Winchester Speedway

Winchester Speedway is a racecourse located at Winchester, in the state of Indiana, in the United States, the circuit is in the shape of a oval with 0.8 km in length and 37° incline.

It opened in 1916 and currently hosts races from the ARCA Racing Series, its main race is the Winchester 400

Funk's Speedway
The original half-mile clay oval was built in a cornfield by Frank Funk in 1914, and the track opened in 1916 with the name of Funk's Speedway. As owner and operator, Funk pursued a two-pronged strategy to attract spectators. First, he recognized that attendance went up as the clay banks were raised higher and higher, reaching 25 feet by 1932, and the turns were said to be banked at 45° in 1948. In 1932, the track could seat 6,000 in the grandstands, with the grounds accommodating 12,000 to 14,000.

Second, Funk tested various treatments to reduce dust and increase traction for the drivers. He started with mineral oil, then branched out into various other substances, which would result in a track "not only relatively dust  free but pavement fast." This work brought the attention of highway engineers, who made the track a proving ground for roadbuilding technology.

Winchester Speedway
NASCAR Cup Series held a race at Winchester in 1950, and Lloyd Moore won the race.

The track's signature event is the Winchester 400, an annual 400-lap super late model stock car race, currently sanctioned by the ARCA/CRA Super Series. Former winners during the first 36 editions include: Bob Senneker (7 wins), Mike Cope (3), Mike Eddy (2), Mark Martin (2), Gary St. Amant (2), Butch Miller, Rusty Wallace, Ted Musgrave, Glenn Allen Jr., Tim Steele, Scot Walters, and Hank Parker Jr. The venue regularly hosts additional ARCA/CRA Super Series races every year since its inception in 1997.

Two of its races are held in memory of fallen drivers who won at the circuit: The Rich Vogler Classic, and the Kenny Irwin Memorial.

Since 1982, the track has hosted an annual ARCA Menards Series race, skipping only 2018. The track has hosted numerous USAC midget, sprint and USAC Silver Crown events that were televised on ESPN since the 1980s.

NASCAR Southeast Series ran 7 races at the speedway between 1992 through 1998.

ASA National Tour had 3 races at the facility, between 2000 and 2002. Also USAR Pro Cup Series ran 6 races at Winchester between 2001 and 2009.