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Bandimere Speedway, also known by the NHRA as Thunder Mountain, was a quarter-mile dragstrip located just outside Morrison, Colorado and Lakewood, Colorado.It opened in 1958 and was the host to many racing events, including many NHRA Nationals events.
1 mile (1.6 km) ground dirt 1903-2019 AAA / USAC Champ Cars (1946-1970) Knoxville Raceway: Knoxville: Iowa: 0.500 miles (0.805 km) clay 1954 Knoxville Nationals (1961-present) Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series: Lakewood Speedway: Atlanta: Georgia: 1 mile (1.6 km) ground dirt 1919-1979 AAA / USAC Champ Cars (1946-1958) NASCAR Cup Series (1951 ...
A short track is an oval track less than one mile (1.6 km) long, with the majority being 0.5 miles (0.8 km) or shorter. Drivers seeking careers in oval track racing generally serve their apprenticeship on short tracks before moving up to series which compete on larger tracks.
The race was televised in high definition in the United States on ABC, the 44th consecutive year on that network. Time trials were shown live in high definition on ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 at various timeslots and was available via broadband at MediaZone.com. 1998 Indianapolis 500 winner Eddie Cheever joined the announcing crew for the first time.
The 1987 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 was the fourth stock car race of the 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 28th iteration of the event.The race was held on Sunday, March 15, 1987, before an audience of 60,000 in Hampton, Georgia, at Atlanta International Raceway, a 1.522 miles (2.449 km) permanent asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway.
Lawrence Garrett Mitchell [2] (born April 5, 1995), known professionally as Cleetus McFarland, is an American racing driver.He competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 30 Ford for Rette Jones Racing.
The track resumed racing in 1946 with a brand-new high banked 1 ⁄ 2 mile (0.80 km) asphalt oval sharing a front stretch with the 1 ⁄ 4 mile. In 1953 the 1 ⁄ 4 mile was paved, while the 1 ⁄ 2 mile remained a dirt track. In 1960 the 1 ⁄ 2 mile would go dormant, as it was closed because the track was allegedly too fast to be insured.
The 2011 Quaker State 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on July 9, 2011, at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky.Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) asphalt tri-oval, it was 18th race of the 2011 Sprint Cup Series season, and the first Sprint Cup Series event at Kentucky Speedway.