Albany-Saratoga Speedway is a 0.36-mile dirt oval on
U.S. Route 9 in
Malta, New York
Malta is a town in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The town is in the central part of the county and is south of Saratoga Springs. The population was 17,130 as of the 2020 census.
Malta, along with Stillwater, is home to the Luthe ...
. The track features racing on Friday nights, with five different weekly racing divisions, including DIRTcar modifieds, DIRTcar sportsman, limited sportsman, pro stocks and street stocks and also four cylinder racers.
The speedway opened in 1965. The track held
NASCAR Cup Series
The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the NASCAR, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the most prestigious stock car racing series in the United States.
The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, ...
races in 1970 and 1971 which were both won by
Richard Petty
Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937), nicknamed "the King", is an American former stock car racing driver who competed from 1958 to 1992 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series (now called the NASCAR Cup Series), most nota ...
. From 1977 It was owned by the family of C. J. Richards, a founder of the
Champlain Valley Racing Association. In 2011 it was put up for sale. After a period of uncertainty as to whether or not it would continue to be used for racing, it was purchased by the owners of
Lebanon Valley Speedway in
West Lebanon, New York.
References
External links
Official Website
Sports venues in Saratoga County, New York
Motorsport venues in New York (state)
1965 establishments in New York (state)
Sports venues completed in 1965
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NASCAR tracks