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Heading east on Rt. 42, away from Cheswold DE. In the left-hand side of the photo, Turn 2 of the old Capitol Speedway can be seen. This track (in the configuration shown) was a 4/10 dirt/square oval. From my research, it existed in this configuration from approximately 1960 to 1968. It was previously a 1/4 mile oval from the post-war years until somewhere between 1954-60, when it was reconfigured to the larger oval. With Dover Downs being built just a few mile south, I'm sure that contributed to the track's demise.