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Bristol Motor Speedway: Bristol: Tennessee: 0.533 miles (0.858 km) dirt 2000, 2021-2023 2021-First dirt race for NASCAR Cup Series since 1971. California State Fairgrounds Race Track: Sacramento: California: 1 mile (1.6 km) rice hulls / dirt 1907-1970 AAA / USAC Champ Cars (1949-1970) NASCAR Cup Series (1956-1961) Charlotte Speedway: Charlotte ...
Bristol Motor Speedway: Oval road course Bristol, Tennessee: 2022: 1 2 Bristol 1000: Caesars Palace: Street circuit Paradise, Nevada: 2013: 1 1 Standalone 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 ...
In May 1998, the speedway opened Lil' Texas Motor Speedway, a 1 ⁄ 5 mile (0.32 km) paved short track that hosts various divisions of local short track racing, primarily legends cars and bandoleros. [26] [27] In August 1999, Gossage announced plans of a new 2 ⁄ 5 mile (0.64 km) dirt track to the main track's east that could seat 13,007. [28]
The 1,500-acre complex includes the 1.5-mile superspeedway, 194 luxury suites, 76 condominiums, a nine-story Speedway Club, office space and the 11,000-seat Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track. When he announced his retirement in 2021, Gossage said his approach sometimes borrowed from boxing promoters Bob Arum and Don King — and that his ideas ...
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Eddie Gossage, the longtime head of Texas Motor Speedway and an old-school promoter mentored by stock car racing pioneers, has died at the age of 65, Speedway Motorsports announced Thursday night. “Today we have lost one of the world’s biggest race fans,” Speedway Motorsports President and CEO Marcus Smith said.
The 1,500-acre complex includes the 1.5-mile superspeedway, 194 luxury suites, 76 condominiums, a nine-story Speedway Club, office space and the 11,000-seat Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track.
The deal came about through a mutual friendship between team owner Mike Mittler and Jake's father Danny Griffin, which was formed by working in NASCAR together in 2004. [2] Griffin dropped out of the Kroger 200 with handling problems to finish 26th. [3] Six races later, he crashed out of the race at Iowa Speedway to finish 27th.
Houston Raceway Park, formerly known as Royal Purple Raceway, was a quarter-mile dragstrip in Baytown, Texas, just outside Houston. Built in 1988, the Park is situated on 500 acres on the eastern edge of the greater Houston metropolitan area and is Houston's only major multi-purpose motorsports venue.