Montgomery Motor Speedway

Montgomery Motor Speedway

Location	Montgomery County, near Montgomery, Alabama
Coordinates	32°21′25″N 86°26′44″W / 32.35694°N 86.44556°W / 32.35694; -86.44556
Opened	1953
Major events	Alabama 200,Show Me the Money
Surface	Dirt (1953-1955) Asphalt (1956-present)
Length	0.500 mi (0.805 km)

Montgomery Motor Speedway is a half-mile (.805 km) oval race track just west of Montgomery, Alabama. It opened in 1953, and is the oldest operating race track in Alabama. It held six NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup) races between 1955 and 1969.^[1] Huffman Motor Sports purchased the facility on Feb 5th, 1999 and the track was extensively renovated and lighted in 1999.

November 2004 Bill Manful bought Montgomery Motor Speedway. In 2006 then owner Bill Manful, leased the track to Hyundai, a local car manufacturer to allow the facility to become a storage site.

In 2008, Bobby and Mark Knox of Clanton Alabama laid claim to the speedway when they purchased it in an auction from Manful. After a lengthy legal battle to resume operations of the facility, they obtained a business license in Feb of 2009 and opened as The New Montgomery Motor Speedway, LLC. The track is in operation running a Bi-weekly schedule.

NASCAR Grand National results

Season	Winning Driver	Car	Laps	Average Speed
April 1955	Tim Flock	Chrysler	200	60.872 mph (97.964 km/h)
Sept. 1955	Tim Flock	Chrysler	200	63.773 mph (102.633 km/h)
1956	Marvin Panch	Ford	200	67.252 mph (108.232 km/h)
1967	Jim Paschal	Plymouth	200	72.435 mph (116.573 km/h)
1968	Richard Petty	Plymouth	200	70.644 mph (113.690 km/h)
1969	Bobby Allison	Plymouth	200	73.200 mph (117.804 km/h)

References

1. ^ Race Results at Montgomery Speedway, Racing-Reference.info, http://racing-reference.info/tracks?id=006, retrieved 2009-11-24 

External links

• Official website