[Tagging] highway=raceway?

[John Smith]

2009/10/14 Ulf Möller <osm at ulfm.de>:
> Hello,
>
> highway=raceway has recently been added to the Map Features page because
> it had been added to the Mapnik rendering rules a few months earlier,
> but there is no information available about the tag.
>
> Could someone who knows the details create a wiki page for it? Is it
> intended for motorcar racing tracks only, or also for horse racing etc.?

I assume it's for vehicles, as the map features list horse racing and
sports as leisure=track, sport=*