Looking for Beltsville Speedway info

I'm trying to locate some technical info for a friend on the old Beltsville Speedway in MD. I've found photos, but what I really need is the technical info, the track length, degree of banking, stuff like that.

Also, would anybody have a good aerial shot of the track?

Thanks!

Brandon Reed

updated by @brandon-reed: 12/05/16 04:08:38PM

Afraid these sites will be more photos / stories than tech, but you can take a peek if you haven't looked at them already:

http://www.thevintageracer.com/tracks/beltsville.htm

http://www.beltsville-speedway.com/

http://mdscrhof.org/Beltsville_Speedway.php

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Brandon, you've probably got the same info, but about as technical as I can find on Beltsville: 'banked' and '1/2 mile'.

Go to this website, become a member and contact PRP and Racerchaser, they both grew up going to Beltsville, might be able to answer some questions. http://www.localracechat.com/forums/index.php

Beltsville was one of the faster short tracks on the Grand National circuit but the track did not have alot of banking. We were there one night during the mid 70's ad a car slammed into the guardrail right in front of us. This aggravated a hornets nest. They flew into the bleachers and stung a bunch of us. The track gave away free sodas to anyone that got stung.

The track met it's demise because of local residents complaints about the noise. After the track shuddered a shool for electrical engineering/ tech was put in it's place. I think the school no longer operates but I am not sure what is on that land right now.

They actually tried running mufflers at Beltsville for a while and built a very tall wall to try to contain the sound. I was a very lucky fellow to have seen Tiny Lund win a GN race there over James Hylton in summer 1966. That race was the debut race for Bobby Allison's little maroon & white #2 Chevelle which went on to win several "Northern Tour" GN races in the weeks that followed. The car's body work was unfinished at Beltsville and the numbers were made of white adhesive tape on the maroon doors. Richard Petty & David Pearson started on the fron row and David dropped the drive shaft of Cotton Owens' Dodge when the green dropped. Richard blew up while leading and Tiny and Hylton waged a fierce battle for the win. It was, without a doubt, the VERY BEST RACE I EVER SAW in the 46 years I've attended races. Beltsville was a fine track. At one time, around '65-'67 or so, they ran their NASCAR Modified-Sportsman shows on Wednesday nights to avoid conflicts with Old Dominion, Southside, Langley Field and South Boston, where most of the Beltsville drivers were racing on Friday and Saturday nights.


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