Heartland Park

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Heartland Park
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Location Topeka, Kansas
Races 2012 Topeka 35 (ARLA Tornado Alley Truck Series)

Heartland Park, also known as Heartland Park Topeka, is a multi-purpose motorsports facility located 5 miles (8 km) south of Topeka, Kansas.

When it opened in 1989, it was the first brand-new auto racing facility to be built in the United States for 20 years. Its facilities include a road-race course with 4 possible configurations (ranging from 1.8 miles (2.9 km) to 2.5 miles (4.0 km) in length), a ⅜ mile clay oval, off-road course and a ¼ mile drag strip. After several years of neglect, owing to continual financial difficulties, the track surface and other facilities had deteriorated badly and the very survival of the track was in doubt. In 2003, it was bought by Raymond Irwin, former owner (2007) of Blackhawk Farms Raceway, who has instituted a program of major renovations to the facility.

It is one of two road courses that will host the ARLA Tornado Alley Truck Series in 2012.