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27:The Capital of Dirt Track Racing
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1375:Sports in Hagerstown, Maryland
858:Kelly, Dick (March 19, 1948).
112:https://hagerstownspeedway.com
38:Outside of Hagerstown Speedway
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385:World of Outlaws Sprint Cars
349:IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Series
1328:Hagerstown Speedway Twitter
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913:– via Newspapers.com.
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335:Lucas Oil Late Model Series
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557:Records from 6/1/13
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760:Jimmy Owens
745:Jeff Gordon
735:Jack Hewitt
730:Lucas Wolfe
725:Dave Blaney
720:Kasey Khane
500:Bruce Kane
494:Late Model
477:Super Late
416:ARCA Racing
377:Rich Vogler
353:Monster Jam
283:Kyle Larson
279:Jeff Gordon
237:US Route 40
198:Monster Jam
182:US Route 40
167:0.070 miles
148:Mark Kinser
144:Mark Kinser
75:August 1948
1369:Categories
1342:77°50′38″W
1339:39°39′39″N
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1274:August 14,
1120:August 12,
960:August 14,
835:Saving.org
786:References
770:Brad Sweet
765:Cole Whitt
715:Rico Abreu
621:Heavy 160
610:Light 160
547:(10 Laps)
511:Modifieds
496:Sportsman
259:dirt track
152:Sprint Car
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479:Models
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329:Current
261:in the
216:History
194:FASTRAK
123:Surface
108:Website
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566:Class
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324:Events
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208:, and
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164:Length
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