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  1.   Cooper posted:
  03.27.2010 - 7:39 pm
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.5 Mile Dirt Oval, located at the SCC Fairgrounds. One race run in 1957,
which was red-flagged due to a dangerous accident on lap 116 of 200. The
track was rebuilt in 1990 as a 1/3 Paved Oval, and still occasionally
active for Flat Track racing.


  2.   Cooper posted:
  03.27.2010 - 7:46 pm
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To clarify on the 1990 rebuild, the surface is a dirt/pave substance.


  3.   Chriswo posted:
  02.22.2015 - 5:15 pm
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The track. Closed in 1999


  4.   Alex posted:
  01.16.2018 - 9:28 am
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This track was known as the "San Jose Fairgrounds Speedway" and in the
1990s became "San Jose Speedway"
, these titles in spite of the track indeed being on the property of the
Santa Clara County Fairgrounds.


  5.   Andy U posted:
  12.11.2018 - 8:21 pm
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OK, San Jose East map from 1980 show the track and some things that are
still there as shown on the Google maps.

On the Santa Clara Country Fairgrounds there is an Exhibition Hall.
That, and the building just SW of it were behind the grandstands. The
track ran through the current grassy area. This was just before the S/F
line. You can see the curve of trees in the 3rd turn. This matches the
track compared with the houses from the 1980 map. I think the
backstretch went along the driving path beside the angles semi trailers
or containers or whatever they are. I think the second turn was on or
just inside of the curved road on the north edge of the lower parking lot.


  6.   A posted:
  07.08.2020 - 12:30 pm
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One of those fairgrounds tracks with the shorter auto track inside a
horse racing track. You can still see a bit of the outline of the old
horse track with a tree line at 37°18'06.1"N 121°50'49.3"W

Interestingly, much of the actual ground that held auto racing now
appears to be used for a different kind of racing as a BMX bike facility


  7.   A posted:
  07.08.2020 - 12:30 pm
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Parts of the track were removed over the years but the stands and
shorter auto track were still there at least as late as 1998


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