The Eddie Wright Raceway is a British

United Kingdom

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 race track

Race track

A race track is a purpose-built facility for racing of animals , automobiles, motorcycles or athletes. A race track may also feature grandstands or concourses. Some motorsport tracks are called speedways.A racetrack is a permanent facility or building...

 in Scunthorpe

Scunthorpe

Scunthorpe is a town within North Lincolnshire, England. It is the administrative centre of the North Lincolnshire unitary authority, and had an estimated total resident population of 72,514 in 2010. A predominantly industrial town, Scunthorpe, the United Kingdom's largest steel processing centre,...

, North Lincolnshire

North Lincolnshire

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. It is primarily used for motorcycle speedway

Motorcycle speedway

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, but also occasionally hosts stock car racing

Stock car racing

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.

History

The track is located on Normanby Road in Scunthorpe.

In 2008, used car dealership Eddie Wright entered into a 29-year sponsorship deal with Scunthorpe Scorpions to rename the track the Eddie Wright Raceway.

Speedway

The home teams are the Speedway Premier League

Speedway Premier League

The Premier League is the second division of Speedway in the United Kingdom and goverened by the Speedway Control Board , in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association . The Premier League was founded in 1995 when it replaced the British League as the first division...

 team Scunthorpe Scorpions

Scunthorpe Scorpions

The Scunthorpe Scorpions are a speedway team in the British Premier League. After three successful years in the Conference League the side were accepted into the Premier League for 2008...

 and the Speedway National League

Speedway National League

The National League was the top division of Speedway in the United Kingdom from 1932 until 1965 when it became known as the British League. Prior to 1932 there were only small regional leagues competing within the sport in the UK. The National League was re-incarnated in 1975 as the second division...

 (formerly Conference) Scunthorpe Saints.

Stock cars

British Stock Car Association

British Stock Car Association

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 F1 and F2 and V8 Hotstox were introduced in 2009 and meetings take place approximately once per month. National MiniStox and various classes of banger racing

Banger racing

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support these events.

Statistics

• Length: 285 metres
• Width: 18 metres (bends), 15 metres (straights)
• Record Lap Time (Speedway): 55.92 seconds by David Howe on 24 April 2009