Placerville Speedway is a 1/4 mile dirt track located in Placerville at the El Dorado County fairgrounds in the Sierra Nevada foothills of eastern California.

History

The track began in 1965 as "Hangtown Speedway". On November 20, 2019, the speedway held the Elk Grove Ford Hangtown 100, a 100-lap, $20,000-to-win

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race which was won by Kyle Larson. It was the first time that the national midgets raced at the track. That same year, the

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sprint cars made their first appearance at the track in approximately twenty years. In 2020, the weekly races were broadcast on

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as the track was not allowed to have fans due to the global pandemic.

Notable drivers

*Kyle Larson - made his first

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start and won his first sprint car feature at the track. Larson considers the speedway to be his home track.

References

{{ASCS Sprint Car Series race venues Motorsport venues in California Placerville, California 1965 establishments in California