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| 3/22/26, 9:04 PM |
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If you could re-open a defunct former Indiana race track?
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Race Count Last Year: 34 Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 8,316 |
If you could re-open a defunct former race track in the United State, what track would you try to reopen, why, and what classes would you run?
Crown Point Speedway Union County Speedway Camden Speedway Availla Motor Speedway 16th Street Speedway Baer Field Speedway Bunker Hill Speedway Twin Cities Raceway Park Henry/ Kamp/ Daugherty Speedway Charlestown Speedway Martin County Speedway Ripley County Speedway - The old 1/4 mile dirt track Warsaw Speedway U.S. 30 Dragstrip Rensselaer Raceway Chandler Speedway Jungle Park Speedway Thunder Valley Raceway Park Muncie Motor Speedway Illiana Motor Speedway Rensselaer Raceway Gas City I-69 Speedway South Bend Motor Speedway Osceola Dragway Indiana State Fairgrounds Mile OTHER?
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| 3/23/26, 6:02 AM |
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Avilla, Bryan and Gas City would be my vote.
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Gas City and Illiana Motor Speedway.
The question is how many of these defunct / closed tracks could now re-open and turn a profit. |
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| 3/23/26, 12:43 PM |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_Stadium
Run all the forms of midgets, micros, Legends...on like a Wednesday night (obvsly can't cuz the track is built over tho)
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| 3/25/26, 8:59 AM |
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16th St
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Ascot
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| 3/27/26, 4:03 PM |
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Crown Point Speedway (A.K.A. Southlake Speedway) - Crown Point, IN (Dirt)
UMP Super Late Models, UMP Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, Mini Stocks, & Crown Vic's Santa Fe Speedway - Willow Springs, IL (Southwest side of Chicago) (Dirt) Super Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, Sportsman, & 4 Cylinder Lightning Rods Illiana Motor Speedway - Schererville, IN (Pavenment) Tour Type Mods, Mid-Am SLM, Sportsman, Street Stocks, 4 Cylinders, & Crown Vic's Rensselaer Raceway - Rensselaer, IN (Dirt) ILMS Pro Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, 4 Cylinders Raceway Park - Blue Island, IL (Pavement) Late Models, Sportsman, Stock Cars, & Mini Stocks Gas City I-69 Speedway - Gas City, IN (Dirt) 410 N/W Sprints, UMP Mods, IMCA Stock Cars, Bombers, Hornets, & or 1200cc Wing Mini Sprints Vermillion County Speedway - Danville, IL (Dirt) ILMS Pro Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, 4 Cylinders or Crown Vic's Bunker Hill Speedway - Bunker Hill, IN (north of Kokomo) (Dirt) RaceSaver 305 Wing Sprints, SpeeD2 Midgets, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, & 4 Cylinders
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| 3/27/26, 8:54 PM |
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Movieland Speedpark.
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| 3/28/26, 12:16 AM |
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RCA Dome
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| 3/31/26, 5:32 PM |
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Jungle Park
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