What are the best CURRENT Oval Tracks

Break them down by region,

:South-East

:North-East

:Mid-West

or you define the region.

Tell me about these tracks...

for instance if you say " SANDHILLS "- tell me what kind of track, size, a little info about the facilities, on site hobby store..and WHY it's the best track.

(I don't want to hear it's the best..because SOMEBODY Owns it...I want to know WHAT makes the track...the best to race on)

Thanks....I know there are SOOO many awesome tracks, but so many of them I don't know anything about...

For Carpet tracks -- I'm a little banked track biased but I would say:

North Mid West:
Classic Hobbies Raceway
Location: Akron, OH
Tracks: 190' banked ozite tri-oval & a 268' asphalt oval
Some of the fastest racing around. On-site shop, many National/Regional type races held here. So alot of history and Walt Ellis the track owner has been in the hobby for a long time so he knows a thing or two about Oval racing.
Another nice aspect is this track is centrally located between, Indy, Mich, NY, PA so we pull alot of racers from out of town.
Can easily pit 125 racers

South-East
Sandhills Raceway
Location: Vass, NC
235' ?? Banked Carpet Oval
On-site shop
What makes this place unique is not many places invest in a 235' banked track indoor track. The track is huge, so less wrecks and cleaner runs. Super fast racing.
And the place is immaculate inside. I think this is the only track I have been to where the entire building was built to house an R/C track. It's not a converted building.

South
BMS
Location: Blountville, TN
325' Concrete
On-site shop
Walk up to the track and you just go Wow, that is intimidating.
Banking is super steep like 28 degrees in the turns I think I read somewhere.
Shop is super nice. plenty of room for trailers, canopy's.

i would have to agree with you eric on the the north east region. classic hobbies is a really great track. i've seen pictures of bms and man place looks awsome. just my opinion though.
~Jake Feskanin~

Easter Ontario and Western Quebec the best track around would be St Rock check it out

www.grcsr.com

erock1331 wow i didn't know OH was in the North East, just kidding.

South/South East

As a couple have stated... BMS. I live close to this track and it is my home track. Comments from vistor are pretty much the same. This is like no other track in the country. 26 degree banking (Iam guessing that the straights are banked 10 degrees or so). 300 + run line. Concrete. It is basically Bristol Motor Speedway On Steroids. Vistors that I have met there come from all over the country to include Canada. We have weekly racers that typically drive 50 to 75 mile one way to run here. The speeds at this track are amazing. Spec runs in the range of 5.6 to 5.9 up front. Mod runs in the range of low 4's. Check Racebms.com. If you are looking to travel and race, you may want to look at the schedule for Sept. ROAR Nats are here. The Flyer is on the site. By the way. The Hobby Shop has closed. (Bummer), But Dale still has parts inside and can get you what you need. The people at this track will go out of there way to help someone new. They are very proud of this track, as I am, and wants everyone that comes to have a postive experience. Hey, even the Nascar boys love this track. Many have ran at this race and raced with us.

Another of my favorites is as stated above. Sandhills. Banked Carpet. Very large facility. Nice! Racing is fast and fun. This is a classy place! The track is elevated. Not only is it fun to race, it is also fun to watch. The folks here are fun to race with.

C & W raceway in Ashville NC. At first glance, this track will not impress you. BUT, once you run on the flat asphalt oval.... you can't help but fall in love with this place. A very fun track to race. The people that run the place are simply the best and warmest group of people. You can't help but have fun.

Easley SC. Flat oval, Kinda. They have approx. 5 degrees of banking on the corners. I don't care for the infield (Grass). But the racing on this race track is very fun. You can pass inside or outside. The people are great and will help in anyway they can. They also have Touring and Dirt at this facility. They only run Oval every other weekend. Again, If you are planning on traveling and racing, check the schedule. They have a killer hobby shop located in front of this facilty. The guys that are in there are great!

A new track has opened in Greeneville TN. Indoor Carpet. I raced it last season... and will run it again. The guys that built this raceway have worked hard and have turned this into a great place. In Fact, Arcor will run a big race at this place this fall I am told. Again, a great bunch of folks there!

