Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Islip Speedway was a .2-mile (320-meter) oval race track in Islip, New York which was open from 1947 until 1984. [1] [2] It is the smallest track to host NASCAR's Grand National Series, [3] [4] from 1964 to 1971. [1] [3] The first demolition derby took place at Islip Speedway in 1958. [5] The idea was patented by Larry Mendelsohn, who worked at ...
Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves got a crash course — literally — in stock-car racing at Daytona International Speedway. Castroneves was involved in a seven-car wreck on Lap ...
The 48th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Saturday, May 30, 1964. The race was won by A. J. Foyt, but is primarily remembered for a fiery seven-car accident which resulted in the deaths of racers Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald.
USAC stock car racer Ramo Stott won his only career NASCAR pole position. [8] There was a major speed discrepancy between cars in their qualification runs. Top teams were qualifying in the 178 miles per hour (286 km/h) to 179 miles per hour (288 km/h) range and a few teams qualified in the 186 miles per hour (299 km/h) range.
Longtime stock car driver Red Farmer won his 500th feature race at the track. [ 8 ] From 1966 to 1968 the track hosted open-wheel racing and held the annual World 300 race for Supermodified racing , which attracted competitors that included notable drivers such as Bobby Allison , [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Dale Hammac [ 11 ] and Armond Holley.
The other three drivers involved in the race-ending wreck, spurred initially by Rossi running out of fuel coming out of Turn 2 on the final lap, before Robb failed to avoid the slowing car and ...
Al Unser Sr. won for the second consecutive year, dominating most of the race. [3] [4] Unser became the fourth driver to win the Indy 500 in back-to-back years, and it was his second of a record-tying four Indy victories. The race was marred by a crash involving the pace car at the start.
Early crash ruins multiple drivers' chances to win. The majority of the Daytona 500 was incident-free. There were no crashes in between the two wrecks in the final 10 laps of the race and a crash ...