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  1.   Cooper posted:
  03.27.2010 - 2:43 pm
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Track is still active. A 1/4 Mile speedway, located at the Missisippi
Valley Fairgrounds. It's only NASCAR race was run in 1953 on a .5 Mile
Dirt Oval, won by Herb Thomas.


  2.   Andy U posted:
  12.12.2018 - 3:46 pm
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Maybe things changed back. This is the track history from their website
in 2018:

Davenport Speedway is a half-mile dirt race track located in Davenport,
Iowa. In 1953, the track became the first track in Iowa to host a NASCAR
sanctioned event, when it held a race for what is now the NASCAR Sprint
Cup Series. Fourteen cars participated in that race. Buck Baker won the
pole and Herb Thomas was victorious in the race.

Now the track hosts dirt racing events for dirt racing fans on a weekly
basis.

My notes: The track is in the same exact location as shown on the 1953
map. Funny thing though, it was a perfect oval in 53, just like Dover.
Now it is slightly tri-ovalled, much like Charlotte.

you can see the old slab where the two "wings" of the grandstand angled
out before. Now there is not nearly as much room between the main stands
and the track.


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