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Ontario Motor Speedway was a motorsport venue located in Ontario, California.It was the first and only automobile racing facility built to accommodate major races sanctioned by all of the four dominant racing sanctioning bodies: USAC (and now IndyCar Series) for open-wheel oval car races; NASCAR for a 500-mile (800 km) oval stock car races; NHRA for drag races; and FIA for Formula One road ...
The "last local track" for auto racing east of the city through the late 1970s was the Colorado Springs International Speedway which "had crowds in the 3,000-4,000 range on summer weekends". [10] The Platte Avenue go-kart track closed c. 1990 , the greyhound track closed c. 2005 and is now an off track betting facility, and the Olympic ...
Closed in 2004 and grandstands were moved to Watkins Glen in 2005, still not demolished but left to decay. Ground is up for sale for non-racing purposes. Ontario Motor Speedway: 2.500-mile (4.023 km) paved rectangular oval Ontario, California: Ontario Motor Speedway oval: Miller High Life 500 (1971–1972) Los Angeles Times 500 (1974–1980)
Ontario Motor Speedway was a motorsport venue located in Ontario, California.It was the first and only automobile racing facility built to accommodate major races sanctioned by all of the four dominant racing sanctioning bodies: USAC (and now IndyCar Series) for open-wheel oval car races; NASCAR for a 500-mile (800 km) oval stock car races; NHRA for drag races; and FIA for Formula One road ...
In 1969, USAC announced the California 500 would be held on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend for the next 10 years, beginning on September 6, 1970. USAC President, Charlie Brockman, declared "Ontario Motor Speedway is the most exciting and promising development in automobile racing since Tony Hulman bought the Indianapolis Speedway in 1946." [5]
Ontario Motor Speedway; 0–9. 1971 Miller High Life 500; 1972 Miller High Life 500; 1975 Los Angeles Times 500; 1976 Los Angeles Times 500 This page was ...
The 1974 California 500, the fifth running of the event, was held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, on Sunday, March 10, 1974. The event was race number 3 of 14 in the 1974 USAC Championship Car season. The race was won by Bobby Unser, his first California 500 victory.
The Questor Grand Prix was a non-championship race for Formula One and Formula 5000 cars held on 28 March 1971 to inaugurate a new racing facility in California, the Ontario Motor Speedway, built by the Questor conglomerate.