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Raleigh Speedway

1952 establishments in North CarolinaDefunct motorsport venues in the United StatesHistory of Raleigh, North CarolinaMotorsport venues in North CarolinaNASCAR tracks
Sports venues completed in 1952Sports venues in Wake County, North Carolina

Raleigh Speedway (officially Southland Speedway nicknamed Dixie Speedway by fans) was a one-mile (1.6 km) oval race track which opened in 1952 one mile (1.6 km) north of Raleigh, North Carolina in Wake County. It was the second superspeedway (according to the definition of the time) ever built (the first being the 1.366-mile (2.198 km) Darlington Raceway at Darlington, South Carolina). It was also the first lighted superspeedway and the first track on which NASCAR sanctioned night-time races. The track had a long and narrow shape, like a paper clip, with the front and back straights about 500 feet (150 m) apart and the straightaways about 1,850 feet (560 m) long. The turns were banked at 16° and the straightaways were flat.

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Raleigh Speedway
Tarheel Drive, Raleigh

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Tarheel Drive 3501
27609 Raleigh
North Carolina, United States
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