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The three-day racing festival featured a three-class road race on Monday, speed trials on Tuesday, and a 315-mile race on Wednesday. The 12 lap Merrimack Valley Trophy Race was won by Billy Knipper in a Chalmers. Louis Chevrolet won the 15 lap Yorick Club Trophy Race in a Buick. Another Buick, this one driven by Bob Burman, won the 20 lap ...
Sportsman, Mini Stocks, Street stocks, Stritkly stock, enduro, sprint, kids fast 4, pro figure 8, Winged Outlaw Figure, super late models, pro trucks, powder puff, mod minis, race cars of yesterday South Sound Speedway [30] Washington Rochester: 0.375 miles (0.604 km) Oval (asphalt) Super Stock, Street Stock, WESCO Sprint, Vintage Modified
Track still active, no race in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Did not return to racing in 2021, but continues to host numerous racing events, including the Eldora Million, World 100, and Kings Royal. Fonda Speedway: 0.500-mile dirt oval Fonda, New York: Fonda 200 (1968) 1955 1966–1968 Remains active. Winston-Salem Fairgrounds: 0.500 ...
Besides stock car racing, Norwood Arena Speedway featured midget and sports car racing, drag racing, and other sporting events between 1948 and 1972, when Norwood Arena Speedway closed at the end of stock car racing season. The track hosted a variety of racing divisions during its 25-year run.
Palmer Motorsports Park is an operating motorsports park in Hampden County, Massachusetts, located at the intersection of West Ware Road and Bacon Road in the town of Palmer. The creation of the track was approved by Palmer on December 4, 2007, and in 2009 underwent review by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. [1]
To capitalize on the nation's new attraction to auto racing following World War II, park owner Edward J. Carroll demolished the dance hall that had burned down in 1948. In its place laid out a flat 1/5-mile oval track, pit area and grandstand alongside the Connecticut River. The first full season of "modified" stock car racing was 1949.
The B-Main race is a 25 lap race, with the winner either taking a $1,000 prize or taking the last starting position in the 100 lap race. [18] The rule book for the Tri Track Modified Series is similar to the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and Valenti Modified Racing Series modifieds, allowing competitors from both series participate in the Tri ...
Carroll took a liking to auto racing, a sport that was gaining popularity in the Northeast after World War II, and added it to his slate of attractions at Riverside, building the Riverside Park Speedway in 1948, replacing an open-air bandstand. [12] The 1960s was a popular period for stock car racing at Riverside Park.