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  1.   Cooper posted:
  03.27.2010 - 7:00 pm
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Located in Pensacola, Florida
TRACK LENGTH .......................1/2 mile in racing groove (103 feet
short at inner edge)
TRACK WIDTH............................55 feet (Turns), 48 feet (Straights)
BANKING......................................15 degrees (Turns), 9
degrees (Straights)
PIT FACILITIES............................Paved portion on inner 1/4
oval and front straight, water, scales, concessions, electric
scoreboard, vendors for racing equipment, fuel, and tires.

Track well known for annual Snowball Derby.
Even though Racing-Reference has the only Grand National race run on
Dirt, the race was actually run on completely new asphalt. More
Information below:
http://www.5flagsspeedway.com/trackhistory.php

"Two weeks later, the only NASCAR Grand National (now Nextel Cup) race
was held at the facility. The PAVING WAS NOW COMPLETE, the dust was
gone, but rain was the spoiler for Lee Petty, who appeared ready to
charge to the front before the race was red-flagged."


  2.   RaceFanX posted:
  12.18.2012 - 10:03 pm
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Home of the famous Snowball Derby, a post-season late model race each
December that attracts top talent from all over the United States.


  3.   RaceFanX posted:
  12.05.2016 - 11:34 pm
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The 2016 Snowball Derby is ran on a Tuesday after two rainouts. Whoever
thought midweek December stock car racing would be a thing?


  4.   Pucci Man posted:
  10.19.2018 - 6:59 pm
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ARCA will be returning there next year since 1996. The race will be on
Saturday, March 9, 2019.


  5.   Pucci Man posted:
  10.19.2018 - 8:40 pm
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Meant to say for the 1st time since 1996. My bad.


  6.   RaceFanX posted:
  12.08.2020 - 10:43 am
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The name Five Flags Speedway refers Pensacola's nickname as the "City of
Five Flags." The name references the five flags that have flown above
the Floridian city through the years as in addition to being a part of
the USA it was also briefly part of the CSA during the Civil War
(Pensacola was surrendered to the Union in May 1862) and previously was
an overseas colony of Great Britain, France, and Spain during earlier
centuries.


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