Victory Speedway (Middletown)

ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.

Raced
1961
State
New York
What's left
A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
Raced on
Fairgrounds
First race
April 16, 1961
Last race
June 4, 1961
Location
Orange County Fairgrounds speedway, Middletown
Sanction
NASCAR
Elevation
485 ft (148 m)
Coordinates
41.44804, -74.39309

Drag races ran every Sunday in 1961 at the Orange County Fairgrounds speedway, starting with a NASCAR-sanctioned race on April 16. The experiment ended June 4, 1961, with word that drag racing would wait until a new track was built. That never happened.