![]() The track held nine events in 1967, which turned out to be the most the track hosted. That turned out to be the only event at the track in the season. Frankie Schneider had a clean sweeps at the event - he had the fastest qualifying time, won his heat race, and won the feature event. The big track was opened in April 1966, as a five-turn 1.125-mile (1.811 km) dirt track named Nazareth National Speedway. The Penske owned paved speedway replaced the big track and the small speedway was replaced by the expanding of the grocery store in 1988. ![]() There were two separate racetracks that existed and operated on the site, an original 1/2 mile dirt track and later a 1 1/8th mile dirt track was added. The site began hosting motor racing events in the 1910s. It was associated with Frankie Schneider in its earlier dirt track history. The track is often associated with local drivers Mario and Michael Andretti. ![]() Nazareth Speedway was an auto racing track in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania which operated from 1910 to 2004. ![]()
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