Placerville Speedway

Placerville Speedway is a 1/4 mile dirt track^[3] located in Placerville at the El Dorado County fairgrounds^[1] in the Sierra Nevada foothills of eastern California.

Placerville Speedway

Location	Placerville, California (El Dorado County Fairgrounds)
Time zone	UTC-8 (UTC-7 DST)
Coordinates	38°43′34″N 120°49′56″W
Opened	1965
Former names	Hangtown Speedway
Major events	World of Outlaws sprint cars USAC National midgets[1] USAC Western midgets[1] King of the West-NARC Sprint Car Racing Series[2]
Website	placervillespeedway.com
1/4 mile oval
Surface	dirt
Length	0.25 miles (0.40 km)

History

The track began in 1965 as "Hangtown Speedway".^[4]

On November 20, 2019, the speedway held the Elk Grove Ford Hangtown 100, a 100-lap, $20,000-to-win USAC National Midget Series race which was won by Kyle Larson.^[3] It was the first time that the national midgets raced at the track.^[1] That same year, the World of Outlaws sprint cars made their first appearance at the track in approximately twenty years.^[5] In 2020, the weekly races were broadcast on FloRacing^[6] as the track was not allowed to have fans due to the global pandemic.^[7]

Notable drivers

• Kyle Larson - made his first sprint car start and won his first sprint car feature at the track.^[3] Larson considers the speedway to be his home track.^[3]