Langley Field Speedway
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| Location | 3165 N. Armistead Ave. Hampton, Virginia 23666 |
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| Capacity | 9,000 est. |
| Opened | 1950 |
| Former names | Langley Raceway Langley Field Speedway Dude Ranch Speedway |
| Major events |
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Hampton Heat 200 (late models) |
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| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 0.395 mi (0.636 km) |
| Banking |
Turns: 6 degrees 
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Turns: 6 degrees
Straightaways: 4 degrees
Langley Speedway is a race track located in Hampton, Virginia, in the United States. In November 1970, it became the site of the last Grand National race before the series was renamed Winston Cup (now Sprint Cup). The track is located in front of NASA's Langley wind tunnel on Armistead Avenue. Langley Speedway was a paved short track measuring 0.395 miles in length, it is one of the flattest tracks in the region with only six degrees of banking in the corners and four degrees on the straights. The track was NASCAR sanctioned and participated in the Whelen All-American Series, which determines a national champion for the NASCAR sanctioned local tracks. The track hosts 11 divisions which alternated running during their Saturday night program: Late models, grand stock, modifieds, legends cars, super street, UCAR, pro six, super trucks, HRKC Pro Winged Champ Karts, and enduros.
Pre race ceremonies for the regular Saturday night events began at approximately 7:00 PM with the first race of the night beginning about 15 minutes later.
Langley also hosts the Hampton Roads Kart Club races on most Sundays during the season, and Wild and Wacky Wednesday which allows anyone with a helmet and a street legal car to participate in the time attack, burnout competition, and one on one drag races on most Wednesday nights during the season.
Overview: The Hampton Heat 200 is a 200-lap race for the Crossroads Fuel Late Model Stock Car Division with a large purse provided by the City of Hampton, Virginia. The race was run according to the NASCAR Late Model Stock Car Rule Book and high ranking NASCAR Whelen All American Series officials were brought in to ensure all cars strictly fit the technical regulations. The race was separated into two halves; the first 100 laps are divided from the second 100 laps by a 10-minute break which allowed teams to put more fuel in the car, make setup changes, and rotate the tires. However, they are not allowed to change tires during the break. Contrary to typical late model races at Langley, they do count caution laps during this race.
2008: Run on July 12, 2008, the inaugural running of the race featured a field of 25 cars with drivers from Virginia and North Carolina. Danny Edwards Jr. won the pole for the event during the Friday qualifying session with a 16.049-second lap. C.E. Falk III and Edwards Jr. raced for the lead in the early stages of the race, but Edwards took control of the race and led to the halfway mark. There were a number of early incidents that led to a few drivers dropping out before the halfway point, but the second half ran green most of the way. Midway through the second half Nick Smith started to show his speed and passed Edwards Jr. for the lead; he extended that to a dominating lead in the late stages of the race. Driving James Long's number 21 car, Nick Smith picked up the $15,000 check for winning the event.
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