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Los Angeles County Raceway (or "LACR") was a motorsport facility in Palmdale, California. [1] [2] LACR's main feature was its 1/4-mile dragstrip, which was first opened in 1964. LACR held its final event on July 29, 2007. The land under the track is owned by Granite Construction, Inc.
Smothers has been active in amateur auto racing, [12] both road racing [13] and drag racing. [14] He started the Smothers Brothers racing team, which competed in three championship seasons between 1968 and 1971. He specialized in endurance racing and drove cars at the famous Sebring and Le Mans events. [15]
The speedway featured banked, paved 1 ⁄ 2 - and 1 ⁄ 3-mile oval tracks and a 1 ⁄ 8-mile drag strip. The property was primarily used for NASCAR races such as ARCA Menards Series West and Whelen All-American Series events. In late 2011, NASCAR announced it was dropping Toyota Speedway from its schedule.
With songs featured on 'Drag Race' increasing 138% in streams on average, insiders reveal the challenges and triumphs behind the iconic Lip Sync For Your Life.
The Famoso Bakersfield Raceway dragstrip is located in McFarland, California just north of Bakersfield, California, and is known historically as the home to the annual March Meet, also known as the U.S. Fuel and Gas Championships.
Pinks is the primary television series in a franchise series of television programs on Speed based on street racing, held at legal closed drag strips with a theme around drag racing. The original aired from 2005 to 2008, with the spinoff Pinks: All Out following in 2006 until 2010.
The track was so named because its founders envisioned hosting sports car, motorcycle, midget, and stock car races in addition to National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) sanctioned drag racing events. Known as 'The Supertrack', OCIR was designed to be the most modern of dragstrip facilities in the late 1960s, offering spectator comforts and ...
In 1974, "Big Willie" Robinson and his wife Tomiko, opened the drag strip which hosted 1 ⁄ 4 mile drag racing. It opened on an old Navy airfield paying $1,000 per month to lease the facility. It opened on an old Navy airfield paying $1,000 per month to lease the facility.