I used to watch a 16 year old Jeff Gordon race midgets and sprints every single weekend on the Indiana short track circuit. Mostly Raceway park and the Indy Speedrome.
The closest we had to a speedway round here is the Salt Flats. Used to watch Art Arfons tryin to kill himself when I was in the Boy Scouts. Mormon Meteor (resting comfortably in the capitol rotunda), Spirit of America, Green Monster, yah, I had a twisted youth :o)