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The Marlboro Cup Invitational Handicap was a Thoroughbred horse race first run in September 1973 at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. A Grade 1 race for horses 3 years old and up, it was raced over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles on a dirt track.
Branded as the 1994 Marlboro 500 for sponsorship reasons, the race was won by Scott Goodyear, his second Michigan 500 win. It was race number 10 of 16 of the 1994 PPG IndyCar World Series . 42°03′58.68″N 84°14′29.18″W / 42.0663000°N 84.2414389°W / 42.0663000; -84.2414389
The April 7, 1963, race at Marlboro Motor Raceway was the opening race of the thirteenth season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. A&B Production Results [ 1 ] Finish
The Marlboro 500 at California Speedway on October 31 was the final race of the 1999 season, and was scheduled to be Moore's last race with Forsythe Racing before moving to Penske in 2000. [81] On the morning of the day before the race, [ 82 ] he was knocked off his motor scooter by a paddock vehicle in the hospitality area because its driver ...
There have been two IndyCar/Champ Car races named Marlboro 500: Marlboro 500 (Michigan) , run at Michigan International Speedway from 1987 to 1996 Marlboro 500 (California) , run at California Speedway in 1997 and from 1999 to 2001
Marlboro Motor Raceway (MMR) is a now-defunct motorsports park located in Prince George's County, just outside Upper Marlboro, Maryland. MMR closed after the 1969 season and local Sports Car Club of America ( SCCA ) racing moved to the more advanced Summit Point Motorsports Park due to safety concerns and issues with MMR's management. [ 1 ]
During its tenure, from 1988–1991, the race was part of the Marlboro Million bonus program, which was similar to NASCAR's Winston Million. Any driver who won the Marlboro Grand Prix at the Meadowlands , the Marlboro 500 at Michigan , and Marlboro Challenge in the same season, would win a $ 1,000,000 bonus. [ 13 ]
NBC agreed to broadcast the race live, making it the first 500-mile Indy car race to be broadcast live. During a private test session in November 1986, Rick Mears set an Indy car closed-course speed record driving a March 86C / Ilmor - Chevrolet with a lap of 233.934 mph. [ 1 ] The lap was an Indy car speed record that would stand for a decade.