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The Memphis International Raceway (more commonly known as MIR) was founded in 1986 by Ed Gatlin, who along with a group of investors, bought a 400-acre tract of land within the northeastern section of Shelby County, and built a drag strip with an adjacent road course, including a dirt track and a go-kart track. [2]
In 1998, the then named Gateway International Raceway was purchased by Dover Motorsports, a group that also owned what is now Memphis International Raceway, along with the Nashville Superspeedway and Dover International Speedway. On November 3, 2010, Dover Motorsports closed the facility.
PBIR also owns and operates Memphis International Raceway since 2011. Those companies were integrated into IRG Sports + Entertainment also in 2013. IRG also eliminated the Chicago format for 2014. IRG has since sold off its race tracks, and currently only operates the sanctioning body.
The Memphis International Raceway (more commonly known as MIR) was founded in 1986 by Ed Gatlin, who along with a group of investors, bought a 400-acre tract of land within the northeastern section of Shelby County, and built a drag strip with an adjacent road course, including a dirt track and a go-kart track. [3]
In 2022 the track was sold and demolition is planned to make room for a warehouse. Mesa Marin Raceway: 0.500-mile paved oval Bakersfield, California: 1995–2001 2003 (Truck) Track closed and demolished in 2005 due to nearby housing development. Replaced by Kern County Raceway Park. Middle Georgia Raceway: 0.548-mile paved oval Byron, Georgia
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