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Hickory Motor Speedway is a short track located in Hickory, North Carolina. It is one of stock car racing's most storied venues, and is often referred to as the "World's Most Famous Short Track" and the "Birthplace of the NASCAR Stars". The track first opened in 1951 as a 0.500 mi (0.805 km) dirt track. Gwyn Staley won the first race at the ...
1968 Hickory 250 ; Race details [1] [2] Race 8 of 49 in the 1968 NASCAR Grand National Series season: Date: April 7, 1968; 56 years ago () Official name: Hickory 250: Location: Hickory Speedway, Hickory, North Carolina: Course: Permanent racing facility 0.400 mi (0.644 km) Distance: 250 laps, 100 mi (160 km) Weather
PPI, short for Precision Preparation, Inc. [1], was a company founded by team owner Cal Wells in 1979 in Westminster, California. [2]At the time, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. needed to promote their tough, reliable technology driven line of trucks through participation in Off-Road Championships, the Score Desert Series, including the Baja 500 and Baja 1000, and the Mickey Thompson Off-Road ...
Robert Vance Isaac (August 1, 1932 – August 14, 1977) was an American stock car racing driver. Isaac made his first NASCAR appearance in 1961, and quickly forged a reputation of one of the toughest competitors of the 1960s and 1970s.
The cars from the ASA National tour also raced in England in the now-defunct Stock Car Speed Association (formally ASCAR). On December 10, 2022, racing promoter Track Enterprises announced that the ASA would make a return to sanction the 2023 ASA STARS National Tour, a super late model racing series, under a licensing agreement with ARCA.
Ty Majeski won the second race in series history in tech last year after Dan Fredrickson, the first to the checkered flag, was disqualified for an infraction related to the carburetor on his car.
The 15-race Late Model and 13-race Pro Late Model schedule will feature events with the NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway and the Cook Out Southern 500 (the CARS Tour race is held at Florence Motor Speedway, 13 miles from Darlington Raceway). The winner of the Cook Out 225 feature at Florence will again earn pole position for ...
Jarrett won the penultimate race of the 2004 season but finished fifth in points while also competing in the Winston Cup Series. [6] Switching to Venturini Motorsports for the 2005 season, Jarrett did not live up to expectations and was released mid-season, and promptly went on a streak of four DNF's in his first four races for new owner Wayne ...