Cuba Lake Raceway

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Cuba Lake Raceway
Location Cuba, New York
Coordinates 42°15′16″N78°17′16″W / 42.2544°N 78.2879°W / 42.2544; -78.2879
OwnerWilliam Rasmusson
Opened1954
Closed1958
SurfaceDirt
Length.4 km (.25 miles)
BankingHigh-banked

Cuba Lake Raceway was a 1⁄4-mile (0.40 km) dirt oval racing facility in the Chautauqua-Alleghany (or the western Southern Tier) Region of New York State.

Overview

Cuba Lake Raceway was located on the north shore of Cuba Lake. [1] It was one of a series of venues in the Twin Tiers region of New York and Pennsylvania where drivers began their careers before becoming known on the state and national scene. [2] [3]

The Raceway boasts Indianapolis 500 veteran Jim Hurtubise as one of its driver alumni. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Raceway at Lake to open August 8". The Cuba Patriot and Free Press. NY. July 29, 1954. p. 1. Retrieved August 20, 2024– via NYS Historic Newspapers.
  2. ↑ Wiser, Chuck (October 14, 2021). "Words From Wiser: Tracking from Rug Rat to Track Rat". The Wellsville Sun. Retrieved August 21, 2025.
  3. ↑ Easton, Ford (2014). Stock Car Racing in the '50s. IPP. ISBN   9781500171780.
  4. ↑ Roberts, Bob; Ellis, Bob (July 26, 1977). "The Fifties: When Stock Cars were king in Allegany County". Wellsville Daily Reporter . NY. p. 7. Retrieved August 20, 2025– via NewspaperArchive.
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