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.

In the spring of 2007, what remained of the track was bulldozed and graded flat, as development began on a new subdivision ("Glacier Point").

Two recent satellite images showing
the ghost of the Speedway...


 

 
COURTESY OF KITTY ANN QUIGLEY TAALER

1972 footage of motorcycles racing at the Valley Speedway, from the 1973 Helena Chamber of Commerce promotional film "Helena - City of Gold".


Speedway Site Now Developed

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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