Terre Haute Action Track
 Turns 1 and 2 at the Action Track at the 2008 Hulman Classic
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| Location | Honey Creek Township, Vigo County, near Terre Haute, Indiana, United States |
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| Time zone | EST/EDT (-0500/-0400) |
| Coordinates | 39.420315, -87.420884 |
| Owner | Brian Dorsett, Davey Hamilton, Chris Novotney and Mike King |
| Broke ground | 1949 |
| Opened | 1952 |
| Closed | 1988-1989, 2007 |
| Former names | The Action Track |
| Major events |
USAC Hut Hundred (until 2009) USAC Tony Hulman Classic USAC Don Smith Classic USAC Sumar Classic |
| Surface | dirt |
| Length | 0.5 mi (0.8 km) |
| Turns | 4 |
| Lap record | 16.487 seconds (Danny Lasoski, , 1999, World of Outlaws) |
Terre Haute Action Track (also The Action Track) is a half mile dirt track 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.
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.
The track was promoted by Don Smith in the 1960s. The track was more recently run by a series of promoters and attendance dwindled. Most sanctioning bodies holding events at the 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 track. DHK Promotions is owned by former Major League Baseball player Brian Dorsett, Indy Racing League driver Davey Hamilton and Indianapolis 500 radio announcer Mike King.
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