Norway Speedway
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|location = Norway, Michigan
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|events = Labor Day 100, Stateline Challenge{{cite web |title=35 + Expected for Norway TUNDRA Show |url=https://speed51.com/35-expected-for-norway-tundra-show/ |website=Speed51 |accessdate=April 21, 2020}}
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Norway Speedway, located in Norway, Michigan, is a one-third mile asphalt oval track that is slightly banked.{{cite web|title=Norway Speedway Stock Car Racing|url=http://www.michigan.org/property/norway-speedway-stock-car-racing/|publisher=Michigan DepartmeTourism|accessdate=August 12, 2013}} Norway Speedway began as a dirt track in 1942 and was paved in 1978.{{cite web|title=Norway Speedway profile at ASA website|url=http://www.asa-racing.com/track.aspx?TrackId=22998|publisher=American Speed Association|accessdate=August 12, 2013}} The track held American Speed Association sanction before the sanctioning body closed. The track holds stock car races on Friday nights from mid-May through Labor Day Weekend which is the weekend of the Dickinson County Fair. The fair has games, carnival rides, a demolition derby, and a livestock building filled with animals. Events include the Auto-Value Challenge Series, Race to a Cure Cancer, the Stateline Challenge and the Labor Day 100 championship race held during the Dickinson County Fair. The ARCA Midwest Tour,{{cite web |title=Ty Majeski Wins His Third ARCA Midwest Tour Race of the Year in the Duel for Diabetes 100 |url=https://midwesttour.racing/2015/08/ty-majeski-wins-his-third-arca-midwest-tour-race-of-the-year-in-the-duel-for-diabetes-100/ |website=ARCA Midwest Tour |accessdate=April 21, 2020}} Mid-American Stock Car Series,{{cite web |last1=Staff |title=Tentative MASCS Schedule Includes 10 Events |url=https://speedsport.com/stock-cars/tentative-mascs-schedule-includes-10-events/ |website=SPEED Sport |accessdate=April 21, 2020 |date=January 10, 2011}} and the TUNDRA Super Late Models{{cite web |title=TUNDRA Round Four, Norway Speedway Pre-Race Notes |url=http://tundrasuperlates.com/2014/07/tundra-round-four-norway-speedway-pre-race-notes/index.html |website=TUNDRA Super Late Models |accessdate=April 21, 2020}} have raced at the track.
The speedway has five divisions:
- Late Models
- Sportsman
- Super Stocks
- Stock 4 cylinders
- Wisconsin Sport Trucks (bi-weekly)
The speedway is located at the Dickinson County fairgrounds along U.S. Route 8.{{Cite web|url=http://www.norwayspeedway.com/|title=Norway Speedway|website=www.norwayspeedway.com}}
Images
File:Norway Speedway Turns 3 and 4.jpg|Turns 3 and 4
File:Norway Speedway Frontstretch.jpg|Frontstretch
File:Norway Speedway Turns 1 and 2.jpg|Turns 1 and 2
File:Norway Speedway 2012 Dalton Zehr Late Model.jpg|2013 Late Model champion Dalton Zehr racing in Turn 4
File:Norway Speedway 2012 DQ Dogs racing in Turn 4.jpg|4 cylinders
File:NorwaySpeedwayMidAmericanHeat2009.jpg|Mid American Stock Car Series cars in 2009
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Norway Speedway}}
- [http://www.norwayspeedway.com Official website]
{{Coord|45.7744|N|87.9091|W|type:landmark_region:US-MI|display=title}}
Category:Buildings and structures in Dickinson County, Michigan
Category:Event venues established in 1942