One of the most frequently asked questions that I have regularly posed to me concerns the length of our tri-oval racetrack at Iowa Speedway. If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it ten thousand times . . . “Why didn’t you just make it a mile and a half, or maybe two miles?”

That question evolved from a popular misconception of the criteria for building a racetrack in the first place and, of course, the myth that with racetracks, as with theme parks, bigger is always better’ 

Specifically regarding the length of racetracks, that misconception has perpetuated a belief among some folks that if a track isn’t a mile or more, it really doesn’t qualify as a big league facility.