Big Diamond Raceway
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Big Diamond Speedway is located in Minersville, Pennsylvania
. It holds weekly Friday night dirt track racing
on a 3/8 mile clay semi-banked oval. The three weekly divisions racing there are: 358 Modifieds, Sportsman and Roadrunners. There are also other circuits that visit this track periodicly throughout the season. The World of Outlaws Late Models, USAC Racing, URC Racing, ARDC, ROC Dirt Modifieds and Legends hold races at the track for special events.
The season usually runs from April (Sundays until May) to September.
Minersville, Pennsylvania
Minersville is located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, four miles west of Pottsville. Anthracite coal deposits are plentiful in the region. In 1900, 4,815 people lived here; in 1910, 7,240, people lived here; and in 1940, 8,686 people lived here...
. It holds weekly Friday night dirt track racing
Dirt track racing
Dirt track racing is a type of auto racing performed on oval tracks. It began in the United States before World War I and became widespread during the 1920s and 30s. Two different types of racecars predominated—open wheel racers in the Northeast and West and stock cars in the South...
on a 3/8 mile clay semi-banked oval. The three weekly divisions racing there are: 358 Modifieds, Sportsman and Roadrunners. There are also other circuits that visit this track periodicly throughout the season. The World of Outlaws Late Models, USAC Racing, URC Racing, ARDC, ROC Dirt Modifieds and Legends hold races at the track for special events.
The season usually runs from April (Sundays until May) to September.