Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack
is a one mile long clay oval motor racetrack on the grounds of the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, the state capitol. Constructed in the late 1800s and reconstructed in 1927, the "Springfield Mile" as it is known has hosted competitive auto racing since 1910, making it one of the oldest speedways in the United States. It is the oldest track to continually host national championship dirt track racing, holding its first national championship race in 1934 under the American Automobile Association banner. The Illinois State Fair mile currently hosts the USAC Silver Crown championship dirt cars, ARCA stock cars, UMP Late Models and Modifieds and AMA Motorcycle racing. It is the home of five world records for automobile racing making it one of the fastest dirt tracks in the world.
Billy Winn won the first national championship dirt track race held at the Illinois State Fairgorunds in 1934. A.J. Foyt ran his first national championship race there in August of 1957. The track is host to two of the older memorial events in the United States, the Tony Bettenhausen 100 for the USAC dirt championship cars, first run in 1961 and the Allen Crowe Memorial 100 stock car event for USAC, now ARCA stock cars, first held in 1963. Both races are now held on the last weekend of the Illinois State Fair. Chuck Gurney is the only seven time winner of the Tony Bettenhausen 100, while ARCA driver Frank Kimmel is a six time winner of the Allen Crowe Memorial.
The track hosted the USAC Championship Car series from 1956 to 1970 and again in the series' final two seasons, 1980 and 1981.
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