[Aerial photograph of the Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track]

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Aerial photograph of the Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track at the Southern Bleacher Classic held at night. The track is oval shaped with a large swath of dirt at its center surrounded by a road lined by a short white wall. Outside this wall is a line of stands around the left side of the track and a row of parked trucks along the right side of the track. According to the label on the photograph's back, a crowd of 20,400 fills the stands. Light on tall poles stand around the inner and outer areas of the track. To the … continued below

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1 photograph : col. ; 5 x 7 in.

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Creator: Unknown. March 31, 2000.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Denton Chamber of Commerce Collection and was provided by the UNT Libraries Special Collections to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 142 times, with 6 in the last month. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Aerial photograph of the Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track at the Southern Bleacher Classic held at night. The track is oval shaped with a large swath of dirt at its center surrounded by a road lined by a short white wall. Outside this wall is a line of stands around the left side of the track and a row of parked trucks along the right side of the track. According to the label on the photograph's back, a crowd of 20,400 fills the stands. Light on tall poles stand around the inner and outer areas of the track. To the left and outside of the track are two large buildings that sit alongside some of the stands that face the track. The rest of the photo is dark and dotted with yellow, orange, and red balls of light.

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1 photograph : col. ; 5 x 7 in.

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  • Preferred Citation: Courtesy of Denton Chamber of Commerce Collection (AR0845), University of North Texas Special Collections

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Denton Chamber of Commerce Collection

These materials document Chamber activities from 1938-1998, with emphasis on an advertising campaign developed in 1967 to attract new businesses to the city.

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  • March 31, 2000

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[Aerial photograph of the Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track], photograph, March 31, 2000; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2025049/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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