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  1.   Cooper posted:
  03.14.2010 - 4:18 pm
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Old Dominion Speedway (ODS) is a 3/8 mile (0.6 km) NASCAR Whelen
All-American Series and drag racing track in Manassas, Virginia (near
Washington DC). The Potomac News reported in August 2006 that the track
had been sold and that it would be leveled by developers in around a
year. In early 2007 the track announced that a slumping housing market
caused the deal to fall through. No closing date is currently pending.

The track was called Longview Speedway before the Gore family purchased
it. The track hosted Grand National (now Sprint Cup) races in 1958 and
from 1963 to 1966. Former racing greats such as Richard Petty, Ralph
Earnhardt, and Ned Jarrett have raced at ODS. In recent years, Mark
McFarland won several track championships and Denny Hamlin raced there.
Current driver for the #88 Champion Spark Plugs Chevrolet Monte Carlo in
the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series, Richard Boswell also made his start at
this track. Many other USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series drivers, such as Jack
Bailey, Trevor Bayne, and Charlie Ford have also raced at ODS.


  2.   ODS4861 posted:
  12.17.2010 - 1:01 pm
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The Track is also the birthplace of the Late Model, and James Hylton got
his start at this track.


  3.   Dave N. posted:
  06.19.2013 - 12:40 pm
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Track closed as of October 2012, due to noise complaints from new
homeowners in the vicinity of the track. The owners plan to build a new
"Dominion Speedway" off of I-95 in Fredericksburg, VA, and open it for
racing in 2014.


  4.   TaylorM posted:
  12.02.2013 - 10:54 am
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Old Dominion Speedway was not the birthplace of the "Late Model" as that
is too general a term to pin down to one place. However, it is the
birthplace of the "Late Model Stock Car" division which is popular at
many racetracks in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States. The
"Late Model Stock Car" division, or LMSC, was designed as a cheaper
alternative to the Late Model Sportsman division in the early 1980s.
NASCAR created a touring division for Late Model Sportsman cars which
became known as the Busch Series. Many tracks continued to race the Late
Model Sportsman cars but the more cost effective LMSC cars became more
popular throughout the 1980s and took the place of the Late Model
Sportsman cars as the premier division at many local tracks in the
region by the 1990s. Langley Speedway was the second track to adopt LMSC
as its premier division.


  5.   Rob McKeever posted:
  03.26.2014 - 12:47 pm
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RIP ODS. Abandoned without much fanfare or announcement. Had to discover
it by a drive-by in February 2014, whereby all improvements are gone,
and the only thing left is the pavement. Pretty sad. And to think I
didn't even realize we hadn't heard the rumble at all in 2013. We were
close enough to hear it but far enough away it was like background noise.

February 1st photos:
https://www.facebook.com/rmckeever/posts/10152149795743290?stream_ref=10

And the developer plan for a new one down at Thornburg had hit snags
last I heard. Not as easy for us to get there. RIP ODS, thanks for the
memories.


  6.   Andy U posted:
  12.09.2018 - 12:13 am
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This one is definitely all gone now. Google Earth shows a condo
/apartment development on most of the track adn grading / construction
on the part now yet buried.

1966 USGS map shows exact (former) location. 1966 map Independent Hill VA


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