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The track was known as Lucas Oil Raceway from 2011 to 2021. In 1958, 15 Indianapolis-area businessmen and racing professionals led by Tom Binford, Frank Dickie, Rodger Ward, and Howard Fieber invested $5,000 each to fund the development of a 267-acre (108 ha) farm tract into a recreational sporting complex that would focus on auto racing.
The Hoosier Hundred is a USAC Silver Crown Series race scheduled for Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park as of 2023. It is a revival of the original race held from 1953-2020 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Speedway, a one-mile dirt oval in Indianapolis, Indiana. The race was first held in 1953, and through 1970 was part of the National ...
Indianapolis Raceway Park: 1965–1970 6 6 Hoosier Hundred: Indiana State Fairgrounds: 1946 1953–1955 1956–1970 1981 20 20 Indianapolis Sweepstakes Williams Grove Speedway: 1949–1955 1956–1959* 11 11 IndyCar Classic: Circuit of the Americas: 2019 1 1 Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana: NOLA Motorsports Park: 2015 1 1 Indy Japan 300: Twin Ring ...
Parnelli Jones, a hard-bitten, hard-charging race driver who came out of Torrance and won the controversial Indianapolis 500 in 1963, then was the hard-luck loser four years later, died Tuesday at ...
The Hoosier Grand Prix was a sports car, Formula Libre, and Champ Car race held at Indianapolis Raceway Park between 1961 and 1994. The race began as a round of the USAC Road Racing Championship. After being run for sports cars in its first year, the race switched to Formula Libre for the next two. After not being held in 1964, the race shifted ...
Indianapolis Raceway Park: Clermont, Indiana: June 29 3 Pacific North West Grand Prix 200 200 mi (320 km) Pacific Raceways: Kent, Washington: July 2 4 Los Angeles Times presents the Grand Prix for Sports Cars: 200 mi (320 km) Riverside International Raceway: Riverside, California: October 14 5 Pacific Grand Prix 200: 200 mi (320 km) Laguna Seca ...
In Speedway, Indiana, the town surrounding the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, decorated homes welcome race fans to the world's largest stadium, which seats 235,000 people, though it was known to ...
Growing up with free rein in Raceway Park, the iconic drag strip in the Englishtown section of Old Bridge that was founded by his family, Richard “Napp” Napoliello thought he’d seen it all ...