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December 21, 2009 at
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Interesting fact .....2009 National Speedway Directory:
# of race tracks (Oval, drag, and road courses:
IA 55
IN 55
OH 55
TX 70
CA 52
PA 64
I think this puts IA & PA as the most tracks per capita.
Least # of race tracks:
Rhode Island 1
Vermont 3
Mass. 3
HI 4
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December 21, 2009 at
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PA estimated population as of 2006 = 12,440,621
12,440,621/64 = 194,385 per track.
Iowa estimated population as of 2008 = 3,002,555
3,002,555/55 = 54,592 per track.
Ohio estimated population as of 2008 = 11,485,910
11,485,910/55 = 208,834 per track.
Indiana estimated population as of 2008 = 6,376,792
6,376,792/55 = 115,942 per track.
Population numbers were taken from wikipedia, so take it or leave it. Out of the four, Iowa ranks the highest with Indiana coming in second.
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December 21, 2009 at
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Drop out the drag strips, road courses and asphalt tracks and tell me who is #1.
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December 21, 2009 at
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Posted By: PowerSlave on December 21 2009 at 05:41:58 PM
PA estimated population as of 2006 = 12,440,621
12,440,621/64 = 194,385 per track.
Iowa estimated population as of 2008 = 3,002,555
3,002,555/55 = 54,592 per track.
Ohio estimated population as of 2008 = 11,485,910
11,485,910/55 = 208,834 per track.
Indiana estimated population as of 2008 = 6,376,792
6,376,792/55 = 115,942 per track.
Population numbers were taken from wikipedia, so take it or leave it. Out of the four, Iowa ranks the highest with Indiana coming in second.
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I think you have your math exactly backward. You haven't figured tracks per capita (person). You've figured capita per track ( the number of residents per track) That puts Iowa dead last and Indianna next to last.
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December 22, 2009 at
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One time Alan Brown did that and North and South Dakota came out 1-2 in most tracks per capita.
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December 22, 2009 at
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the 55 for Iowa sounds like a low number to me
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December 22, 2009 at
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Posted By: lake_carl on December 22 2009 at 10:18:22 AM
the 55 for Iowa sounds like a low number to me
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North Dakota 14
South Dakota 15
....Lake_Carl..these figures are from 2009 (2008 survey) of National Speedway Directory http://www.speedwaysonline.com/
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December 22, 2009 at
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Posted By: Speedbump on December 21 2009 at 07:58:13 PM
Drop out the drag strips, road courses and asphalt tracks and tell me who is #1.
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That would be PA at 50 and IA at 47...coming in 3rd would be MO at 37.
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December 22, 2009 at
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Posted By: YungWun24 on December 21 2009 at 03:03:58 PM
Interesting fact .....2009 National Speedway Directory:
# of race tracks (Oval, drag, and road courses:
IA 55
IN 55
OH 55
TX 70
CA 52
PA 64
I think this puts IA & PA as the most tracks per capita.
Least # of race tracks:
Rhode Island 1
Vermont 3
Mass. 3
HI 4
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What about just dirt tracks with tunnels under theme i know of four of theme is there more .
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December 23, 2009 at
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Posted By: YungWun24 on December 22 2009 at 11:01:01 AM
North Dakota 14
South Dakota 15
....Lake_Carl..these figures are from 2009 (2008 survey) of National Speedway Directory http://www.speedwaysonline.com/
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That would make it 1 track for every 53,613 people in South Dakota. Wikipedia estimated population for South Dakota is 804,194 / 15 = 53,613.
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December 23, 2009 at
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Posted By: racetony70 on December 22 2009 at 03:41:04 PM
What about just dirt tracks with tunnels under theme i know of four of theme is there more .
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Lowes Dirt Track, Texas Motor Speedway dirt track, Indy mile, Eldora (if you want to count the pedestrian tunnel)
There has to be more?
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December 23, 2009 at
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Terre Haute has a pedestrian tunnel....
Chuck.....
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December 26, 2009 at
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Posted By: Speedbump on December 23 2009 at 08:23:04 PM
Lowes Dirt Track, Texas Motor Speedway dirt track, Indy mile, Eldora (if you want to count the pedestrian tunnel)
There has to be more?
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Williams Grove Speedway has a tunnel under turn one .
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January 02, 2010 at
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Posted By: Speedbump on December 23 2009 at 08:23:04 PM
Lowes Dirt Track, Texas Motor Speedway dirt track, Indy mile, Eldora (if you want to count the pedestrian tunnel)
There has to be more?
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Lincoln Speedway has a pedestrian tunnel .
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January 02, 2010 at
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Port Royal also has a tunnel in turn one.
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January 02, 2010 at
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This is good stuff!
What are the tracks that have pizza, chicken sandwiches, sell beer and have a paved pit area?
JK! I do wonder how the average attendace at dirt racing events would compare from state to state. I expect that the Dakotas might have fewer other
attractions for people to spend their money.
Not sure though!
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