Track Location

Richmond Raceway
600 E. Laburnum Avenue Richmond, VA 23222 Ph: 866-455-RACE Web: Richmond Raceway

Track Facts

• Seating Capacity: 60,000
• Length: 0.750 Miles
• Shape: D-shaped oval
• Backstretch Banking: 2-degrees
• Backstretch Length: 860 feet
• Frontstretch Banking: 8-degrees
• Frontstretch Length: 1,290 feet
• Track Width: 60 feet (+ 10-foot apron)
• Turns 1 & 2 Banking: 14-degrees
• Turns 3 & 4 Banking: 14-degrees
• Common Type: Short Track
• Fantasy Type: Flat
• First Race: Richmond 200 (April 19th, 1953)
• Last Race: Cook Out 400 (July 30th, 2023)
• Total Cup Races: 134
• Nickname: "The Action Track"

Track Trivia

• Originally known as the Atlantic Rural Exposition Fairgrounds, Richmond Raceway held its first race in 1946 as a half-mile dirt track.
• The first NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway was held on April 19, 1953 and won by NASCAR Hall of Famer Lee Petty in a Petty Enterprises Dodge with an average speed of 45.535 mph.
• In 1955, Paul Sawyer and former driver Joe Weatherly bought the property. Track was then known as Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds.
• The spring 1964 race was run on a Tuesday night under temporary lighting.
• The first race under permanent lights was Sept. 7, 1991.
• The track name changed to Virginia State Fairgrounds in 1967.
• The track name changed to Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway in 1969.
• In 1999, International Speedway Corporation purchased the raceway and surrounding property. It was the first season with both races as night races and the track was renamed to Richmond International Raceway
• The track was re-measured to .542-mile in 1970.
• The track was rebuilt as a three-quarters-mile D-shaped oval following the Feb. 21, 1988 race.
• In 2017, the track underwent renovations to upgrade the amenities for fans and in the process changed the name of the track to Richmond Raceway.
• The track surface was changed from dirt to asphalt between races in 1968.