Placerville Speedway
LocationPlacerville, California (El Dorado County Fairgrounds)
Time zoneUTC-8 (UTC-7 DST)
Coordinates38°43′34″N 120°49′56″W / 38.72611°N 120.83222°W / 38.72611; -120.83222
Opened1965
Former namesHangtown Speedway
Major eventsWorld of Outlaws sprint cars
USAC National midgets[1]
USAC Western midgets[1]
King of the West-NARC Sprint Car Racing Series[2]
Websiteplacervillespeedway.com
1/4 mile oval
Surfacedirt
Length0.25 miles (0.40 km)

Placerville Speedway is a 1/4 mile dirt track[3] located in Placerville at the El Dorado County fairgrounds[1] in the Sierra Nevada foothills of eastern California.

History

The track began in 1965 as "Hangtown Speedway".[4]

On November 20, 2019, the speedway held the Elk Grove Ford Hangtown 100, a 100-lap, $20,000-to-win USAC National Midget Series race which was won by Kyle Larson.[3] It was the first time that the national midgets raced at the track.[1] That same year, the World of Outlaws sprint cars made their first appearance at the track in approximately twenty years.[5] In 2020, the weekly races were broadcast on FloRacing[6] as the track was not allowed to have fans due to the global pandemic.[7]

Notable drivers

  • Kyle Larson - made his first sprint car start and won his first sprint car feature at the track.[3] Larson considers the speedway to be his home track.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "2020 Placerville Speedway Schedule Released". TJSlideways.com. January 21, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  2. McFadin, Daniel (August 22, 2019). "Kyle Larson sweeps midget, sprint car races at Placerville Speedway". NBC Sports. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Kyle Larson Dominates To Win USAC Midget Hangtown 100 At Placerville Speedway". Race Pro Weekly. November 21, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  4. "Placerville Speedway 360/410 Sprint Champions". NW Sprintcar History. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  5. Hickey, Brian (September 11, 2019). "World of Outlaws sprint cars race into Placerville". KCRA.
  6. Thomas, Gary (22 July 2020). "Kalib Henry, Dan Jinkerson, Les Friend and Mike Miller snag Placerville Speedway wins on Saturday". Mountain Democrat. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  7. Thomas, Gary (June 11, 2020). "Placerville Speedway gets green flag to race". Mountain Democrat. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
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