Lancaster Raceway Park

Lancaster Raceway Park is a complex consisting of a 5/8 mile paved oval and a 1/8 mile IHRA dragstrip, located near Lancaster, New York.

New: 2005-10-03 Last Updated: 2007-10-14

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Elevation: 735 feet Latitude: 42.95102 Longitude: -78.626425 Time zone: EST/EDT (-0500/-0400)

A 1/2 mile dirt oval operated from May 30th 1959 th rough September 15th, 1962. The 1/8 mile paved dragstrip opened in 1960. The 1/2 mile oval was paved from May 12th, 1963, operating through 1975. A 1/4 mile paved oval operated from 1969 through 1972, and from 1994 through 1999. The paved oval was enlarged to 5/8 mile in 1976.

The track has also operated as Lancaster Speedway, New Lancaster Speedway and Lancaster National Speedway.

References

Allan E. Brown, The History of America's Speedways: Past & Present. Comstock Park, Michigan: Brown, 2003 , ISBN 0931105617 , pp. 491. Order from National Speedway Directory