The Iowa Speedway racetrack is an oval motor racing track that is 7/8 miles or 1.4 km. The track is located in Newton, Iowa and patterned after the Richmond International Raceway.
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It was built as California Speedway by Penske Speedways because it was felt there was a strong audience for racing in southern California.
Sixteen NASCAR tracks hold at least two races during the season. They are the Bristol Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Chicagoland Speedway, Daytona International Speedway, Dover International Speedway, Iowa Speedway, Kansas Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, Martinsville Speedway, Michigan International Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Phoenix International Raceway, Pocono Raceway, Richmond International Raceway, Talladega Superspeedway and Texas Motor Speedway.
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A speedway is more commonly a stadium built for motor sports. It is also a road for fast-moving traffic.
It was built in Iowa State (1335 NW 9th Street, Cedar Rapids, Iowa).
They broke ground on August 24, 1993 and on November 5, 1995, the Homestead-Miami Speedway opened.
Terrace Hill built in 1869.
Bruton Smith purchased the speedway in 1998, two years after it opened.
It was built as a political favor by William H.G. France to Alabama Governor George Wallace and as a speedway to both expand the empire of International Speedway Corporation and also to serve as an alternate to Daytona Int'l Speedway, which at the time was becoming a source of controversy in Daytona Beach because of tax deals made to the speedway when it was built that some local politicians in Daytona wanted to change - France Sr. wanted a speedway to hold races in case he felt the need to close down Daytona.