Manzanita Park Speedway (Phoenix)
Nothing leftNothing left No longer racing, and nothing of the track remains.
- Raced
- 1961
- State
- Arizona
- What's left
- The site was redeveloped and nothing of the strip remains.
- On the site today
- Demolished
- First race
- about June 10, 1961
- Location
- 35th Avenue and West Broadway, southwest Phoenix
- Elevation
- 1,033 ft (315 m)
- Coordinates
- 33.40609, -112.13275
This half-mile dirt oval was built in 1954 on the site of a former dog track at 35th Avenue and West Broadway in southwest Phoenix. A Saturday night drag racing program started around June 10, 1961, but it may have been a short experiment that ended after a race or two. The track closed and was sold in 2009 and has since been torn down.
Background
Manzanita ran 1/3-mile and 1/2-mile dirt tracks and stayed a fixture of USAC sprint car racing for decades after the drag program. The property was sold to a rigging company, and the last race there took place on April 11, 2009.
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