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Meridian Speedway (Idaho)

Meridian Speedway is a motorsport race track in Meridian, Idaho, United States. The 0.250 mi (0.402 km) in length track, which is paved with asphalt, mostly hosts late model racing, modified racing, and other local-level racing events throughout the year. The tracks holds weekly races under the NASCAR sanction as a member of the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series. The biggest event it has hosted is the ARCA Menards Series West, which held races at the track from 2015 to 2019 as well as 1972.

History
Meridian Speedway opened in 1951. The facilities were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024. In 2020, Meridian Speedway temporarily closed in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Racing resumed in May with no fans, and as a result, the track started a partnership with SpeedCast.tv to broadcast its races on a pay-per-view basis, with it ranging from $19.99 to $39.99 to watch a race. The track had broadcast select events on FloRacing in 2021; it started streaming all weekly races on the service starting in 2022. ==Events==
Events
The track hosted six races of the NASCAR Northwest Series through the years. Idaho 208 under NASCAR sanction passing Cole Rouse on the last lap of the 2018 West Series race at Meridian to score her first NASCAR win Meridian Speedway hosted the NAPA Auto Parts Idaho 208, a NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race, from 2015 to 2019. The race was also on the original schedule for the 2020 season of the rebranded ARCA Menards Series West, but due to COVID-19, was later postponed from its August 29 date and eventually cancelled and replaced with a second race for the series at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring. Meridian Speedway was permanently removed from the West Series schedule in 2021. Idaho 208 under Super Late Model event The track replaced the August 29 date with a Super Late Model "Idaho 208" event which was broadcast live on FloRacing and won by Californian Jeremy Doss. The event was part of the NAPA Big Late Model tour. The 2021 event was organized again as a Super Late Model event under the Speed Tour Super Late Models sanction and was broadcast live on FloRacing. It paid $20,000 to winner Preston Peltier. ==References==
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