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In addition, the Charlotte Motor Speedway complex features numerous adjacent tracks, including a 1 ⁄ 5 mile (0.32 km) clay short track, a 2 ⁄ 5 mile (0.64 km) dirt track, and a 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.40 km) long drag strip. The main track also features an infield road course that is used with the oval to make a "roval".
In August, SST partnered with TORC: The Off Road Championship to race the Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway; it was the series' first dirt track racing event since Valvoline Raceway in 2015. [46] To accommodate the stadium trucks, track officials added a 36-inch tall aluminum ramp to the start/finish line. [47]
Charlotte Motor Speedway Dirt Track: Dirt track Charlotte, North Carolina: 2016: 1 2 TORC: The Off-Road Championship: Circuit of the Americas: Mixed surface (X Games), road course (IndyCar) Austin, Texas: 2014–2015, 2019: 3 4 X Games, IndyCar Classic: Crandon International Off-Road Raceway: Off-road Crandon, Wisconsin: 2013: 1 2 TORC: The Off ...
Charlotte’s passport office comes amid a surge in international travel. In 1990, only 5% of Americans held passports, according to the State Department. Today, that number has skyrocketed to ...
Charlotte Speedway was the site of NASCAR's first Strictly Stock Series (now NASCAR Cup Series) race on June 19, 1949. The Daytona Beach Road Course held the first race sanctioned by NASCAR in 1948. The track was a few miles west of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, on Little Rock Road. It was owned by Carl C. Allison Sr. and his wife, Catherine ...
The track was to be repaved and the plans included a Go-Kart track, outdoor RC racing track, a hotel, and roof-top skate park but the proposal failed to move forward. The track was the subject of the first episode of Lost Speedways on Peacock hosted by Dale Earnhardt Jr. [2] A FedEx logistics center now sits next to the site.
On road courses, track limits are defined by chicanes, enforced at Watkins Glen, Daytona, and Charlotte road courses, the Turns 1-3 complex at Indianapolis, or the Maggots-Becketts-Chapel section in Austin (a driver who exceeds track limits such as driving beyond the white lines or the long lap penalty section used by MotoGP to make a pass ...
Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL: Charlotte, North Carolina: North Carolina: 2018 Asphalt 2.28 miles (3.67 km) 13 SCCA, NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, ChampCar Endurance Series: Chicago Street Course: Chicago: Illinois: 2023 Asphalt 2.14 miles (3.44 km) 12 Nascar Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series: Chuckwalla Valley Raceway: Desert ...