Richmond Raceway
Richmond Raceway is a 0.750 mi D-shaped oval short track in Richmond, Virginia. It has hosted major races since its inaugural season of racing in 1946, including NASCAR and IndyCar races.Photo: Kev, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: motorsport racing track
- Description: motorsport track in the United States
- Also known as: “Atlantic Rural Exposition Fairgrounds”, “Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds”, “Richimond International Raceway”, “Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway”, and “Virginia State Fairgrounds”
Photo: Ted Van Pelt, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Forest Lawn Cemetery and Vawter Street Park.
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Cemetery
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Forest Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleum is a cemetery located at 4000 Pilots Lane, Richmond, Virginia. The cemetery was established in 1922. Previously it was the estate of John Carter and was known as Myrtle Grove Plantation. Forest Lawn Cemetery is situated 1 mile west of Richmond Raceway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Washington Park and Highland Park Plaza Historic District.
Washington Park
Neighborhood
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Washington Park is a neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia's North Side. The neighborhood lies west of the Forest Lawn Cemetery and the Richmond Raceway.
Highland Park Plaza Historic District
Neighborhood
The Highland Park Plaza Historic District is a national historic district located at Highland Park, Richmond, Virginia. The district encompasses 1,005 contributing buildings located north of downtown Richmond and east of Barton Heights and Brookland Park.
Ginter Park
Neighborhood
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Ginter Park is a suburban neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia built on land owned and developed by Lewis Ginter. The neighborhood's first well known resident was newspaperman Joseph Bryan, who lived in Laburnum, first built in 1883 and later rebuilt. Ginter Park is situated 2 miles west of Richmond Raceway.
Richmond Raceway
- Location: Henrico, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Richmond Raceway” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “里士满赛道”
- Chinese: “雷蒙德国际赛道”
- Chinese: “雷蒙德國際賽道”
- Chinese: “雷蒙德赛道”
- Dutch: “Richmond International Raceway”
- French: “Richmond International Raceway”
- German: “Richmond International Raceway”
- German: “Richmond Raceway”
- Indonesian: “Richmond International Raceway”
- Indonesian: “Richmond Raceway”
- Italian: “Richmond Raceway”
- Japanese: “リッチモンド・インターナショナル・レースウェイ”
- Portuguese: “Richmond International Raceway”
- Portuguese: “Richmond Raceway”
- Spanish: “Richmond International Raceway”
- Spanish: “Richmond Raceway”
- Swedish: “Richmond Raceway”
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