Davenport Speedway

Coordinates: 41°32′6″N 90°37′6″W / 41.53500°N 90.61833°W

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Davenport Speedway
Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds Speedway
Location	Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, Davenport, Iowa
Operator	Mississippi Valley Fair
Address	2815 Locust Street Davenport, IA 52804
Website	https://mvfair.com/
Oval
Surface	Dirt
Length	0.5 miles
Oval
Surface	Dirt
Length	0.25 miles

Davenport Speedway is a quarter-mile dirt race track located in Davenport, Iowa.

In 1953, the half-mile track which is no longer used, became the first track in Iowa to host a NASCAR sanctioned event, when it held a Grand National Series race. Fourteen cars participated in race. Buck Baker won the pole and Herb Thomas was victorious in the race.^[1]

References

^ Jurgens, Jerry (August 3, 1953). "Herb Thomas Wins 100-Mile". The Daily Times. Davenport, Iowa. p. 4. Retrieved July 12, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

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41°32′6″N 90°37′6″W / 41.53500°N 90.61833°W / 41.53500; -90.61833

NASCAR Cup Series race venues

Current (2024)

Short track	Bristol Iowa Los Angeles Coliseum (NC) Martinsville North Wilkesboro (NC) Richmond
Mile oval	Dover New Hampshire Phoenix
Intermediate	Atlanta Charlotte Darlington Gateway Homestead Kansas Las Vegas Nashville Texas
Superspeedway	Daytona Indianapolis (Oval) Michigan Pocono Talladega
Road courses	Austin Charlotte ("Roval") Sonoma Watkins Glen
Street circuit	Chicago

Future (2025)

Road courses	Mexico City

Returning (2025)

Short track	Bowman Gray Stadium (NC)

Former

Short track	Air Base Airborne Alabama State Fairgrounds Albany-Saratoga Altamont-Schenectady Fairgrounds Ascot Park Asheville-Weaverville Augusta (oval) Beltsville Bloomsburg Boyd's Canfield Capitol Carrell Central City Champion Chisholm Civic Charlotte Speedway Cleveland County Coastal Columbia Columbus Concord Corbin Davenport Dayton Dixie Dog Track Dominion Exhibition Stadium Five Flags Fonda Forsyth County Fort Miami Funk's/Winchester Gamecock Gastonia Golden Gate Grand Rapids Greensboro Greenville-Pickens Hamburg Harris Harnett Hayloft Heidelberg Hickory Huntsville Islip Jacksonville Jefferson Kingsport Lakeview Langley (VA) Lincoln Lincoln City McCormick Field Meyer Middle Georgia Montgomery Motor Speedway Monroe County MI Monroe County NY Morristown Myrtle Beach Nashville Fairgrounds New Asheville Newberry Oakland Stadium Occoneechee Old Bridge Oxford Plains Palm Beach Piedmont Interstate Powell Princess Anne Rapid Valley Reading Savannah Shangri-La Smoky Mountain Soldier Field Southern States Southside Speedway Park Starlite Stateline Tar Heel Thompson Tri-City Tucson Valdosta 75 Vernon Wall Stadium West Virginia Williams Grove Willow Springs (oval) Wilson
Mile oval	Arizona State Bainbridge Fairgrounds Bay Meadows California State Lakewood Langhorne Las Vegas Michigan State Raleigh Rockingham Syracuse
Intermediate	Chicagoland Kentucky Marchbanks Memphis-Arkansas Trenton
Superspeedway	Fontana Ontario Texas World
Road courses	Augusta (Road Course) Bridgehampton Daytona (Road Course) Indianapolis (Road Course) Riverside Road America Willow Springs
Street circuit	Bremerton Daytona Beach and Road Course Linden Airport Montgomery Air Base Titusville

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series race venues

Current (2020)

Former

v t e USAC Stock Car Series race venues (1956–1984)
Paved ovals	Atlanta Auburn Berlin College Station Dayton Dover Hartford Hawkeye Downs Houston Illiana Indianapolis (IRP) Kaukauna LaCrosse Langhorne Marchbanks Michigan Milwaukee Nashville New Bremen Odessa Ozark Empire Pocono Phoenix (PIR) Salem Sandusky St. Paul Trenton West Richland Winchester
Dirt ovals	Ascot Park Birmingham Broadway Champaign Chicago Clovis Concord Davenport De Pere Des Moines Detroit DuQuoin Eldon Eldora Holts Summit Indianapolis (Mile) Knoxville Lakewood Las Vegas Park Nazareth Phoenix (State Fair) Santa Fe Sedalia Springfield Shawano Syracuse Terre Haute Toledo Vallejo West Chester Williams Grove
Road courses	Brainerd Castle Rock Greenwood Indianapolis (IRP) Meadowdale Mosport Paramount Ranch Pomona Riverside Shelby County Sonoma Wentzville

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