Reading Fairgrounds Speedway

Reading Fairgrounds Speedway was a 1/2 mile dirt oval which was briefly accompanied by a 1/16 mile dirt dragstrip, located north of Reading, Pennsylvania.

New: 2007-06-09

Table of Contents

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

Offsite Links

• Reading Fairgrounds Memories

Track Facts

Historical Note

The 1/2 mile dirt oval opened on September 20th, 1924, operating until May 17th, 1942. It reopened after WWII on May 26th, 1946, operating until June 29th, 1979. A 1/16th mile dirt dragstrip operated during the 1960s.

References

Allan E. Brown, The History of America's Speedways: Past & Present. Comstock Park, Michigan: Brown, 2003 , ISBN 0931105617 , pp. 632. Order from National Speedway Directory

Track Office

Reading Fairgrounds Speedway
N 5th St Hwy
Reading, PA 19605

Track Imagery

The track was located on the Reading Fairgrounds; the site is now the location of the Fairgrounds Square Mall as seen in the terraserver image.

Search for Web Pages

Search for News

You may also wish to try using the Yahoo! Search as it may produce current news items.

Search for Images

Getting There

Address:
using Google Maps.

Copyright/License

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