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Langhorne Speedway

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Langhorne Speedway
"The Big Left Turn"
"The Track That Ate The Heroes"
"Puke Alley"
Facility statistics
Location Langhorne, Pennsylvania
Broke ground unknown
Opened 1926
Owner Ralph "Pappy" Hankinson
Operator Langhorne Speedway
Construction cost unknown
Architect unknown
Former names
none
Major events
AAA Championship Car Langhorne 100 (1930-1955)
USAC Championship Car Langhorne 100 (1956-1970)
NASCAR Grand National (1949-1957)
Seating capacity
Approximately 60,000
Current dimensions
Track shape Circle
Track length 1 mile
Track banking minimal

Langhorne Speedway was a racetrack located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The 1-mile dirt track was unique because it had no straightaways, giving the track the appearance of a giant circle. The first race run at the facility was a National Championship Stock Car Circuit (a forerunner to NASCAR) race in 1947, with Bob Flock taking home the checkered flag.

From 1947 to 1957, it became an annual race on the NASCAR schedule, with the following drivers who won those Langhorne races, Al Keller, Curtis Turner, Fonty Flock, Herb Thomas, Dick Rathmann, Tim Flock, Buck Baker, Paul Goldsmith, and Fireball Roberts. The track hosted USAC races. The track was paved in 1965. USAC ran open-wheel races there from 1956 to 1970 which were won by such famous names as A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, Bobby Unser, Gordon Johncock, and Eddie Sachs.

Sadly, the track became known as one of the more dangerous tracks in the motorsports circle. Larry Mann, Frank Arford, John McVitty, Joe Russo, Mike Nazaruk, and Jimmy Bryan were all killed racing at this track. It is now no longer in existence.

Today the site of the once infamous racetrack is home to multiple big-box stores, a major shopping center, and a future residential development. However, a marker has been erected to pay respect to the past speedway.

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[edit] Race History

[edit] AAA Champ Car

All winners were Flag of United States American

Season Date Winning Driver Chassis Engine
1930 May 3 Bill Cummings Miller Miller
1935 October 13 Kelly Petillo Wetteroth Offy
1940 June 16 Duke Nalon Adams Sparks
1941 June 22 Duke Nalon Adams Sparks
1946 June 30 Rex Mays Stevens Winfield
1947 June 22 Bill Holland Wetteroth Offy
1948 June 20 Walt Brown Kurtis Kraft Offy
1949 October 16 Johnnie Parsons Kurtis Kraft Offy
1950 June 25 Jack McGrath Kurtis Kraft Offy
1951 June 24 Tony Bettenhausen Kurtis Kraft Offy
1954 June 20 Jimmy Bryan Kuzma Offy
1955 June 19 Jimmy Bryan Kuzma Offy

[edit] USAC Champ Car

All winners were Flag of United States American

Season Date Winning Driver Chassis Engine
1956 June 24 George Amick Kuzma Offy
1957 June 7 Johnny Thomson Kuzma Offy
1958 June 15 Eddie Sachs Kuzma Offy
1959 June 14 Van Johnson Kurtis Kraft Offy
1960 June 19 Jim Hurtubise Kuzma Offy
1961 June 18 A.J. Foyt Meskowski Offy
1962 July 1 A.J. Foyt Meskowski Offy
1962 August 26 Don Branson Watson Offy
1963 June 23 A.J. Foyt Meskowski Offy
1964 June 21 A.J. Foyt Meskowski Offy
1965 June 20 Jim McElreath Brabham Offy
1965 August 8 Jim McElreath Brabham Offy
1966 June 12 Mario Andretti Brawner Hawk Ford
1966 August 7 Roger McCluskey Eagle Ford
1967 June 18 Lloyd Ruby Mongoose Ford
1967 July 30 Mario Andretti Brawner Hawk Ford
1968 June 23 Gordon Johncock Gerhardt Offy
1968 July 28 Al Unser Lola Ford
1969 June 15 Bobby Unser Eagle Offy
1970 June 14 Bobby Unser Eagle Offy

[edit] NASCAR Grand National

All winners were Flag of United States American

Season Date Winning Driver Manufacturer
1949 September 11 Curtis Turner Oldsmobile
1950 April 16 Curtis Turner Oldsmobile
1950 September 17 Fonty Flock Oldsmobile
1951 September 15 Herb Thomas Hudson
1952 May 4 Dick Rathmann Hudson
1952 September 14 Lee Petty Plymouth
1953 May 3 Buck Baker Oldsmobile
1953 June 21 Dick Rathmann Hudson
1953 September 20 Dick Rathmann Hudson
1954 May 2 Herb Thomas Hudson
1954 September 26 Herb Thomas Hudson
1955 April 24 Tim Flock Chrysler
1955 September 18 Tim Flock Chrysler
1956 April 22 Buck Baker Chrysler
1956 September 23 Paul Goldsmith Chevrolet
1957 April 14 Fireball Roberts Ford
1957 September 15 Gwyn Staley Chevrolet



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