Meadowdale International Raceway

[1] Meadowdale Raceway was built in 1958 north of Carpentersville, Illinois, to attract development to the suburbs of Chicago.

At the time the track was built, Carpentersville was a very small industrial town on the Fox River that was just beginning to see the effects of the post-war housing boom in the United States.

Several major wrecks and the fatality that took place during the inaugural events gave it a reputation as a "killer", which it was never able to rid itself of.

Additionally, the first few days of racing at the track were faced with high winds that created dust-clouds which obstructed the vision of drivers.

This made for hard walls at severe angles with the track, a critical danger if any driver was to lose control when approaching them.

The track site is now, formally, a forest and nature preserve and recreational area known as "Raceway Woods".