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Columbus Speedway, closed in 1958. Just off State Road 7, a little southeast of town.

Seems like Shelby, Decatur and Jefferson Counties all have tracks suitable for TQs.

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IRP was dirt the first year.

Just trying to be useful