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Sharon Speedway

Race track in Ohio

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 11, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Sharon Speedway is a 3/8-mile dirt oval race track located in Hartford Township, Ohio and named for the nearby city of Sharon, Pennsylvania. It opened in 1929, making it one of the oldest continuously running dirt ovals in the United States. The track is currently part-owned and operated by the Blaney family, which includes NASCAR driver Dave Blaney and his son Ryan. Dave's father and former driver, Lou Blaney, originally assisted in the operation of the track until his death on January 25, 2009.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Sharon Speedway” is race track in Ohio. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Sharon, Speedway and Race, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1929, 2009—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Sharon, Speedway and Race is the immediate research focus.
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The phrase “race track in Ohio” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 11, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1929 and 2009.

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This entry incorporates text from “Sharon Speedway” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.