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Track: Merced Speedway 900 Martin Luther King Way Merced, CA 95340 Mail: Merced Fairgrounds Speedway P.O. Box 428 Atwater, CA 95301 209-383-SPWY (7799) (hotline) 209-383-3802 (office/fax) Info@MercedSpeedway.com
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A 1/5 mile dirt oval operated here from about 1946 through 1956. A NASCAR GN race ran here on June 3rd, 1956, won by Herb Thomas. A 1/4 mile dirt oval opened around 1961. The track was expanded to 3/8 mile in 1991. A 1/4 mile figure 8 course operated during the 70s.

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