Admin-racearena 2 Posted September 3, 2008 CONNECTICUT Bradford Park – New Haven – 1/2 mile dirt oval (7/25/1899 – c.7/25/1900) Bridgeport Speedway – Bridgeport / (aka: Candlelite Stadium) 1/5 mile paved oval (6/30/1947 - 1954) / possibly ran in 1955 1/10 mile dirt oval (06/03/1951) < TQ midgets located on Eagle St. (SR 1-A) near River Street sold in February, 1955 for a Drive-In Theatre Bristol Fairgrounds – Bristol – 1/2 mile dirt oval (1933 – 10/21/1934) Bulkeley Stadium – Hartford – 1/5 mile dirt oval (c. 1936) Charter Oak Park – Hartford – One mile dirt oval (6/16/1905 - 1920) Cherry Park Speedway – Avon / built as a horse track in 1882 1/2 mile dirt oval (1933 – 6/16/1935) (5/30/1939 – 7/23/1939) 1/5 mile dirt oval (7/28/1946) / located on SR 177 / torn down in 1959 1/5 mile paved oval (8/11/1946 - 1951) (1954) / now a housing development Conetia Park Race Track – see: New Milford Fairgrounds Connecticut Dragway – Colchester / (aka: Connecticut Int’l Raceway) 1/4 mile paved dragstrip (c.1961 – c.1986) Connecticut Speedway – Derby / (aka: Island Park Speedway) 3/4 mile dirt oval (6/24/1934) (9/02/1934) (c.1937) Danbury Fair Racearena – Danbury / at the Danbury Fairgrouds 1/2 mile dirt oval (10/06/1908 – 10/07/ 1939) The grandstands were destroyed by fire on 10/08/1922 1/5 mile paved oval (06/01/1940 – 5/10/1942) (September, 1945 – 1947) 1/4 mile paved oval (5/31/1947 – 9/30/1951) 1/3 mile dirt oval (10/05/1958 – 10/12/1981) held boat racing in a moat outside of track in August of 1958 home track of the Southern NY Racing Assn. (1952 – 1955) (1958 - 1981) (aka: Danbury Fair Race Track) / (aka: Danbury Speedway) (aka: Danbury Fair Speedways) / the site is now the Danbury Fair Mall Danbury Mill Micro-Midget Oval – Danbury 1/20 mile oval (1960 - 1962) / ran Micro-Midgets The corners were paved and the straights were dirt Huntington Speedway – Shelton 1/2 mile dirt oval (05/06/1934 – 6/18/1939) Kenosha Avenue Race Track – Danbury 1/20 mile dirt oval (1957 – c.1959) / ran Micro-Midget races sanctioned by the Danbury Micro-Midget Racing Assn. Legion Speedway – Meriden – dirt oval (years unknown) New Haven Arena – New Haven 1/10 mile indoor wood oval (1936 – 3/24/1937) New Haven Velodrome – New Haven – dirt oval (c.1940 – c.1941) New Haven Veterans Coliseum – New Haven 1/10 mile concrete indoor oval (12/11/1993 – 1994) (1997) New London – dirt oval (1920’s) Newfield Park – Bridgeport – 1/5 mile dirt oval (5/14/1935 – 9/18/1940) Bill Holmes was the first winner formerly a trotter horse track on Eagle Street North Haven Speedway – North Haven – North Haven / ran motorcycles 1/4 mile cinder oval (1932 – c.1939) / maybe ran autos Norwich Fairgrounds – Norwich – 1/2 mile dirt oval (8/12/1934) (8/19/1934) located at SR 82 & Surrey St./ now the site of a housing development Plainville Stadium – Plainville – 1/4 mile dirt oval (4/10/1949) 1/4 mile paved oval (4/17/1949 - 1980) / located on SR 372 Plymouth Speedway – Plymouth – dirt oval (1965) (aka: Valley Park Speedway) Rockville Driving Park – Rockville – 1/2 mile dirt oval (late 1930’s) Sage Park Speedway – Windsor – 1/2 mile dirt oval (8/12/1934) (8/19/1934) four mile from Hartford on US 5-A / Hal French fatally injured at last race Silver City Speedway – Meriden / ran half-midgets a few times 1/10 mile paved oval (1985) / now a 1/4 midget track Stratford – dirt oval (1958) / ran Micro-Midgets Suffield – 1/4 mile dirt oval (late 1940’s – early 1950’s) Westport – paved road course (1960’s) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woody 0 Posted February 10, 2012 There was also a speedway in West Haven at Savin Rock , I think it was called Donovan Field.Wild Bill Greco raced there before it closed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
