Langley Speedway
Location: 3165 N. Armistead Avenue, Hampton, VA 23666 Track Type: Oval Length: Four-tenths of a mile (~0.395 miles) Surface: Asphalt (paved 1968) Banking: 6° in turns, 2° on straights Width: 55 feet Opened: 1950
Quick Answers
Where is Langley Speedway? Hampton, Virginia, on North Armistead Avenue, beside Langley Air Force Base and NASA Langley Research Center.
How long is Langley Speedway? About four-tenths of a mile (0.395 miles), with six degrees of banking in the turns and two on the straights. It is the flattest competitive short track in Virginia.
What is the Langley Speedway schedule? The 2026 season runs through Saturday, November 14. The remaining dates are in the table below.
What is the Hampton Heat? A 200-lap Late Model Stock Car race run each July and the second leg of the Virginia Triple Crown. Brenden Queen and C.E. Falk share the event record with three wins each.
Who won the 2026 CARS Tour race at Langley? Connor Hall won the Visit Hampton 125 at his home track on Saturday, May 30, 2026. Read the race report.
Langley Speedway Schedule: Remaining 2026 Dates
| Date | Day | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 3 | Saturday | YESCO Championship Night #1 (Limited Late Models, Super Streets, UCars, Enduros, Super Trucks, Pro Six) |
| Oct 10 | Saturday | Larry King Law Championship Night #2 (Late Models, Modifieds, Grand Stocks, Legends, Bandoleros) |
| Oct 17 | Saturday | Rivers Casino Fall Day of Destruction (rain date October 18) |
| Oct 24 | Saturday | Hampton CVB Halloween Speedfest Race Night (Virginia Sprints, Limited Late Models, Virginia Mini Cups, Southern Ground Pounders) |
| Nov 14 | Saturday | Dominion Floor Covering Thanksgiving Day of Destruction |
Dates are from the track's posted 2026 schedule, checked October 1, 2026. Weather moves short-track dates often, so confirm at langley-speedway.com before you travel.
Overview
Langley Speedway is the flattest competitive short track in Virginia, six degrees of banking in the corners and two degrees on the straights. The track has been open since 1950, when it was a horse track called the Dude Ranch before anyone bolted a roll cage to a Ford. Henry Klich paid a thousand dollars for the lease in 1963 and paved the surface in 1968 for twenty-five thousand.
Bill Mullis took over in 2009 and invested heavily: MUSCO LED lights in 2022 (twelve poles, fifty-four fixtures), luxury suites, modern concessions. The bones were always there. Mullis put the muscle back on.
Adjacent to Langley Air Force Base and NASA Langley Research Center, all named for aviation pioneer Samuel Pierpont Langley. In one direction, people test what happens to machines at escape velocity. In the other, a kid in a Late Model Stock car is trying to carry speed through turn three on two degrees of banking.
History
David Pearson won three Grand National races at Langley between 1964 and 1970. Richard Petty won twice. Ned Jarrett won twice. Nine Grand National events in seven years before the circuit moved on.
Key Drivers
Connor Hall, Home track. Won eleven consecutive races in 2023. First Division I National Champion in Langley history. Back-to-back NASCAR Weekly Series national champion (2023–24). Now running JR Motorsports Late Models on the CARS Tour.
Brenden "Butterbean" Queen, Owns the modern Hampton Heat record: three wins (2020, 2023, 2024), tied with C.E. Falk for the most in event history. From Chesapeake, twenty minutes down the road.
Matt Waltz, Won the 2025 Hampton Heat in his eleventh attempt after a four-hour rain delay.
Key Events
- Hampton Heat 200, Virginia Triple Crown Round 2, run each July. Two hundred laps on the flattest surface most drivers will ever race.
- CARS Tour Visit Hampton 125, run May 30, 2026 and won by Connor Hall. 125 laps, Late Model Stock Cars only.
- Weekly Late Model Stock Car racing (spring through fall)