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At the end of the 2008 season, it was rumored that the track wouldn't reopen for the 2009 season. In February 2009, Wheeler said in an interview that the speedway won't open this season and is listed for sale. Claiming he wouldn't be able to continue his full-time job and run a speedway. [6]
Transponder timing (also called chip timing or RFID timing) is a technique for measuring performance in sport events. A transponder working on a radio-frequency identification (RFID) basis is attached to the athlete and emits a unique code that is detected by radio receivers located at the strategic points in an event.
Pittsburgh International Race Complex offers three track configurations. The North track configuration is 1.600 mi (2.575 km) and the South track covers 1.200 mi (1.931 km). The full course is 2.780 mi (4.474 km) in length and combines both the North and South track.
Grandview Speedway is a one third-mile automobile race track located just east of Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania, United States. [2] Featuring moderately high banks and a wide racing surface, it is suitable for close racing and passing. The track is sanctioned by NASCAR in the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series. [3]
The race was a 500-mile (804.672 km), 200 lap event from its inception in 1974, through the 2011 race. On August 10, 2011, it was announced that both Pocono races would be shortened to 400 miles (643.738 km), beginning in 2012. [4] The second race was shortened to 325 miles (523.037 km) for its last two years.
Two were killed (a driver and his riding mechanic) during practice a few days prior, and five (two spectators and three participants) died during the race. [2] [3] [4] A second Uniontown Speedway, adjacent to the original site, was active in 1946, as a half-mile (.805 km) dirt track. It held a National Championship-level sprint car race won by ...
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The event began in 1966 with a 100-lap endurance sprint race, seeing Ralph Quarterson as its first winner. Quarterson went on to win the next three events until the race was canceled in 1970. The Western PA Sprint Championship was revived in 1971 and remained a 100-lap event until 1977, where it was reduced to 50 laps.