I know that I have stated a great bunch of people at all the locations.... What do you expect.... They are Oval Racers... :-))

There are a number of other track in our area that are good tracks, but these are the ones that I have experience with.

erock1331 wow i didn't know OH was in the North East, just kidding.

some say midwest some say north, some say east,
we have a weird location, lol
I changed it to North Midwest, how's that

Like Wheel'her said. GRCSR is one the nicest I've seen. I like it because it's more a "racing facility" than just a track. One cool thing is the pits are directly above the track, fun to watch from there. Several TV's to keep you updated on the heats. Fully stocked hobby shop. Family run by people that you can tell love the hobby. There are several really nice tracks in the Northeast.

www.carolinarc.com (http://www.carolinarc.com)

http://www.carolinarc.com/DSC00028.JPG

;) Mid-West
www.triclone.net (http://www.triclone.net/) there is nothing even close... not just the dynomite facility, but the racers and people who run the show are amazing..Ive been to alot of tracks.. I ALWAYS Love coming home..:thumbsup: No generators needed, no trailors needed, we have all the power you need, all the pit space you can use, and indoor plumming...with A/C.. and i cant forget Dave Jansen and his super yen can cooking skills..

Hey Burbs no offence but take a look at www.grcsr.com that triclone track does'nt even compare although it is a ver nice track.

Wheeler

Nice to see you again Tommy Gun soon we'll be rubbin fenders again"well I should say I'll be trying to catch that rocket of yours

They are two totally different kinds of tracks. Pretty surprising everyone thinks their home track is the best! Duh

Burbs was refering to the outdoor track, not the Indoor track...... The indoor track is nothing to get excited about, but is still a nice place to race...... The outdoor track is AWESOME.

in the midwest it is definatly hands down the triclone,great facility,great pit area,and great people

There are a lot of really nice race tracks around,I think it takes the whole facility to make the grade as a top notch track IE:clean bathrooms,not portajohns,clean eating facility,fully stocked hobby shop,well maintained track and grounds around the track,fully capable pit area.It will take some of the veteran racers who have traveled quite a bit but I was wondering who they think has the #1 racing facility in the country now.It used to be whipporwill, but who is it now? I have been to quite a few around the country,but not all by no means.One of my votes would be for Rush and Sons not sure it will qualify though as they are closed down now.Burbs you've been there, what do you think?

Hey Burbs no offence but take a look at www.grcsr.com (http://www.grcsr.com/) that triclone track does'nt even compare although it is a ver nice track.

Wheeler

Nice to see you again Tommy Gun soon we'll be rubbin fenders again"well I should say I'll be trying to catch that rocket of yours

ill take a 365 foot high banked asphalt oval track over carpet anyday... and of course our home tracks are our favorite.. its how the game works..

however that looks like a very nice carpet track..

There are a lot of really nice race tracks around,I think it takes the whole facility to make the grade as a top notch track IE:clean bathrooms,not portajohns,clean eating facility,fully stocked hobby shop,well maintained track and grounds around the track,fully capable pit area.It will take some of the veteran racers who have traveled quite a bit but I was wondering who they think has the #1 racing facility in the country now.It used to be whipporwill, but who is it now? I have been to quite a few around the country,but not all by no means.One of my votes would be for Rush and Sons not sure it will qualify though as they are closed down now.Burbs you've been there, what do you think?

Little tally was avery nice track.. I really liked it.. mostly because i figured it out... I think i was the only car to do the whole club race, and qualifying without going into the infeild at least once.. the main however was a different story..

i still prefer my home base.. we all do

Well, since everyone is saying their hometrack, my vote is for SpringCove International Speedway. :) After all, it is the oldest paved oval in the world!

But seriously, if the transitions would have been better at Lil Dega, that would be my vote. If you take everything in consideration as far as restrooms, a/c and pit area.

Kenny@RAPTOR

IROAR in Vinton, IA is a great facility. NICE Track, Building, great people, and home to the biggest Oval race in the Midwest, Their Spring 2 day race.....Over 130 entries this past race!!

http://www.iroaronline.org/

I always heard alot of good things about King down in NC but it closed before I started racing pan cars.

Anyone have any pics saved online of this track ??

King Superspeedway
thanks to Mike Russell for the pic

King Superspeedway was an awesome track to run on, hobbyshop, pit spaces and all were first class. I hate to see the ole track sitting there wasting away. 1992 ROAR Nats down there had 450 entries, never see that these days.

http://www.albany.net/~rcrc805/ Racing City Hobbies in beautiful upstate ny is a great place to race......great store owner , great Italian Food right around the corner....plenty of pit space and AC power available , plenty of Motels , etc etc etc...classes are 1/10th pan stock , 19 turn and an occasional mod , gearbox cars and trucks , mini t's and 18 t's , 1/12th scale, all oval racing done on saturday night ......Touring cars roadcourse done on friday nights ....for more info call Ken at 518-792-RCRC

One criteria for a current great track should be that it's still open and have more than 4 regular racers a week. Otherwise it must not have been that great. ;)

There are a lot of great tracks that for whatever reason don't have a great turnout everyweek,the pool of oval racers nowadays is VERY small so a "GREAT" turnout is debatable.For some tracks 5 or 6 guys is a great turnout,for others maybe 20 or 30,has nothing to do with the quality of the track.There doesn't have to be a gazillion people racing to be fun,all you really need is two.I've been to tracks with only four or five guys racing and had a great day of racing.OKAY! so the track has to be open,I'm going to pick the TRICLONE even though I've never been there I've heard nothing but great things and the pics are awesome,maybe get there at the next nats whenever they get it again.

