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All You Need to Know About The Terre Haute Track

Terre Haute Track (also The Action Track) is a half-mile dirt racetrack located at the Vigo County, Indiana, fairgrounds on U.S. Route 41 along the south side of Terre Haute, Indiana. The track hosts annual United States Automobile Club (USAC) midget car, sprint car and Silver Crown events. Notable drivers that have competed at the track include A. J. Foyt, Jeff Gordon, Parnelli Jones, and Tony Stewart. The track has held events sanctioned by USAC, its predecessor American Automobile Association (AAA), and the World of Outlaws.

Terre Haute Track History

The track opened on June 15, 1952. It closed for a short period beginning in 1987 and reopened in 1990. It closed again in May 2007 for the rest of the season after it lost its race card because it broke a local curfew. The promoter had to stop the event early. As of the start of the 2008 season, Rich Vogler's 13 feature wins is the most in track history.

Terre Haute Track Promoters

The venue was promoted by Don Smith in the 1960s. By 2008, the track had been run by a series of promoters and attendance dwindled. Most sanctioning bodies holding events at the Terre Haute Track dropped it from their schedule and only a few events were held in recent years. The track lost its United States Automobile Club (USAC) events in mid-2007. In 2008, the DHK Promotions LLC group took over running the Terre Haute Track. DHK Promotions was named for its founders: then-retired Major League Baseball player Brian Dorsett, then-active (later retired) Indy Racing League driver Davey Hamilton and then-active (later retired) Indianapolis 500 radio announcer Mike King. In 2009 DHK Promotions added a new partner, changed its name to Action Promotions LLC and announced a schedule of six special events that took place at the historic half-mile clay oval starting Saturday, May 2. Chris Novotney, a Wabash Valley native who grew up attending sprint car races at the famed track, spent 2008 overseeing the reconstruction of the Terre Haute Track surface and the installation of a new track drainage system. Novotney joins Brian Dorsett, Davey Hamilton and Mike King in the group that is now known as Action Promotions, LLC. Since 2012, the Terre Haute Track is operated by Terre Haute Motorsports, a partnership between Bob Sargent and Reece O'Connor. As of 2018, the Terre Haute Track was still under the operation of Track Enterprises and company owner Bob Sargent. Adam Mackey, who is a co-promoter at the facility, announced a more extensive schedule for the 2018 season which features 10 events, significantly more than in recent years. In 2023. Bill Rose of BR Promotions became the next Promoter to help keep the Terre Haute Track facility alive; otherwise no promoter would have been in charge for the 2023 race season.

Terre Haute Track Media

This venue events are no longer broadcast as Crossroads Communications is no longer affiliated with the Track. In 2009 WTHI Hi-99 became the official Terre Haute Track station, though the races were not broadcast.

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Terre Haute Track Parking - Current Rates

Event parking fees are as follows:
  • Vigo County Fair Parking Fees
  • Free parking until 3:00 p.m.
  • $5.00 per car after 3:00 p.m.
  • $5.00 per person walk up after 3:00p.m.
Weekly parking passes are available in the office and here for a fee. Other events hosted at the Fairgrounds may charge a parking fee, any parking fee charged is used as fundraising to make improvements to the facility.
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