Hartford Motor Speedway (Inner) |
RTR ID: 18719c |
Greenland, MI USA |
lat: +42.2140 |
Dirt Oval |
lng: -86.1725 |
First Race: 1998 (Facility 1911) |
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| Photographs from the Ed Esser collection and contributed to Roaming the Raceways by his son Lee Esser and Tim Frost of National Speedway Directory to share in Ed's memory. | |
 The Hartford Speedway is located at the old Van Buren County Fairgrounds. The track was built as a horse racing track in 1911, but held auto racing that first year. The fairgrounds moved to the east side of town in the 1960s. |
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 Annual racing on the half-mile began in 1951. The main track has operated as both a dirt oval and a paved oval. |
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 For two years, in 2006 & 2007, the smaller oval shown here hosted both open wheel and stock car racing. |
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 There is also some evidence that a smaller inner oval was also active in 1998. These Ed Esser photos are from 2007. |
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