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  1.   Cooper posted:
  03.15.2010 - 12:51 pm
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Canfield Speedway hosted (major) sanctioned auto racing from 1950 to
1964, but other associations ran until the late 1970s. The track is a
half mile dirt oval that was on the Nascar Grand National Schedule for
three years from 1950-1952 hosting one event annually over that time
period. The Nascar Grand National and Short Track series competed there
as well as ARCA and USAC. The Grand National events were 200 laps and
100 miles (160 km) long. The Short Track Race was 100 laps and the track
was 1/4-mile long making the race 25 miles (40 km). The ARCA races were
either 100 laps on the 1/4-mile or 200, 250, or 300 laps on the 1/2-mile
as the track had two different configurations. Some of the events used
the inverted start with the pole qualifier starting last. Both USAC
races were 100 laps on the quarter mile configuration. The quickest laps
recorded in sanctioned events were just under the 24 second mark with
cars averaging 60 mph (97 km/h) around the speedway on the half mile
configuration. On the quarter mile quick time was under 16 seconds and
cars averaged 55 mph (89 km/h). At some times the track was paved in the
quarter mile configuration, but never in the half mile configuration.
Attendance varied from 30,000 people for larger events to 10,000 people
for ones of less significance. The track is located at the Canfield
Fairgrounds in Canfield, Ohio, and is still in use today, primarily
during the Canfield Fair. The NASCAR pole record is 54.233 mph (87.280
km/h) and the race record is 48.057 mph 2:04:51. The record for cautions
is 4 and smallest margin of victory 4 feet (1.2 m) and the largest 3
laps. The largest purse was $4350 and the most lead changes was 2.


  2.   Tom jarrett posted:
  02.22.2012 - 1:24 pm
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one oof the best tracks i ever raced at


  3.   Andy U posted:
  12.07.2018 - 4:03 pm
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7265 Columbiana-Canfield Rd, Canfield, OH 44406

This is an easy find.

Untiol Labonte won the title in the #44, rexford was the only one to
winh a title with a single win. It was at this track in 1950


  4.   Andy U posted:
  12.07.2018 - 4:08 pm
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.......but wait...there's more......Rexford won. In second place was
Glenn Dunaway. The same guy that "won" the very first NASCAR race but
was DQ'd in inspection. Last place was Joe Merola...the only Tucker car
to race in NASCAR.


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