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1995–1996 (oval / dragstrip) 2013 (kartplex) Opened: As a road course: 1985 () As oval: May 1997 () Former names: St. Louis International Raceway (1967–1988) Gateway International Raceway (1988–2011) Gateway Motorsports Park (2012–2018) Major events: Current: NASCAR Cup Series Enjoy Illinois 300 (2022–present) IndyCar Series
1.029-mile (1.656 km) paved paperclip oval Cicero, Illinois: Chicago Motor Speedway oval: Sears Craftsman 175: 2000–2001 (Truck) Track demolished in 2009, now the site of a Walmart. Chicagoland Speedway: 1.500-mile (2.414 km) paved D-shaped oval Joliet, Illinois: Chicagoland Speedway oval: Camping World 400 Chicagoland 300 Camping World 225
Richmond Raceway (RR) is a 0.750 mi (1.207 km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in unincorporated Henrico County. It currently hosts one NASCAR Cup Series race weekend and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series . [ 2 ]
The DuQuoin State Fair was founded in 1923 by local businessman William R. "W.R." Hayes, who owned the fair and ran it. (It did not become run by the state of Illinois as a true "state fair" until the 1980s; it is now officially called the Illinois State Fair in DuQuoin, as opposed to the longtime one at state capital Springfield.)
The Illinois State Fair mile currently hosts the Allen Crowe Memorial 100 ARCA stock car race, USAC Silver Crown dirt cars, UMP Late Models and Modifieds and the A.M.A. Grand National Championship. The only driver who has won races in three disciplines of racing in Ken Schrader who won in ARCA cars (1998), UMP Modifieds (1998), and midgets.
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The event was a financial success which attracted prominent entertainers and groups, many of whom also played the Illinois State Fair; the fair consequently became known as Illinois' "little State Fair" or "second State Fair". [3] Du Quoin State Fairgrounds has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 1990.
The last day for early voting at the Wayne County Courthouse in downtown Richmond will be from 8:30 a.m. to noon Monday. Polls will then open up at 6 a.m. Tuesday with voting lasting until 6 p.m.