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Ontario Motor Speedway was a motorsport venue located in Ontario, California.It was the first and only automobile racing facility built to accommodate major races sanctioned by all of the four dominant racing sanctioning bodies: USAC (and now IndyCar Series) for open-wheel oval car races; NASCAR for a 500-mile (800 km) oval stock car races; NHRA for drag races; and FIA for Formula One road ...
Dog Track Speedway 0.250-mile dirt oval Moyock, North Carolina: 1962–1963 Paved and lengthened in 1964, closed c. 1974. Eldora Speedway: 0.500-mile (0.805 km) dirt oval New Weston, Ohio: Eldora Dirt Derby: 2013–2019 (Trucks) Track still active, no race in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Did not return to racing in 2021, but continues ...
The 1973 California 500, the fourth running of the event, was held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, on Sunday, September 2, 1973. The event was race number 11 of 16 in the 1973 USAC Championship Car season. The race was won by Wally Dallenbach Sr., his only 500-mile Indy Car victory.
The 1980 California 500, the eleventh running of the event, was held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, on Sunday, August 31, 1980. The event was race number 9 of 12 in the 1980 CART PPG Indy Car World Series. The race was won by Bobby Unser, his fourth California 500 victory. The race was the final California 500 before ...
Two hundred laps were raced on the paved oval track spanning 2.500 miles (4.023 km). [2] The total time of the race was three hours, forty-three minutes, and thirty-six seconds. [2] Held on February 28, 1971, this would be the first stock car event to take place at Ontario Motor Speedway. [2] The only Cup race with a driver from Utah entered. [2]
Race details; Race 11 of 14 in the 1979 SCCA/CART Indy Car Series season: Date: September 2, 1979: Official name: 1979 California 500: Location: Ontario Motor Speedway, Ontario, California, United States: Course: Permanent racing facility 2.500 mi / 4.023 km: Distance: 200 laps 500.000 mi / 804.672 km: Pole position; Driver: Rick Mears (Team ...
The inaugural race was scheduled for December 1, 1968. [1] Advertised as the "Indianapolis of the West", the track was similar in design to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as a 2.5-mile oval with four distinct turns. In addition, the track would feature a 3.1-mile road course in the infield and a quarter-mile drag strip on the frontstretch.
The 1976 California 500, the seventh running of the event, was held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, on Sunday, September 5, 1976. The event was race number 10 of 13 in the 1976 USAC Championship Car season. The race was won by Bobby Unser, becoming the first man to win the California 500 twice.