Montgomery Motor Speedway is a half-mile (.805 km) oval race track just west of
Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for the Irish soldier Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico. In the 202 ...
. It opened in 1953, and is the oldest operating race track in
Alabama
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, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
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. It held six
NASCAR Grand National Series The name NASCAR Grand National Series refers to former names of the following NASCAR series:
*National-level stock car series:
**NASCAR Cup Series (known as NASCAR Grand National Series between 1950 to 1970, then the NASCAR Winston Cup Grand Nation ...
races between 1955 and 1969.
Huffman Motor Sports purchased the facility on February 5, 1999, and the track was extensively renovated and lighted in 1999.
In 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 February 2009 and opened as The New Montgomery Motor Speedway, LLC. The track is in operation running a bi-weekly schedule.
NASCAR Grand National results
References
External links
Official websiteMontgomery Speedway (former name) race results
at Racing-Reference
Montgomery Motor Speedway archive
at Racing-Reference
Buildings and structures in Montgomery County, Alabama
NASCAR tracks
Motorsport venues in Alabama
Sports in Montgomery, Alabama
Tourist attractions in Montgomery County, Alabama
Sports venues completed in 1953
1953 establishments in Alabama
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