How to Use speedway in a Sentence

speedway

noun
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  • The track was the first major speedway to host night races.
    — Mike Hembree, USA TODAY, 22 June 2022
  • Landis did not say when the group would leave the speedway.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Most fest-goers camp at sites in and around the speedway.
    — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 26 May 2021
  • Rhodes hasn’t missed a race or a major event at the speedway since.
    — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Trump made his entrance to the event with a flyby of the speedway in Air Force One.
    — Tim Pearce, Washington Examiner, 16 Feb. 2020
  • And so from then on, 18 would be Penske’s calling card at the speedway.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2023
  • The speedway may have a different feel and look to fans this May.
    — Michael Marot, ajc, 13 May 2023
  • Fans who decide to go to their cars to wait out the rain will be allowed back in the speedway.
    — Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 30 May 2024
  • The car chiefs for the Bowman and Larson teams were ejected from the speedway.
    — Mike Hembree, USA TODAY, 6 May 2018
  • The 480-acre speedway will allow fans to spread out and also camp out.
    — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 6 July 2019
  • Chandler Smith was side-by-side with Zane Smith as the two trucks took the white flag for the final lap around the speedway.
    — Jenna Fryer, ajc, 5 Mar. 2022
  • All around the speedway, minivans and pickup trucks line up, bumper to bumper, and inch their way out.
    — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 22 Mar. 2019
  • The five straight is a first for Cup at a speedway that sat dormant the last decade and first for the series in the Nashville area in 37 years.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 20 June 2021
  • Perkins' car went airborne, landed on the roof and barrel-rolled down the speedway as parts of the car flew off.
    — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Fans in and around the sprawling speedway wept after hearing the news.
    — Mike Harris, Star Tribune, 11 Feb. 2021
  • The speedway sprayed a sticky substance on the top section of the turns to help create a second row of racing in the turns.
    — Associated Press, Washington Post, 27 May 2017
  • The speedway said the rest of Friday night’s program was canceled.
    — Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2019
  • Traffic in and out of the speedway can take several hours.
    — Amy Lynch, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2024
  • Daredevil Brewing is a couple of long blocks from the speedway, and across the street from the A.J. Foyt wine bar (who knew?).
    — Peter King, SI.com, 14 Aug. 2017
  • The speedway is to discuss the deal in a news conference Monday.
    — CBS News, 4 Nov. 2019
  • Here’s a look at five drivers to watch as the ARCA series makes the first of two stops this season at the speedway.
    — Randy Covitz, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2024
  • Gizelle and Karen go on a double date at an indoor speedway.
    — Jessica D. Evans, baltimoresun.com, 30 May 2017
  • Penske and speedway officials got the clearance for IMS to all these fans.
    — Dan Gelston, chicagotribune.com, 30 May 2021
  • The speedway didn’t name the announcer or respond to a request for his name.
    — NBC News, 23 July 2021
  • The speedway didn't name the announcer or respond to a request for his name.
    — CBS News, 23 July 2021
  • The race was canceled, and IndyCar has not returned to the speedway.
    — Dave Skretta, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Penske was forced to host his first 500 as owner of the iconic speedway without fans.
    — Jenna Fryer, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Aug. 2020
  • Busch, a two-time winner of the Quaker State 400, is the winningest driver in the history of the speedway.
    — Jason Hoffman, Cincinnati.com, 10 July 2019
  • And for six hours on May 26, the speedway effectively transforms into a city within the city.
    — Amy Lynch, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2024
  • In Indianapolis, crowds filled the famous motor speedway for a viewing event, and the freeways outside as well.
    — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024

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