Placerville Speedway
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LocationPlacerville, California (El Dorado County Fairgrounds)
Opened1965
Former namesHangtown Speedway
| Location | Placerville, California (El Dorado County Fairgrounds) |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 38°43′34″N 120°49′56″W / 38.72611°N 120.83222°W |
| Opened | 1965 |
| Former names | Hangtown Speedway |
| Major events | World of Outlaws sprint cars USAC National midgets[1] USAC Western midgets[1] King of the West-NARC Sprint Car Racing Series[2] |
| Website | placervillespeedway |
| 1/4 mile oval | |
| Surface | dirt |
| Length | 0.25 mi (0.40 km) |
Placerville Speedway is a 1/4 mile dirt track[3] located in Placerville at the El Dorado County fairgrounds[1] in the Sierra Nevada foothills of eastern California.
The track began in 1965 as "Hangtown Speedway".[4]
On November 20, 2019, the speedway held the Elk Grove Ford Hangtown 100, a 100-lap, $20,000-to-win USAC National Midget Series race which was won by Kyle Larson.[3] It was the first time that the national midgets raced at the track.[1] That same year, the World of Outlaws sprint cars made their first appearance at the track in approximately twenty years.[5] In 2020, the weekly races were broadcast on FloRacing[6] as the track was not allowed to have fans due to the global pandemic.[7]