Motordrome Speedway
Racetrack
Motordrome Speedway was a 1/2-mile NASCAR sanctioned racetrack located in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, to the northeast of Smithton, Pennsylvania, United States.
Weekly series divisions that ran included super late models, modifieds, street stocks, chargers and super compacts. The track operated Friday nights weekly from April to October until closing its doors in 2015. As of March 2016, the track was closed and for sale or lease.
The track and buildings are all still on the property, though have become looted and vandalized as often happens with "abandoned" properties with little or no security.
The original Motordrome was in nearby Ruffs Dale. East Huntingdon Township. It was a dirt track. Pits were on one side of the track and stands on the other.
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