Originally built as part of a 100 acre agricultural park, the track that eventually become known as Stafford Motor Speedway started life as a half-mile horse racing track.
Johnny Benson Jr. had a long and successful career that included championships in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, but success often eluded him at NASCAR’s top level.
One night after watching his son Ricky Thornton Jr. drive to victory at Park Jefferson Int’l Speedway, Ricky Thornton Sr. decided to pick up a victory of his own.
Racers always seem to find ways to race, though as the United States continues to grapple with the COVID-19 virus, racing is becoming more difficult to find.
When the Fairbury Union Agriculture Board decided to clear some trees to build a horse racing track, they couldn’t have imagined what would be taking place at the location more than a century later.
Volusia Speedway Park came into existence in 1968 when Benny Corbin, a Korean war veteran, purchased a plot of land that featured a sandy quarter-mile oval in Barberville, Fla.
