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In 1952, a car club known as the "Choppers of Pomona" aided by a young police officer, Sergeant Bud Coons, advocated that a safe place should be provided for local area drag racers. Coons, along with fellow hot rod enthusiast, Pomona Police Chief Ralph Parker, and the city government of Pomona asked to lease the parking lot of the LA County ...
The event moved first to [2] Oklahoma City's Oklahoma State Fairgrounds for the "4th annual National Championship Drag Races Sponsored by the National Hot Rod Association" in 1958, then moved to Detroit Dragway in Detroit, Michigan for 1959-1960 before moving to Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1961, and has remained there ever since, after a ...
NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series: In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip (Pomona Raceway) Pomona: California: 1951: Concrete: 1/4 mile: NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series: Keystone Raceway Park: New Alexandria
Come to the National Trail Raceway to enjoy the Hillbilly Nationals Demo Derby Drag Race. It's similar to a regular drag race except the cars must hit at least twice after the 100-foot mark and ...
Drag racing was imported to Europe by American NATO troops during the Cold War. [17] Races were held in West Germany beginning in the 1960s at the airbases at Ramstein and Sembach [18] and in the UK at various airstrips and racing circuits [19] before the opening of Europe's first permanent drag strip at Santa Pod Raceway in 1966.
The speedway features banked, paved 1 ⁄ 2 - and 1 ⁄ 3-mile oval tracks and a 1 ⁄ 8-mile drag strip. The property is primarily used for NASCAR races such as ARCA Menards Series West and Whelen All-American Series events. In late 2011, NASCAR announced it was dropping Toyota Speedway from its schedule.
Feld Entertainment bought Live Nation's motorsports division in 2008, [1] and operated the IHRA for four years. In 2010, the IHRA adopted the "Chicago style" format for professional classes, which was criticised by racers. IHRA was purchased by Palm Beach International Raceway owners in 2013 and was renamed IHRA Motorsports. [2]
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