Maywood Park
Maywood Park racetrack is a half-mile harness racing track in Maywood, Illinois that offers harness racing practically the whole year, punctuated only by intermittent breaks. It is located 10 miles south of O'Hare and 17 miles from the Chicago Loop.
Interesting Track Facts about Maywood Park:
- Track Shape : Oval
- Track Length : Half-mile
- Width of Stretches : 77 feet
- Homestretch Length : 594 feet
- Speed Rating : v2:003
- Standing Start Positions : 8
- Track Seating Capacity : 13,900
- Clubhouse Seating Capacity : 6,000
- Grandstand Seating Cap : 2,900
- Grandstand Total Capacity : 10,847
- Racing Types : Harness
- Track Opened : 1946
Harness Racing Stakes at Maywood Park
Maywood Park has regularly played host to special harness racing stakes and series that have significance throughout the county, the state and the Midwest. Among the more prominent ones that have been held at Maywood Park are:
- Taurus Bomber Stake
- Direct Balance Stake
- Spring Championship
- Cook County Pace
- ISOBA Stake
- Fox Valley Redhot Series Final
- Pacific Series Final
- Big Dog Final
- Newcomers Series Final