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After the construction of a 5 ⁄ 8-mile dirt oval near Lincoln Park had been announced in early December 1923, [5] the new Ascot speedway, which was built by promoter George R. Bentel and his publicist Bill Pickens, [3] opened on January 20, 1924, when 35,000 spectators attended the inaugural event, which featured both auto and motorcycle racing.
Ascot Park, first named Los Angeles Speedway and later New Ascot Stadium, was a dirt racetrack located near Gardena, California.Ascot Park was open between 1957 and 1990. The track held numerous United States Auto Club (USAC) national tour races and three NASCAR Grand National (now NASCAR Cup Series) rac
Los Angeles County Raceway (or "LACR") was a motorsport facility in Palmdale, California. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] LACR's main feature was its 1/4-mile dragstrip , which was first opened in 1964. LACR held its final event on July 29, 2007.
0.400-mile dirt oval Los Angeles, California 1957 1959 1961 Race held in 1957 under the track name Los Angeles Speedway; race in 1959 under the name New Ascot Stadium. Closed in 1990. Now the site of a car auction lot. Asheville–Weaverville Speedway: 0.540-mile dirt oval Weaverville, North Carolina: Western North Carolina 500 (1958–1969)
Construction crews transform the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum from a football stadium to host the Bush Light a quarter-mile short track NASCAR exhibition race. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
Dirt track racing is a form of motorsport held on clay or dirt surfaced banked oval racetracks. Dirt track racing started in the United States before World War I and became widespread during the 1920s and 1930s using both automobiles and motorcycles, spreading throughout Japan and often running on horse racing tracks.
In 2012, Irwindale Speedway LLC, the management group that ran the track, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on the same day track management canceled the 2012 racing season. In the paperwork filed at the United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District, it shows that Irwindale Speedway LLC owed creditors $331,773.11.
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