Jennerstown Speedway is a racetrack in Jennerstown, Pennsylvania

Jennerstown, Pennsylvania

Jennerstown is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 714 at the 2000 census. The borough is the home of Jennerstown Speedway. The town was named for Edward Jenner.Jennerstown is located...

, United States

United States

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Track layout

The track is a 0.522 mile (0.84007548 km) asphalt oval. The straightaways are banked 6°, and turns are banked 9°.

Scheduled events

The track is currently closed since 2009 and is looking for a new owner.
The track featured weekly Saturday night races from May to September. The track also features annual national races from the NASCAR

NASCAR

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 Whelen Modified Tour

Whelen Modified Tour

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 and the USAR Hooters Pro Cup. The track held an annual American Speed Association

American Speed Association

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event until the series dissolved.

Track history

The track began as Jenners Fairgrounds in the late 1920s as a flat half mile dirt track. A dirt quarter mile track was built in the infield in 1953, and the half mile was abandoned. The half mile was restored and briefly used in the mid-1960s. The half mile track was again rebuilt in 1967, and the half mile was used. The track was paved in 1987. The oval was repaved with a $350,000 polymer-based racing surface http://www.jennerstown.com/history.html in 2004.