Belleville high banks crash

The Belleville High Banks is a half mile ( km) dirt racing oval near Belleville, Kansas at the North Central Kansas Fairgrounds. The first recorded race happened at the track in It has held races on American Automobile Association (AAA), United States Auto Club (USAC), World of Outlaws Late Model Series and World of Outlaws Sprint cars^[4] circuits.

The Belleville Midget Nationals and Sprint Nationals races have been held at the track.

History

A horse racing circuit was built at the Republic County, Kansas fairgrounds.^[5] The first recorded automobile race at the track was a three car battle on July 4, ^[1] Somewhere between and people watched the cars race 10 laps over 7 minutes and 10 seconds.^[1] The initial track was a flat half mile track and it was reconfigured to a high banked half mile track in ^[1]

The International Motor Contest Association (IMCA} held their first national race at the track in ;