Albany-Saratoga Speedway is a 0.36-mile dirt oval on

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Malta, New York Malta is a town in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The town is in the central part of the county and is south of Saratoga Springs. The population was 17,130 as of the 2020 census. Malta, along with Stillwater, is home to the Luther ...

. The track features racing on Friday nights, with five different weekly racing divisions, including DIRTcar modifieds, DIRTcar sportsman, limited sportsman, pro stocks and street stocks and also four cylinder racers. The speedway opened in 1965. The track held

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races in 1970 and 1971 which were both won by

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. From 1977 It was owned by the family of C. J. Richards, a founder of the

Champlain Valley Racing Association Samuel de Champlain (; Fichier OrigineFor a detailed analysis of his baptismal record, see RitchThe baptism act does not contain information about the age of Samuel, neither his birth date nor his place of birth. – 25 December 1635) was a Fre ...

. In 2011 it was put up for sale. After a period of uncertainty as to whether or not it would continue to be used for racing, it was purchased by the owners of

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in West Lebanon, New York.

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Sports venues in Saratoga County, New York Motorsport venues in New York (state) 1965 establishments in New York (state) Sports venues completed in 1965 {{Autoracing-venue-stub NASCAR tracks