speedway

Meanings

1. A form of motorcycle racing on flat (without camber) oval dirt tracks using motorcycles with neither brakes nor gears.
2. A form of bicycle racing on flat (non-banked) oval dirt tracks.
3. A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.
4. A positive-camber banked oval racing circuit, designed for high speed cornering, racing anywhere on the length of the track.
5. A size of paved banked oval racetrack, smaller than superspeedways, but larger than a mile.
6. A road for high speed traffic; an expressway.

1. An enclave of Indianapolis, Wayne Township, Marion County, Indiana, United States.

Etymology

From speed + way.

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