Riverside International Speedway (West Memphis, Arkansas)

	Riverside Speedway
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	151 Legion Rd., West Memphis, Arkansas
Area	18.3 acres (7.4 ha)
Built	June 10th 1950
Built by	C.L. Montgomery, et al.
Architectural style	Plain Traditional
NRHP reference No.	09001243
Added to NRHP	January 21, 2010

Riverside International Speedway
The Ditch
	Grandstands in 2012
Location	151 Legion Rd., West Memphis, Arkansas
Time zone	Central Standard Time (GMT UTC−06)
Opened	1950
Major events	World of Outlaws sprint cars; USCS sprint cars
1/4 mile
Surface	Gumbo Clay
Length	0.25 miles (0.40 km)

The Riverside International Speedway is an automobile racing facility at 151 Legion Road in West Memphis, Arkansas. Its facilities consist of a 0.25-mile (0.40 km) Gumbo clay oval^[3] with banked corners, bleacher seating on both straightaways. Amenities include a concession stand. The track was built in 1950 and opened June 10 of that year at an estimated cost of $150,000 by C L Montgomery, originally to showcase midget car racing. It has held a World of Outlaws race.^[3] The track is nicknamed "The Ditch".^[3]

^ "Flip Flop 50 at Riverside". USCS. November 6, 2020. Event occurs at 20:35. FloRacing.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c Rogers, Steve (May 3, 2019). "Outlaws ready to take on Ditch". Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Retrieved November 7, 2020.

[1] "Flip Flop 50 at Riverside". USCS. November 6, 2020. Event occurs at 20:35. FloRacing.

[nris-2] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[ArkansasDG-3] Rogers, Steve (May 3, 2019). "Outlaws ready to take on Ditch". Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Retrieved November 7, 2020.

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