Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The track was known as Lucas Oil Raceway from 2011 to 2021. In 1958, 15 Indianapolis-area businessmen and racing professionals led by Tom Binford, Frank Dickie, Rodger Ward, and Howard Fieber invested $5,000 each to fund the development of a 267-acre (108 ha) farm tract into a recreational sporting complex that would focus on auto racing.
The Hoosier Grand Prix was a sports car, Formula Libre, and Champ Car race held at Indianapolis Raceway Park between 1961 and 1994. The race began as a round of the USAC Road Racing Championship . After being run for sports cars in its first year, the race switched to Formula Libre for the next two.
Over its history, the event has been held at several different short tracks in Indiana, but since 1980, it has permanently been hosted at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in Brownsburg, Indiana. The event has long been considered one of the Indianapolis 500 traditions , along with the Hoosier Hundred and Little 500 , which are also held over ...
Growing up with free rein in Raceway Park, the iconic drag strip in the Englishtown section of Old Bridge that was founded by his family, Richard “Napp” Napoliello thought he’d seen it all ...
The August 20, 1961, race at Indianapolis Raceway Park was the tenth racing event of the eleventh season of the Sports Car Club of America's 1961 Championship Racing Series. B Production Results [ 1 ]
The 1962 USAC Road Racing Championship season was the fifth and final season of the USAC Road Racing Championship. It began April 1, 1962, and ended October 21, 1962, after five races. The series was contested for Formula Libre at the first two rounds, and sports cars at the final three rounds. Roger Penske won the season championship.
Oct. 23—CLERMONT — Tyler Roahrig passed Kody Swanson with five laps remaining to win the final 500 Sprint Car Tour event of the year Saturday at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. With his ...
Fast Masters was a made-for-television auto racing series, broadcast on ESPN in 1993, featuring notable drivers over the age of 50, most of whom were retired from professional racing at the time. The Fast Masters series was a summer-long elimination competition, with identically-prepared, $ 750,000, TWR , Jaguar XJ220s racing on Bridgestone ...