Buena Ventura Speedway (New Providence)
Status unknownStatus unknown Closed, but nobody has checked how much of the site survives, or the exact spot was never found.
- Raced
- 1958
- State
- Tennessee
- What's left
- The exact spot was never found. If it's on the map, the pin only marks the general area.
- Raced on
- At an oval speedway
- First race
- May 25, 1958
- Location
- Dover Road (Highway 79), 2.5 miles from Clarksville, southeast outskirts of New Providence
No one has pinned down where this strip was yet.
Drag races began at this oval on May 25, 1958, and ran every Sunday that season. The track, which opened in 1952, was on Dover Road (Highway 79), 2.5 miles from Clarksville on the southeast edge of New Providence.
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