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Construction of Rockingham started late in 1999, with the opening meeting planned for May 2001. [8] Rockingham Motor Speedway was constructed on a British Steel works brown field site as a banked oval with the intention of bringing the American oval racing across the Atlantic for the first time. The opportunity was taken to use the infield for ...
The Rockingham 250 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series at Rockingham Speedway. The race was originally a 197-lap race from the series' inception in 1982 until 2004 (with a second race between 1984 and 2003, except in 1987), after which Rockingham was removed from both the Busch as well as Nextel Cup Series schedules as a result of the Ferko lawsuit .
On September 2, 2011, NASCAR announced that Rockingham Speedway would hold a Camping World Truck Series event for the 2012 season. [3] During the inaugural race, Nelson Piquet Jr. started on the pole position and Kasey Kahne won the race. [2] [4] In 2013, the race went for 205 laps instead of 200 laps because of green-white-checkered rules.
Dan Lovenheim, a resident of Raleigh, N.C., poses for a photo in May 2023. The owner of Rockingham Speedway since 2018 is doing what’s in his power to lure the NASCAR Cup Series back to one of ...
An ASCAR race at Rockingham during the 2004 season. In 2001 the ASCAR Racing Series was formed and ran until 2008, the series was a "NASCAR" style racing series that was predominantly run at Rockingham Motor Speedway as well as briefly on the continent. The first season was won by John Mickel.
The Rockingham 500 was an annual Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) motor race held in 2001 and 2002 at the Rockingham Motor Speedway oval track in Corby, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom. The race was the first major motor race in the United Kingdom to be held on an oval track with Champ cars.
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The term 'stock cars' in the UK refers to a specialized form of racing that bears little resemblance to any road car. Stock car racing was brought to Britain in 1954. Taking place on existing greyhound or speedway tracks, the cars were mostly 'stock' cars from the 1930s with locked rear axle differentials and added armour. After the first ...