Mansfield Motorsports Park
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| Location | Mansfield, Ohio | |
| Capacity | 25,000 | |
| Owner | Mansfield Motorsports Park | |
| Address | 400 Crall Road, Mansfield, Ohio 44903 | |
| Major Events | NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series | |
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| Circuit Length | 0.44 mi (0..704 km) | |
| Banking | Turns - 16° Front Straight - 8° |
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Mansfield Motorsports Park is a half-mile automobile race track located in Mansfield, Ohio, United States. Featuring moderately high banks and a wide racing surface, it is suitable for close racing and passing.
It features a regular weekly series of modified and stock car racing. In May 2004, it held its first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event, expected to be an annual feature. It also features ISMA and MSA supermodifieds, HOSS sprint cars, and both ASA and ARCA stock cars during the course of the season.
For 2006, Mansfield Motorsports Park became NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series sanctioned, making it the only Weekly Racing short track in America that hosted the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. The Craftsman Truck Series event will mark the third visit to Ohio’s premier race track in three years. Also racing at Mansfield will be the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series twice, and the winged warrior ISMA Supermodifieds three times. Improvements to the speedway will include the installation of SAFER barriers in the turns.
For 2007 the weekly race program at the track has been discontinued and the schedule features only 6 events (NASCAR Truck Series May 25-26; USAR Hooters Pro Cup June 9; USAC Sprints and Midgets July 7; ISMA August 10-11; NASCAR Busch East Grand National / Modified August 25; and USAR Hooters Pro Cup September 1).
For 2007, a drag strip will be constructed where Mansfield will host a Live Nation IHRA eMax Nitro Jam event. Also, name changed to Mansfield Motorsports Park.
The opening date for the drag strip has been revised several times. The Nitro Jam event was announced in September 2006 but on March 2, 2007 the track issued a press release moving that IHRA National Event from its previously announced June date to September 21-23, bumping a previously scheduled Pro-Am Tour event on that date to 2008.
The press release included the following information:
"In the past, IHRA has put on events in facilities that were not quite ready for prime time and could not deliver the customer experience that had been expected.
'There is nothing more disappointing for a racer, sponsor or fan than to be excited about a new facility only to park in the mud or to find an amenity not fully functional when they arrive,' IHRA President Aaron Polburn said. 'We have learned from the past and promised racers that attended those events that we would not put them in that position again.' "
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[edit] Notable Races
- Donny Lia won his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Mansfield on May 24th 2008.
[edit] Current Races
[edit] Records
- NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Qualifying: Ron Hornaday Jr., 16.277 sec. (110.585 mph), 2005
- NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race: Bobby Hamilton, 1 hr. 55 min. 37 sec. (65.907 mph), 2005
- NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race record for most caution flags: 18 (2006)
[edit] External links
- Mansfield Motorsports Park Official Site
- Mansfield Motorsports Park Page on NASCAR.com
- Mansfield Motorsports Park is at coordinates Coordinates:
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