Old Dominion Speedway

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Old Dominion Speedway


Location	Manassas, Virginia
Broke ground
Opened	1952
Owner
Operator
Construction cost
Architect
Former names

Major events
NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series
Seating capacity
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Current dimensions
Track shape	oval
Track length	3/8 mile
Track banking

Old Dominion Speedway (ODS) is a 3/8 mile (0.6 km) NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series and drag racing track in Manassas, Virginia (near Washington DC). The Potomac News reported in August 2006 that the track had been sold and that it would be leveled by developers in around a year.^[1]^[2] In early 2007 the track announced that a slumping housing market caused the deal to fall through. No closing date is currently pending.^[3]

1 Drag strip
2 Oval track
3 Special events
4 NASCAR history
- 4.1 NASCAR winners
5 References
6 External link

[edit] Drag strip

The track hosts Friday night drag races. Weekly divisions include: Super Pro, Foot Brake, Motorcycle, Quick 16, and Top Street. The drag strip was originally an 1/8 mile dirt strip that quite possibly held the first ever official sanctioned drag race.

[edit] Oval track

The 3/8 mile track hosts Saturday night Late Model, Grand Stock, Mini Stock, and Speedway Sportsman races. The track occasionally hosts INEX legend cars. The track was built as a dirt track in 1952 and was paved in 1953.

[edit] Special events

The track hosts monster trucks, a U.S. Drift sanctioned drifting event, and car shows.

[edit] NASCAR history

The track hosted Grand National (now NEXTEL Cup) races in 1958 and from 1963 to 1966.^[4] Former racing greats such as Richard Petty, Ralph Earnhardt, and Ned Jarrett have raced at ODS. In recent years, Mark McFarland won several track championships and Denny Hamlin raced there. It is located across the street from the Prince William County Fairgrounds.