Benton Speedway
ActiveActive Still racing today.
Also known as Benton Raceway Park
Benton Raceway Park closed around 2013-14, then new owners restored it and reopened it as Benton Speedway. The venue has a dirt oval, a go-kart track and an eighth-mile no-prep drag strip, and it runs a full schedule of events.
- Raced
- 1981-2013, present
- State
- Missouri
- Track
- 1/8 mile
- Surface
- Concrete
- Address
- 817 County Road 505
Benton, MO 63736 - Elevation
- 330 ft (101 m)
- Coordinates
- 37.06269, -89.50693
- Contact
- bentonspeedway.com
This eighth-mile strip sits beside the complex’s 3/8-mile dirt oval, about 3 miles southeast of Benton just off I-55. The concrete strip and the oval both closed in 2013 and were listed for sale with no buyers. It is running again as of 2025, but when it restarted isn’t known.
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