The Beltsville Speedway, formerly the Baltimore-Washington Speedway was an asphalt oval track in Prince George's County, Maryland; it spanned 0.500 miles (0.805 km).

Near Beltsville, it was on land now occupied by Capitol Technology University,^[1] in the South Laurel census-designated place.^[2][3]

The track was specially designed with banked turns for stock car racing. Originally known as the "Baltimore-Washington Speedway", the track received its final name in its 19th month of operation.^[4] The track hosted modified stock car racing vehicles alongside the other NASCAR series.^[4] Wednesday nights were the original night for racing but the schedule eventually added Friday night racing.^[4] Ten Grand National races were raced there including the popular Beltsville 300 series of races.^[5] Strict noise restrictions were given out in its final year of operation and the county started monitoring the events.^[4] Eventually, a sound wall was built surrounding the speedways. Cars had to begin running mufflers in order to stifle the noise from the increasing RPMs from the vehicles themselves.^[4] The track was eventually shut down, demolished, and replaced with a local university.^[4]

Famous race car drivers like Richard Petty, Tiny Lund, and David Pearson participated in legendary races there.^[5] The 1968 Beltsville 300 was an example of some of the classic NASCAR Grand National races that were run on the track.^[5]

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