Rockford Speedway

The Rockford Speedway is a 0.25-mile (0.402-km) short track in Rockford, Illinois. It has become known as "the track that started ARLA" due to its holding the inaugural test race of the series in 1972.

Rockford has hosted the season-ending race of the ARLA Elite Series from 1973 through 2001, but the track was dropped from the 2002 schedule. Negotiations between ARLA officials and the track promoters broke down because the promoters of the track wanted more money than the league was willing to pay, and so Rockford was cut from the schedule. Daytona became the new site for the season finale, which angered a lot of fans and teams from ARLA, as they said that Daytona is never a familiar site for the season finale, but the race was reinstated in 2009, due to overwhelming demand from the fans and teams, and the track promoters negotiating a new deal with ARLA.

Due to it being a short track with limited pit stalls, only those still mathematically eligible for the season championship are locked in, while many qualifying races are run to determine who qualifies for the 200, and who are sent to the two B-Mains. The B-Mains are run to determine the last two spots on the grid, with the winner taking the points he/she earns in the B-Main to the 200.

In 2013, Rockford will host a second event in addition to the Rockford 200, which will be held on Independence Day.