One thing that bothers me is this.. indorrs on carpet, we have no problem pulling the racers,, bigger races, we get 30-50 guys.. outdoors, we get half what we do indoors.. I know people do other things in the summer, but when you have a track,(any track) it would be nice to have year round support..

we are very very lucky at the triclone.. The owner of it , basically has nothing to do with it anymore.. he retired early LOL.. He lets us run it as a club.. at the end of the year, and all the money is tallied, we pay him what we can.. and he is happy with that.. If the track needed racers to stay open, it would have died a long time ago.. our local shop was closed, (same owner). but we have lefthander rc for parts,. he has us stock like never before...SO YEAH I DO FEEL LUCKY.. i try to race as much as i can, but this summer has been slow for me.. I do however show up on race nights, and spend more money on food then i would racing LOL..

Well, since everyone is saying their hometrack, my vote is for SpringCove International Speedway. :) After all, it is the oldest paved oval in the world!

Kenny@RAPTOR

Not necessary the oldest track in the world..

The Daytona International Speedway is my favorite track and not because
of the surface we race on. It's the history and the place where it all started.

Its not my hometrack but that's the track that gets my vote!! :)

Not necessary the oldest track in the world..

The Daytona International Speedway is my favorite track and not because
of the surface we race on. It's the history and the place where it all started.

Its not my hometrack but that's the track that gets my vote!! :)

Being from the LEFT COAST, I would Love to go to a R/C Race held at DAYTONA SPEEDWAY...just for the History.

Hopefully they don't think thier ground is made of GOLD though.

I held 2 different races in a Parking Lot at California's IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY, and while the track is awesome, and the lot where I put on the event was cool too...it wasn't really worth $500.00 a day w/ NO Bathrooms, NO Power and NO Concessions.

It WAS really cool though to hold the races there, and while our event was going on, the BIG cars were on track practicing and such...made cool sound effects.

Keep em coming...and if you have web sites or pics, make sure to add them...I love looking at some of these tracks around the country...

Burbs that outdoor track is awesome never seen anything like it I thought you were reffering to that carpet track my apologies

One thing that bothers me is this.. indorrs on carpet, we have no problem pulling the racers,, bigger races, we get 30-50 guys.. outdoors, we get half what we do indoors.. I know people do other things in the summer, but when you have a track,(any track) it would be nice to have year round support..

sounds like Classic.
Indoor we have 35-60 for a weekly show, typically about 85-100 for a big race.

Outdoor we have about 12-18 pan cars. But we make up for it in 1/4 scales. I bet there are about 15 1/4 scales weekly now, some night even more so we still get our 30-40 guy turnout.
It's a shame we don't have more pan cars, our track is really smooth for them. I never had one scratch this summer on my chassis until i decided to drop it a bit and run small tires. Then I caught a rock, lol

Burbs that outdoor track is awesome never seen anything like it I thought you were reffering to that carpet track my apologies

no problem.. i fugured you didnt see the right pics... yeah our carpet track is just your basic flat track.. it is fun, but not as fun as the paved one ...

sounds like Classic.
Indoor we have 35-60 for a weekly show, typically about 85-100 for a big race.

Weekly show? I think I need to move to where all the racing is.

Going by region,Southeast region, Carolina speedway would be a top contender (My hometrack) for the midwest I would choose Tri-clone,for the west coast I would choose the Veladrome track,for the northeast region, the Indy veladrome.We generally have 20-30 racers on a weekly basis at Carolina also,but this includes the TC's also which make up about half.

Pepe u need to come up some time and run the track,, its awesome...

Pepe u need to come up some time and run the track,, its awesome...

Mike,

I defintely want to make a trip up there,you guys need to put in for another nats so I can justify the trip to the little lady,LOL.

jack connellys paved oval in loiedsville ohio and the track in zanesville ohio maybe fultons were i started its a bullring lots of fun

Well, if longevity does have something to do with this formula, we are blessed in the Albany NY area. The Capital District R/C Racers have been at it for 27 consecutive years! We’ve had the pleasure to race with National Champions like Todd Putnam, Mike Murphy, Brett Lund, Rod Priddle and many other great runners; many before my time.



