Former and Current Auto Racing Venues in Sedgwick County, Kansas
(Almost certainly an incomplete listing)
½ Mile Dirt Oval --- 1957 1962
Ό Mile Dirt Oval --- 1962 1964
3/8 Mile Dirt Oval --- 1965 Present
7700 North Broadway Street Wichita (now Park City), Kansas
37th Street Speedway
Small racetrack for micro & three-quarter midgets --- 1958 1959
2800 East 37th Street North Wichita, Kansas
½ Mile Dirt Oval --- 1966
13000 West U. S. Highway 54 Wichita, Kansas
1/10 Mile Concrete Indoor Oval --- 1940
700 South Hydraulic Street Wichita, Kansas
½ Dirt Oval --- 1930 c1938
1/5 Mile Dirt Oval --- c1937 c1939
G. A. Bo Stearns Horse Ranch
10343 North Broadway Wichita, Kansas
3/10 Mile Dirt Oval with 1/5 Mile Dirt Oval Inside --- 1945 1957
2700 South Oliver Wichita, Kansas
when the racetrack was operational but the locations address today is
2744 George Washington Boulevard Wichita, Kansas
½ Mile Dirt Road Course --- 1938
1 block east of Hillside Street between Zimmerly & Grand Streets (where the old St. Joseph Hospital stood from 1941 until 2009) Wichita, Kansas
3/8 Mile Dirt Oval --- 1963
13000 West U. S. Highway 54 Wichita, Kansas
½ Mile Dirt Oval --- 1901 1911
(Current location of the Ralph Wulz Riverside Tennis Center in South Riverside park)
551 Nims Street Wichita, Kansas
1/10 Mile Paved Oval --- c1956 c1957
Ό Mile Paved Road Course --- Late 1950s Early 2000s
2801 South Hillside Wichita, Kansas
Kansas Coliseum
Indoor Oval --- 1979 c1990
1229 East 85th Street North Valley Center, Kansas
Ό Mile Paved Drag Strip --- 2008 present
7800 West 61St Street North Maize, Kansas
1.8 Mile Paved Road Course --- 1965 1970s
260th Street West & West 39th Street South Goddard, Kansas
Ό Mile Paved Drag Strip --- 1963 1965
61St Street North & Ridge Road Wichita, Kansas
Ό Mile Paved Drag Strip (Runway) --- 1958
Southeast George Washington Boulevard Wichita, Kansas
1½ Mile Dirt Squared Circle --- 1921 1923
Northeast of Pawnee Street & Meridian Avenue Wichita, Kansas
1/5 Mile Dirt Oval --- 1937 1940
1½ Miles south of Douglas Avenue on the west side of South Meridian Street Wichita, Kansas
1/6 Mile Dirt Oval 2003 to Present
I-135 at 85th Street North Park City, Kansas
1/5 Mile Dirt Oval --- 1953
Ό Mile Dirt Oval --- 1953 1956
7700 North Broadway Street Wichita (now Park City), Kansas
1/4 Mile Dirt Oval --- 1950
On Highway K-15 southwest of the intersection of Oliver Street & McArthur Road Wichita, Kansas
Formerly known as Wichita Speedway
1½ Mile Dirt Circle --- 1915
Northeast of Pawnee Street & Meridian Avenue Wichita, Kansas
a.k.a. West Side Park
a.k.a. West Side Speedway
1/5 Mile Dirt Oval --- 1941 1942
1800 West Third Street Wichita, Kansas
a.k.a. West Side Athletic Field
a.k.a. West Side Speedway
1/5 Mile Dirt Oval --- 1941 1942
1800 West Third Street Wichita, Kansas
½ Mile Dirt Oval --- 1916
1/5 Mile Dirt Oval --- c1922
Second Street & Glenn Street Wichita, Kansas
a.k.a. West Side Athletic Field
a.k.a. West Side Park
1/5 Mile Dirt Oval --- 1941 1942
1800 West Third Street Wichita, Kansas
½ Mile Dirt Oval --- 1910
Second Street & Glenn Street Wichita, Kansas
Wichita International Raceway
Ό Mile Paved Drag Strip --- 1969 2008
61St Street North & Ridge Road Wichita, Kansas
Wichita International Raceway Park
Ό Mile Paved Drag Strip --- 1966 1968
61St Street North & Ridge Road Wichita, Kansas
Name Changed to Speedway Park before it ever opened
1½ Mile Dirt Circle --- 1915
Northeast of Pawnee Street & Meridian Avenue Wichita, Kansas
If you know of any other Sedgwick County, Kansas auto racing venue which should be listed here, please contact Bob Lawrence at: sprintguy @ cox.net