Valley Speedway

The home of the Capital City Stock Car Racing Association, the quarter-mile banked dirt Valley Speedway opened on May 30, 1955. On that day, 1,850 fans watched Doug Petersen of Helena win the "A Main", and thrilled as Don Moe crashed into the pit separating the track from the grandstand.


1955

1959


Valley Speedway Stock Car Racers, 1950s


COURTESY OF AUTUMN BARNETT

Robert Barnett, Sr. on the right, with goggles and helmet; an unidentified man on the left.

 

Racer Ralph Baertsch Dies in Crash, 1961

 

 

Three satellite images showing the ghost of the Speedway and
recent residential development...

About 2005

 

2012



June 2007 photo of housing construction at the site of the Valley Speedway. Photo courtesy of Tom Kilmer, who wrote:

"Here is what has become of the Valley Speedway in Helena,Montana. Another subdivision is
replacing a piece of history. It looks like the entire track is gone now. I watched the heavy equipment level the banked corners. Now the piping for water and sewer is going in."

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