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  1.   ii posted:
  10.09.2010 - 7:17 am
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Was the best track for Truck racing ever. Now the trucks are a little
more (more like a lot) boring.


  2.   Cooper posted:
  03.08.2011 - 3:53 pm
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Mansfield Motorsports Park (known as Mansfield Motorsports Speedway
prior to 2007) is a half-mile oval racetrack located in Mansfield, Ohio,
United States. Featuring moderately high banks and a wide racing
surface, it is suitable for close racing and passing. The track hosts an
ARCA RE/MAX Series race in 2009. It also hosted the NASCAR Camping World
Truck Series from 2004 to 2008.

The facility received a safety upgrade in 2006 when SAFER barriers were
installed in the turns.

During pre-race ceremonies, a custom at the track was to play the
Godsmack song, "Awake", over the public address system as backing music
for driver introductions. This is likely a nod to the video for this
song which was filmed at the Ohio State Reformatory, also located in
Mansfield. In December 2008, it was announced that Mansfield Motorsports
Park will give up its future Camping World Truck Series race, and close
its doors. The Camping World Truck Series race date was moved to Iowa
Speedway.


  3.   chris o posted:
  09.05.2012 - 8:31 pm
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track is closed


  4.   Sky Warrior posted:
  02.19.2013 - 7:51 pm
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Bought at auction in January by a the owner of a local recycling
company, Grant Milliron, for $800,000. According to Milliron, the
purchase was to acquire the real estate, but he would re-open the track
if someone can be found to run it


  5.   Tylor Thaber posted:
  09.15.2015 - 11:38 am
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Track reopened earlier this year under the name 'Spitzer Motor
Speedway'. Operator currently only intends to host track days and low
level races, to maybe get the track back on its feet.


  6.   Seibaru posted:
  01.06.2017 - 3:11 pm
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Saw some ARCA Truck races in 2016 (the series where Bobby Dale Earnhardt
races, last I checked). Big news, this track is GOING DIRT IN 2017 for
the first time since 1998. It will also be renamed from Spitzer Motor
Speedway to Mansfield Motor Speedway, and they have secure the track's
future for the next three years. So while the dirt surface limits its
options in terms of high level series, it at least will be around for
another couple years.


  7.   Tide1732 posted:
  01.06.2017 - 4:03 pm
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Bobby Dale Earnhardt is related to Earnhardt Family?


  8.   Anonymous posted:
  01.06.2017 - 5:09 pm
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If i'm not mistaken Bobby is Jeffrey's brother


  9.   Ultimate Warrior #18 posted:
  01.06.2017 - 5:09 pm
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He's Kerry's oldest son


  10.   chevyfan98 posted:
  01.06.2017 - 5:22 pm
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Kerry's oldest son is Jeffrey, Bobby is his younger brother


  11.   Seibaru posted:
  01.06.2017 - 5:26 pm
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The Earnhardts are a bit confusing, but the relationship between Jeffrey
and Bobby Dale is pretty simple: they're brothers. Bobby Dale is the
older one. They are both the son of Kerry, and are both nephews to Dale
Jr. (not half-nephews, just nephews).


  12.   Sean posted:
  01.07.2017 - 11:14 am
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How would they NOT be half-nephews if Kerry and Junior have different
mothers?


  13.   Seibaru posted:
  01.07.2017 - 12:28 pm
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@12 Because there are no such thing as half-nephews or half-nieces. They
are simply nephews. The 'half' prefix only goes as far as half-siblings.
(This is debatable, admittedly; Wiktionary and Webster do have a
definition for half-nephew, but I have never heard a genealogist use the
term, and I'm going to side with the latter)


  14.   NazRacePhan posted:
  01.21.2017 - 11:51 am
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Changing it to a dirt track
http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/story/sports/motor/2017/01/17/asphalt-removed-mansfield-motor-speedway/96674276/


  15.   Seibaru posted:
  02.11.2017 - 12:04 am
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The announcement that they were returning to dirt came a few days after
it was announced that ARCA Trucks, which ran 3 races at Mansfield in
2016, was shutting down.


  16.   Canadianfan posted:
  08.26.2020 - 5:44 pm
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Someone posted a photo on reddit of the grandstands being torn down.


  17.   JSPorts posted:
  08.26.2020 - 5:54 pm
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That's sad. This was a great track. Wish the Truck Series would've
continued going.


  18.   Corey posted:
  08.26.2020 - 5:58 pm
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They had no 2020 calendar scheduled even before Covid and the track had
been for sale.


  19.   Sector posted:
  08.26.2020 - 6:44 pm
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Plus the city of Mansfield is pretty bad and "ghetto." Sandusky would've
been a much better city to host races anyway.


  20.   WardBurtonFan22 posted:
  12.30.2020 - 7:44 am
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@19

You aren't lying. Mansfield is a spooky city, especially at night time.
And being the track was located just mere minutes from the prison isn't
a good look at all.


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