It’s in all probability no shock to be taught that Motor1 readers are the best possible. At the tip of January, we discovered a Facebook group for Google Earth pictures that, amongst different issues, featured previous race tracks. We wrote an article sharing the abandoned circuits, and also you responded with even extra locations to go to. Virtually, anyway.

Below is a group of previous deserted and forgotten tracks submitted by you, the readers. Join us for one more spherical of Google Earth excursions. Don’t see an previous highway course or drag strip you are considering of? Post within the feedback or shoot over an electronic mail. We’d love to listen to from you and have them in a future installment of this digital sightseeing saga.

Track: Speedworld Raceway
Location: Wittmann, Arizona
Coordinates: 33°43’12″N 112°28’34″W

Thanks to Timm for the tip on this wonderful multi-use observe in Arizona. Located roughly 25 miles north of Phoenix, what began as a drag strip within the Sixties in the end expanded to incorporate a small grime oval and motocross programs, amongst different issues. The facility was pressured to shut in 2013 based on Dragzine, nevertheless it’s not fully devoid of exercise. A neighborhood radio-controlled airplane membership operates from a small runway on the grounds.

Track: Bee Line Dragway
Location: Fountain Hills, Arizona
Coordinates: 33°30’26″N 111°45’45″W

Motor1 reader Timm additionally shared one other defunct Arizona drag strip with us, positioned close to Fountain Hills within the jap suburbs of Phoenix. The ghostly stays of the quarter-mile observe are simply seen simply south of Highway 87, although Dragstriplist.com states it has been closed since 1982. It was a thriving observe via the Sixties and Nineteen Seventies, serving as a daily cease on the skilled drag racing circuit.

Track: Amatol Raceway
Location: Hammonton, New Jersey
Coordinates: 39°36’19″N 74°44’33″W

This observe despatched to us by reader Carl may be a bit robust to identify. So we have utilized our nifty compare-image device to assist. Click or contact the arrows within the center to tug left or proper. We’ve highlighted in blue the place Atlantic City Speedway was. Rows of bushes define the previous 1.5-mile oval, which was inbuilt 1926 and closed simply two years later. According to SouthJersey.com, a handful of 500-mile races had been held on the picket observe, which was in the end torn down in 1933.

Track: US 30 Dragstrip
Location: Merrillville, Indiana
Coordinates: 41°28’33″N 87°16’55″W

Drag strips are hiding far and wide, together with this one despatched to us by Motor1 reader Frank. Located roughly 10 miles south of the Lake Michigan shoreline and round 35 miles southeast of Chicago, the quarter-mile observe closed in 1984. Lost Indiana says it opened within the Fifties and allegedly noticed the very first humorous automotive race. Legends like Don Schumacher and Don Garlits raced there, and Google imagery from 2022 exhibits the observe remains to be largely intact.

Track: Cornhusker Dragway
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Coordinates: 41°10’41″N 96°08’02″W

We give a giant shout-out to reader Captain Stu for the following two tracks. He regaled us with tales of attending races right here as a young person within the Nineteen Seventies, although there is not a lot left of the previous quarter-mile strip. Concrete firms have arrange store on the land, leaving only a small portion of the observe and return highway seen between them. It had a brief run, working from 1969 via 1973 based on Dragstriplist.

Track: Sunset Speedway
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Coordinates: 41°19’58″N 96°05’33″W

Captain Stu frolicked at this oval observe, too. Located northwest of Omaha, it was a quarter-mile grime observe for Late Model, Modified, and World of Outlaw racing. Midwest Racing Archives states it opened in 1957 and stayed lively for 44 years. As the close by metropolis of Omaha grew, Sunset Speedway turned the topic of noise complaints and closed for good in 2000. Now, it is solely recognizable by the bushes outlining the previous observe.

Track: Meadowdale International Raceway
Location: Carpentersville, Illinois
Coordinates: 42°06’55″N 88°18’16″W

Approximately 40 miles northwest of Chicago you will discover Raceway Woods Forest Preserve. This was Meadowdale International Raceway, a sprawling 3.27-mile highway course that opened in 1958 and closed 10 years later. But not like most locations on this listing, this previous observe hasn’t been deserted. The whole structure nonetheless exists as a part of the protect, simply seen via the bushes. You will not see vehicles crusing across the corners, nevertheless it’s open to hikers and bicyclists. The Midwest Racing Preservation Association is devoted to protecting the observe’s reminiscence alive, as are Motor1 readers Gajoseric and Joseph – each of whom emailed us about this cool location.

Track: Marlboro Motor Raceway
Location: Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Coordinates: 38°48’24″N 76°44’20″W

According to North American Motorsports, Marlboro Motor Raceway in Maryland opened in 1952 as a small grime oval observe, in the end increasing to incorporate a number of ovals and a 2.4-mile highway course by the late Fifties. It was the positioning of quite a few endurance races and SCCA Trans-Am occasions earlier than closing in 1969, due partially to the opening of close by Summit Point. While Marlboro’s oval is well seen, we outlined the structure of the previous highway course which is basically gone. Shout out to Motor1 reader Steve for the tip and historical past on this cool ghost observe.

Track: Granite State Park Speedway (AKA Dover Speedway)
Location: Dover, New Hampshire
Coordinates: 43°14’00″N 70°53’42″W

We have some unanswered questions on this observe, despatched to us by reader Channing. Located close to the border with Maine, this spot as soon as had a fifth-mile, half-mile, and one-mile oval layouts. Satellite imagery suggests the mile-long observe was really a tri-oval, however historic pictures on the Catamount Stadium web site present solely a conventional oval as we have outlined above in blue. In any case, the ability began with horse racing within the Thirties, then expanded to auto racing till it closed down in 1962.

Track: Augusta International Raceway
Location: Augusta, Georgia
Coordinates: 33°21’10″N 82°05’28″W

You can nonetheless carve some corners that had been a part of this 3.0-mile highway course, albeit at gradual speeds whereas driving round baseball fields. According to Racing Circuits, Augusta International Speedway was envisioned as the most important motorsports advanced on the planet, with a big oval in addition to a quarter-mile drag strip. That by no means occurred, however a strip and a smaller oval joined the highway course throughout its 10-year run from 1960 via 1970. These are seen on the prime of the photograph (above proper), intermingling with subdivisions, church buildings, and a college. Shout out to Motor1 reader Mitchell for the tip on this one.

Track: Rattlesnake Raceway
Location: Midland, Texas
Coordinates: 31°54’42″N 102°02’40″W

At a look, this observe appears prefer it may nonetheless be used at present. Sent to us by reader Andrew, what you see here’s what stays of the previous Chaparral Cars two-mile take a look at observe utilized by firm co-founder and racing driver Jim Hall. Built within the late Fifties, it was used for less than a brief time period. Aside from testing, North American Motorsports mentions choose SCCA races and Porsche Club occasions happening right here. Zooming in via Google, the floor appears a bit tough however nonetheless intact.

Track: Nazareth Speedway
Location: Nazareth, Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°43’42″N 75°19’08″W

While investigating a small observe close to Pittsburgh despatched to us by Eric (sorry, we could not discover something) we came across Nazareth Speedway. This observe existed in varied varieties for practically 100 years, beginning life as a half-mile grime oval for horses. According to Abandoned Online, car races started in 1910 earlier than finally rising right into a paved one-mile tri-oval within the Nineteen Eighties. As you may think, every kind of vehicles raced right here via the many years, together with these from NASCAR and IndyCar. Nazareth was additionally dormant for a number of stretches of its life, which lastly got here to a detailed in 2004.