Cocopah Speedway

Cocopah Speedway is a complex containing a 3/8 mile semi-banked clay oval, located southwest of Yuma, Arizona.

New: 2005-06-20 Last Updated: 2015-01-11

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Elevation: 120 feet Latitude: 32.6156102 Longitude: -114.6557484 Time zone: MST (-0700)

Yuma Speedway opened as a 1/4 mile dirt oval in April of 1968, operating it through 1978. The track reopened for 1986 and 1987. It was enlarged to 3/8 mile for the 1988 season, operating through 1997 as Yuma International Speedway. The track operated as Yuma Speedway Park in 1998 and 1999. A 300' sand dragstrip operated from 2000 to approximately 2004. The track was purchased by the Cocopah tribe in 2005 and the oval reopened in September of 2010.

References

Allan E. Brown, The History of America's Speedways: Past & Present. Comstock Park, Michigan: Brown, 2003 , ISBN 0931105617 , pp. 112. Order from National Speedway Directory

Track Office

Postal: Cocopah Speedway 14515 South Veterans Drive Somerton, AZ 85360 Track: Cocopah Speedway
3450 W. County 15 Street
Somerton, AZ 85360

620-726-9483
520-726-7280 (fax)