Although the actual tracks have changed locations over the years the great racing and people continue to shine. Currently we run on a temporary 36 x 60 carpet track in the winter (yes that’s right, temporary) in the gym of the local Boys & Girls Club. We average 50 entries per week and reach 100+ for special events, running both oval and touring cars in the same program.



Outdoor dirt season is now held in two locations, points racing at a local hobby shop which features a “short” 115 foot groove combination banked and flat corners track and special events at the Pine Bowl R/C Speedway (my back yard 117 foot groove, high traction clay track).



Check us out at http://www.cdrcracers.com (http://www.cdrcracers.com/) click on the “History” link.



See Ya …………. At The Track

Hey Burbs ya that ashphalt track is amazing wish we had something like that around here.

Mike,

If you think about all the summer activites people do versus winter it makes sense we have fewer guys at the tri-clone. There are people involved in "real" racing, kart racing, golfing, fishing etc etc. There is really nothing to do in the winter especially since it basically doesn't snow anymore in WI.

Also, I think there are a lot of guys who do like carpet racing who don't like capped racing. Definately more that way than the other way around. I pretty much fall into that group although I show up most every week ofthen twice a week depsite my now 90 mile drive one way. Although right now I'm leaning towards not outdoor racing anymore this year.

Win or lose I just haven't had fun outdoors. Never really do for whatever reason.

Weekly show? I think I need to move to where all the racing is.

Milky
5 years ago when I first started racing at Classic, I bet we had 60-80 per week.

it's dropped off a bit since then, but what's cool is predominately its all pan cars, with the exception of some BRP 1/18th, so we are not running with Trucks, Buggies, etc

Freddies Hobbies in Ravenna OH is really picking up fast, 50+ entries last week!!!

LOL ... I see everyone voted for their home track. Nothing wrong with that! :)

Give us another six months and I will vote for Carolina rc complex as one of the best in the country,when it's all done I'll post a link and show you what I mean.

Not necessary the oldest track in the world..

The Daytona International Speedway is my favorite track and not because
of the surface we race on. It's the history and the place where it all started.

Its not my hometrack but that's the track that gets my vote!! :)spring cove maybe not the oldest in the world but in the US that anyone knows about and for the southeast it is a toss up between spring cove and rush and son got to love the speed and grip of spring cove and gotta love having to be up on the wheel at rush and son i don't think i have a favorite track i like almost all of them and as far as carpet goes it's a toss up between classic and sandhills gotta love that banking

Gily,

I'm like you, I don't think I've been to a track that I just didn't like,they all have their challenges and that's what makes all this stuff fun, trying to figure out how to go fast at all the different tracks.Rush and Sons is super fun for sure,can't wait to get back there this AUG.

There are a lot of really nice race tracks around,I think it takes the whole facility to make the grade as a top notch track IE:clean bathrooms,not portajohns,clean eating facility,fully stocked hobby shop,well maintained track and grounds around the track,fully capable pit area.It will take some of the veteran racers who have traveled quite a bit but I was wondering who they think has the #1 racing facility in the country now.It used to be whipporwill, but who is it now? I have been to quite a few around the country,but not all by no means.One of my votes would be for Rush and Sons not sure it will qualify though as they are closed down now.Burbs you've been there, what do you think?never knew rush and sons closed down just took it easy after the nats running carpet strong all winter long got the roar nats in august little talladega aint going nowhere rush and son is for sure one of the nicer ones left but their are several more scattered out across the country with nice facilitys and accomadating people just cheapest place for me to stay a week i just move in with them like family heck i am closer to some of them than some family just my .02 cents worth

There was a post somewhere that said they were going to close the paved track,or were thinking about it or something to that effect,I'm sure glad they didn't it's just to nice of facility to close down.I wish it were closer,6+ hrs is a haul to race,that's why I will be there for 5-6 days for the Nats.

There was a post somewhere that said they were going to close the paved track,or were thinking about it or something to that effect,I'm sure glad they didn't it's just to nice of facility to close down.I wish it were closer,6+ hrs is a haul to race,that's why I will be there for 5-6 days for the Nats.Yeah after nats all the locals spent money for nats it slowed down and we just called around among racers and got up like one bigger weekly race a month yeah three hours to get their for me so i spent the off weekends getting spring cove in shape and racing their as well when i couldn't get guys up to rush and sons spring cove 19 turn lap times 4.9,5.0 up front finish with 5.2 track footage was was within 5 feet of bms longer i believe one and 2 step banking with semi trioval 3 and 4 pretty much flat like everything but one and two 5 degree or less banking track still had some speed left in it should have ran 4.7 4.8 up front but just didn't have that much rubber down

Rush & Son definitely not shutting down and they have a first class facility!!!!!!!!!