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TRACKS / IA / Cresco Speedway
TRACK SCIENCE · USDA SSURGO
22.5%CLAY
39.8%SAND
37.7%SILT

Udolls · Well drained

Balanced clay substrate — typical Midwest dirt; groove moves out as rubber builds.

Cresco Speedway

Cresco, IA · 4/10-mile clay oval
⚡ LIVE CONDITIONS · Cresco Speedway
DENSITY ALTITUDE (FT)
TEMP °F
WIND MPH
HUMIDITY %
DEW PT °F
Live density altitude and weather for Cresco Speedway in Cresco, IA — the number your jetting and tire pressure should follow tonight. Why DA decides your power →

Tonight's setup at Cresco Speedway

Cresco Speedway is a 4/10-mile clay oval in Cresco, IA. On dirt, three numbers decide your night: density altitude (how much power the air gives you — shown live above), stagger and cross weight (how hard the car turns left), and where the track surface sits in its dry-down. Nail those for tonight's conditions and you are racing, not guessing.

Density altitude at Cresco Speedway

As temperature, humidity and barometric pressure shift across a race night near Cresco, the density altitude above moves with them — and your jetting and tire pressure should follow. Most weather apps show sea-level-corrected pressure, which gives the wrong DA; racer.wiki uses uncorrected station pressure for the real number. Read the full density altitude guide →

Reading the surface at Cresco Speedway

A clay oval like Cresco Speedway changes from tacky to dry-slick as moisture evaporates through the night. As it slicks off the car frees up and the fast line moves. How to read the dirt → · Stagger & cross weight →

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