Old Dominion Speedway
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| Old Dominion Speedway | |
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| Location | Manassas, Virginia |
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| NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series | |
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| Track shape | oval |
| Track length | 3/8 mile |
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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).
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Drag strip
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The track host Friday night drag races. Weekly divisions include: Super Pro, Foot Brake, Motorcycle, Quick 16, and Top Street.
Oval trackEdit
The track hosts Saturday night Late Model, Grand Stock, Mini Stock, and Speedway Sportsman races. The track occasionally hosts INEX legend cars.
Special eventsEdit
The track hosts monster trucks, a US Drift sanctioned drifting event, and car shows.
NASCAR historyEdit
The track hosted Grand National (now Sprint Cup) races in 1958 and from 1963 to 1966. Former racing greats such as Richard Petty, Ralph Earnhardt*, and Ned Jarrett have raced at ODS. Denny Hamlin also raced there. It is located across the street from the Prince William County Fairgrounds.
- It doesn't appear, by RacingReference.info's results for the ODS Cup level races, that Ralph Earnhardt raced here in that series.
NASCAR winnersEdit
- 1958 Frankie Schneider
- 1963 Richard Petty
- 1964 Ned Jarrett
- 1964 Ned Jarrett
- 1965 Junior Johnson
- 1965 Richard Petty
- 1966 Elmo Langley
Track closureEdit
In July 2006, it was announced that the track had been sold and would be torn down because some new houses were to be built there. Some Manassas residents believe that the Fairgrounds are next. Rumors have been circulating that there will be no 2007 season; that 2006 will be the last. Those rumors have not been confirmed. -- The track has remained open for 2007, 2008, 2009, and has 2010's schedule posted on its website. The real estate downturn helped to save the track from the developer's axe.
