- Grandview Speedway
Motorsport venue
Name = Grandview Speedway | Nicknames = "The Greatest Show on Dirt"
Time = GMT-4
Location = Bechtelsville,Pennsylvania
Image_caption =
Capacity = ~5,000
Owner = Bruce Rogers
Operator = Bruce Rogers
Broke_ground =1962
Opened =1963
Miles_first = True
Layout1 = Oval
Surface = Clay
Length_km = 0.535
Length_mi = 0.333
Turns = 4
Banking =
Record_time = 0:14.635
Record_driver = Matt Sheppard
Record_team = Ross Motorsports
Record_year =2004
Record_class =|Grandview Speedway is a one third-mile automobile race track located in Bechtelsville,
Pennsylvania ,United States . Featuring moderately high banks and a wide racing surface, it is suitable for close racing and passing.The track opened in 1963 and was built by Forrest Rogers. The track was originally planned as a ¼ mile (402 meters) asphalt track in
Pottstown, Pennsylvania . Eventually this was changed to a larger dirt track inBechtelsville, Pennsylvania . Forrest Rogers died of a heart attack in 1966. His son, Bruce Rogers, took control of the race track and operates it to this day. [http://www.dirttrackdigest.com/news/186702773.shtml] [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ck4skskNFT4C&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=Forrest+Rogers+died+grandview+speedway&source=web&ots=f5_fnmbD55&sig=VAcwrFUwXryv_08CVxZaTmEg5CQ&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result#PPA8,M1]It features a regular weekly series of modified and late model
stock car racing.
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