Race track
Volusia Speedway Park
(formerly known as
Volusia County Speedway
and
Barberville Speedway
) is an
auto racing
facility located near
Barberville
in
Volusia County, Florida
.
It currently operates as a 1/2-mile
dirt oval
and a 1/5-mile dirt oval for
karts
.
The track currently hosts races from the
World of Outlaws
series (both
sprints
and late models) and the
UMP
late model series, As well as the
UMP
Super DIRTcar Series (Both big-block and small block
modified racing
).
The track was built by Benny Corbin and opened in 1968 as a 1/4 mile dirt oval, operating through 1969. It expanded to 3/8 mile (still dirt) in August 1969, operating through 1971.
It was expanded again to 1/2 mile in February 1972. Dick Murphy bought the racetrack in 1982, and paved it in 1989. Murphy sold it in 1992, and re-purchased it in 1997, when it was converted back to dirt.
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The
NASCAR Southeast Series
had run nine races in the complex between 1991 and 1998, the first eight events were on the 1/2 mile paved track. The last event, in 1998, was on the 3/8 mile recently paved oval but since it was converted back into dirt for 1999, the track was removed from Southeast schedule.
The 3/8 mile dirt oval opened behind turn four of the original oval, operating from 1993 until it was paved in 1998 for a
NASCAR Southeast Series
event, but in 1999 it was converted back into dirt. In late 2004 the paved surface was torn up and removed and the karting track that was located inside of the asphalt track was redesigned and took over all of the former track.
The 1/5 mile dirt karting track complex is known as "Volusia Karting".
Murphy sold the racetrack in 2005 to DIRT Motorsports, later renamed the "
World Racing Group
".
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In 2021,
Daytona Beach Bike Week
flat track events, sanctioned by
American Flat Track
, moved from Daytona to Volusia Speedway Park. In 2022, American Flat Track will add a
Biketoberfest
race at Volusia.
Various pit scenes from the 1990 film
Days of Thunder
were filmed at the speedway.
NASCAR events
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From 1989 until 1992, the track hosted a
NASCAR
Busch Series
race on the 1/2 mile layout.
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