Historic Langhorne Speedway (Paved Circle Track)

Historic Langhorne Speedway (Paved Circle Track) 2020-01-08

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Credits: Midnight Blue,Denis Rioux, SteveB, Bill Anderson, Ajshoe (setups).
Description: Langhorne Speedway was a racetrack located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The 1-mile dirt track was unique because it had no straightaways, giving the track the appearance of a giant circle. The first race run at the facility was a National Championship Stock Car Circuit (a forerunner to NASCAR) race in 1947, with Bob Flock taking home the checkered flag.
From 1947 to 1957, it became an annual race on the Fledging NASCAR schedule, with the following drivers who won those Langhorne races, Al Keller, Curtis Turner, Fonty Flock, Herb Thomas, Dick Rathmann, Tim Flock, Buck Baker, Paul Goldsmith, and Fireball Roberts. The track hosted USAC races. The track was paved in 1965. USAC ran open-wheel races there from 1956 to 1970 which were won by such famous names as A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, Bobby Unser, Gordon Johncock, and Eddie Sachs.
The track had two nicknames: "The Big Left Turn" and "The Track That Ate The Heroes." Built on swampland, underground creeks kept the surface constantly wet. When temperatures rose each summer, that mud dried up and developed huge canyon-like cracks.

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