| Location | Placerville, California (El Dorado County Fairgrounds) |
|---|---|
| Time zone | UTC -8 (UTC-7 DST) |
| Coordinates | 38°43′34″N120°49′56″W / 38.72611°N 120.83222°W |
| Opened | 1965 |
| Former names | Hangtown Speedway |
| Major events | World of Outlaws sprint cars USAC National midgets [1] USAC Western midgets [1] King of the West-NARC Sprint Car Racing Series [2] |
| Website | placervillespeedway |
| 1/4 mile oval | |
| Surface | dirt |
| Length | 0.25 miles (0.40 km) |
Placerville Speedway is a 1/4 mile dirt track [3] located in Placerville at the El Dorado County fairgrounds [1] in the Sierra Nevada foothills of eastern California.
The track began in 1965 as "Hangtown Speedway". [4]
On November 20, 2019, the speedway held the Elk Grove Ford Hangtown 100, a 100-lap, $20,000-to-win USAC National Midget Series race which was won by Kyle Larson. [3] It was the first time that the national midgets raced at the track. [1] That same year, the World of Outlaws sprint cars made their first appearance at the track in approximately twenty years. [5] In 2020, the weekly races were broadcast on FloRacing [6] as the track was not allowed to have fans due to the global pandemic. [7]
As of July 2025, the current track records at Placerville Speedway are as follows: [8]
| Category | Time | Driver | Vehicle | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oval (1965-Present): 0.40 km | ||||
| Winged Sprint Car | 0:09.913 | Tim Kaeding | Sprint Car | March 27th, 2004 |
| Midget car racing | 0:11.397 | Tanner Thorson | Midget Car | November 18th, 2021 |
| Wingless Sprint Car | 0:11.658 | Kaleb Montgomery | Sprint Car | July 10th, 2021 |
| Late model racing | 0:13.274 | Matt Davis | Late Model | April 20th, 2019 |