Aurora Speedrome

The Aurora Speedrome is an American race track located in Aurora, Illinois. It hosted the 2008 Neon Hardware 100 for the Smash Beer Elite Stocks (now ARLA elite series). This race was one of the handful of races using the regular stock car bodies, as oppose to the GT style the series ran throughout the year.

Configuration
The Aurora Speedrome is 1.275 miles in length. The turns are approx. 2000 feet long and banked at 24 degrees. The frontstretch (1415 feet) and the backstretch (1320 feet) are banked at 5 degrees. The frontstretch has a slight quad-oval shape similar to the Texas Motor Speedway, but is far less noticable. The pit lane starts in turn 3 and ends in turn one, and on the frontstretch, mimicks the track surfaces' quad-oval configuration.

The 2008 Neon Hardware 100
The 2008 Neon Hardware 100 was a full coverage race which was commentated by Scott Bush and Earl McDermott. The pole was won by Dale Underwood in his #03 Inglesby with Paul Allison (making his first start since the 2006 Smash Beer 100) started on his outside. Robert Truex would take the lead with 3 to go, and cruised to the win. Tristen Roberts in second and Michael White in third. Jason Bates held the lead with 3 to go, but fell to fourth. Matt Scarano finished fifth. Todd Stater, on debut, finished 6th.

There have been no major races at the track since, and none are sheduled in the near future.