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Canfield Speedway is a half mile dirt oval racetrack that hosted (major) sanctioned auto racing from 1950 to 1964, but other associations ran until the late 1970s. There was also a 1/4 mile dirt racing surface that shared the front stretch with the 1/2 mile track.
Donnelly, along with Bruno DeMatteo and Paul Vitale purchased the speedway from the Petrocci family, and promoted it as a "specials only" venue until selling it to the World Racing Group (then Boundless Motorsports) in 2004. [3] In 2014, investors Bill Mendick and Bert Butler purchased the facility and hired Donnelly as manager and event ...
Powell Motor Speedway 0.500-mile dirt oval Ohio 1953 Closed in 1959; smaller tracks used same site until 1965. Track was sold to developers in 2001 and torn down to make room for a housing development. [37] Princess Anne Speedway 0.500-mile dirt oval Virginia 1953 Closed in 1954. Rapid Valley Speedway 0.500-mile dirt oval
The center point steering system contributed to the car's superior handling and cornering abilities; allowing the vehicle to excel on the dirt-covered race tracks of the day. [ 6 ] Palm Beach Speedway in West Palm Beach, Florida, was a half-mile, dirt track that saw its first NASCAR event when it opened the 1952 NASCAR season on January 20, 1952.
The first race of the 1950 season was run on February 5 at the Daytona Beach Road Course in Daytona Beach, Florida. Joe Littlejohn won the pole. Harold Kite of East Point, Georgia, a former tank driver who began racing on the short tracks after World War II, drove past Red Byron in the 25th lap and went on to score a victory in the 200-mile Grand National opener of the 1950 season.
In 2006, he returned to the Bill Davis Racing stable to run the No. 22 Caterpillar-sponsored Dodge. His best finish in 2006 came at the Richmond International Raceway , where he finished fourth. He also scored his first Busch Series victory at Lowes Motor Speedway , when Matt Kenseth spun on the last lap and Blaney was in the lead.
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