Green Valley Speedway (Emsworth)
Nothing leftNothing left No longer racing, and nothing of the track remains.
Also known as Green Valley Raceway; Green Valley Kart Track
- Raced
- 1958-63
- State
- Pennsylvania
- What's left
- The site was redeveloped and nothing of the strip remains.
- First race
- August 3, 1958
- Location
- Mount Nebo Road, Green Valley, Ohio Township, off Ohio River Boulevard at Emsworth
- People
- Leap "N" Linx Motorcycle Club, race organizer
- Elevation
- 922 ft (281 m)
- Coordinates
- 40.54183, -80.08114
Green Valley Speedway, also called Green Valley Raceway, held its first motorcycle drag race on August 3, 1958. It was on Mount Nebo Road, reached from Route 88 by turning onto Ohio River Boulevard at Emsworth. More races followed on August 24 and September 14, 1958. The Leap “N” Linx Motorcycle Club held a number of drag races there. By 1963 it was called the Green Valley Kart Track, with sportsman motorcycle drags set for Saturday night, August 10, and an area championship cycle drag race on Saturday night, September 14, in Green Valley, Ohio Township.
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