Track Information

Tri-City Raceway Park (formerly known as Tri-City Speedway and Franklin Speedway) is a 1/2-mile dirt oval, located in Oakland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, near the city of Franklin to the southwest, Oil City to the southeast, and Titusville to the northeast.

The track originally opened in 1954 as a 1/4 mile high banked dirt oval, the track remained in this configuration until 1968.

In 1969, the track reopened as a 1/2 mile oval where it held races until it closed in 1981 after a fire destroyed the main concession stand and a majority of the bleachers.

The newly renovated track reopened in 1985 under the ownership of Bob Mauersberg and family but shut down after the 1987 season due to local amusement taxes.

The track sat idle once again until 1996 under the ownership of Roger Crick and Mike Graham who again made many improvements to the track and brought it to its current configuration. Since then the track has experienced varying levels of success with special only schedules under several different owners. This also included weekly Friday racing featuring late models which lasted less than a few months.

The speedway was purchased by H&H Motorsports in 2010. The new owners closed the auto racing program in July 2011. Kart racing and some special events continued through 2011.

Mark Tatalovic of Townville pa brought the track back to life in 2015

After a short run of the track, it was once again up for sale. In the fall of 2019, the facility was purchased by Merle Black, of Mercer, PA and resumed operations running Sunday Night Thunder consisting of 410 Sprint Cars, 358 Modifieds, Penn-Ohio Pro Stocks, and Mini Stocks

After another short run the track was up for sale again. In early 2023 the track was purchased by Josh and Kyrsten Shiffer. The Millersburg couple have started making improvements and have big plans for the future including a moto-cross track in the infield, and much more!

Over the years the track has seen names like Jeff Gordon, Kenny Wallace, Steve Kinser, Ken Schrader and Dave Blaney grace the clay oval in Venango County.

(Credit to Wikipedia and Rick Rarer for the history)