McCarty Speedway

McCarty Speedway was a dirt oval located in Wright Park (Ford County Fairgrounds) on the south side of Dodge City, Kansas.

New: 2006-02-20

Table of Contents

• Track Facts
• Historical Note
• Track Office
• Track Imagery
• Search for Web Pages
• Search for News
• Search for Images
• Getting There

Track Facts

Historical Note

The track was built in 1934 as a 1/2 mile dirt oval. It operated in this form until September 6th, 1941. It reopened in 1948 and ran until 1952. Rebuilt as a flat 1/4 mile dirt oval, it ran in this form from 1953 through 1964. After a flood in 1965, the track was rebuilt as a 3/8 mile banked dirt oval which ran from 1966 until 1994.

The track was also operated as Dodge City Speedway and Wright Stadium.

References

Gordon Eliot White, Lost Race Tracks: Treasures of Automobile Racing. Hudson, Wisconsin: Iconographix, 2006 , ISBN 1583880844 , pp. 41.

Allan E. Brown, The History of America's Speedways: Past & Present. Comstock Park, Michigan: Brown, 2003 , ISBN 0931105617 , pp. 320. Order from National Speedway Directory

Track Office

McCarty Speedway
Park Street
Dodge City, KS 67801

Track Imagery

The Terraserver image shows the track in 1991, when it was still operating. The Google image shows the traces of the track which are still visible.

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Getting There

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