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  1.   Cooper posted:
  03.27.2010 - 3:03 pm
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1950 hosted only NASCAR race. At the time it was a .5 Mile Dirt Oval ran
by Frank Funk. The track was paved a year later and is now called
Winchester Speedway.

Winchester Speedway is a half-mile paved oval motor racetrack in
Winchester, Indiana, approximately 90 miles (145 km) northeast of
Indianapolis. It seats 4000 spectators. It is also known as the "World's
Fastest 1/2 mile".

The track's 37 degree banking is one of the steepest in motor sports.
Some of the most famous racers in the world have raced at Winchester
including Ryan Newman and Sarah Fisher.

The track's signature event is the annual running of the "Winchester
400." Former winners during the first 36 editions include: Bob Senneker
(7 wins), Mike Cope (3), Mike Eddy (2), Mark Martin (2), Gary St. Amant
(2), Butch Miller, Rusty Wallace, Ted Musgrave, Glenn Allen Jr., Tim
Steele, Scot Walters, and Hank Parker Jr.


  2.   chris o posted:
  08.29.2012 - 8:50 pm
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track still active


  3.   RaceFanX posted:
  11.14.2017 - 9:43 pm
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Track features a sign reading "Through These Gates, Pass the Bravest
Drivers in the World."


  4.   Andy U posted:
  12.10.2018 - 1:15 pm
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I'll tell you what.....I would not want to be sitting in the stands
toward Turn #4. It looks like the wall comes up out of the ground so
that a car could ramp up into the crowd.

I only notice this becasue in my research, that happened at a track in
Dayton (I think) and 3 spectators dies along wiht the driver. There is a
photo out there that shows an open wheel car flying straight up over 20
feet.

Same sort of thing in 1955 where a car launched and killed 85 or so in
France(?)


  5.   rm posted:
  12.10.2018 - 3:08 pm
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Could have been Dayton. At one point in the 50s, Dayton, Winchester &
Salem were all owned by the same guy and he made them all
ultra-high-banked sister tracks until Dayton was demolished.


  6.   RaceFanX posted:
  10.15.2019 - 12:08 am
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Winners of the famous Winchester 400 race receive a trophy that includes
a Winchester rifle.


  7.   RacingDude00 posted:
  09.06.2020 - 11:44 am
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ARCA coming to this joint once again on September 19th so that will add
another race to their schedule with it pushing the schedule to 19 events
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10163962720320585&id=411847930584&__tn__=%2AW-R


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