page_title: Volusia Speedway Park
hierarchical_section_title: Volusia Speedway Park
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial view of Volusia Speedway Park, in Barberville, Florida, United States
context_page_description: Volusia Speedway Park is an auto racing facility located near Barberville in Volusia County, Florida.
  It currently operates as a 1/2-mile dirt oval and a 1/5-mile dirt oval for karts.
  the track currently hosts races from the World of Outlaws series and the UMP late model series, As well as the UMP Super DIRTcar Series.
  The track was built by Benny Corbin and opened in 1968 as a 1/4 mile dirt oval, operating through 1969. It expanded to 3/8 mile in August 1969, operating through 1971.
  It was expanded again to 1/2 mile in February 1972. Dick Murphy bought the racetrack in 1982, and paved it in 1989. Murphy sold it in 1992, and re-purchased it in 1997, when it was converted back to dirt.
  The NASCAR Southeast Series had ran 9 races in the complex between 1991 and 1998, the first 8 events were in the 1/2 mile paved track. The last event, in 1998, was in the 3/8 mile recently paved oval but since it was converted back into dirt for 1999, the track was removed from Southeast schedule.
  The 3/8 mile dirt oval opened behind turn 4 of the original oval, operating from 1993 until it was paved in 1998 for a NASCAR Southeast Series event, but in 1999 it was converted back into dirt.
context_section_description: Volusia Speedway Park (formerly known as Volusia County Speedway and Barberville Speedway) is an auto racing facility located near Barberville in Volusia County, Florida. 
  It currently operates as a 1/2-mile dirt oval and a 1/5-mile dirt oval for karts. 
  the track currently hosts races from the World of Outlaws series (both sprints and late models) and the UMP late model series, As well as the UMP Super DIRTcar Series (Both big-block and small block modified racing). 
  The track was built by Benny Corbin and opened in 1968 as a 1/4 mile dirt oval, operating through 1969. It expanded to 3/8 mile (still dirt) in August 1969, operating through 1971. 
  It was expanded again to 1/2 mile in February 1972. Dick Murphy bought the racetrack in 1982, and paved it in 1989. Murphy sold it in 1992, and re-purchased it in 1997, when it was converted back to dirt.
  The NASCAR Southeast Series had ran 9 races in the complex between 1991 and 1998, the first 8 events were in the 1/2 mile paved track. The last event, in 1998, was in the 3/8 mile recently paved oval but since it was converted back into dirt for 1999, the track was removed from Southeast schedule.
  The 3/8 mile dirt oval opened behind turn 4 of the original oval, operating from 1993 until it was paved in 1998 for a NASCAR Southeast Series event, but in 1999 it was converted back into dirt. In late 2004 the former paved surface was torn up and removed and the karting track that was located inside of the asphalt track was redesigned and took over all of the former track.
  The 1/5 mile dirt karting track complex is known as Volusia Karting.
  Murphy sold the racetrack in 2005 to DIRT Motorsports, later renamed the World Racing Group.
caption: Aerial view of Volusia Speedway Park
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