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Fort Worth residents may be getting a new venue to exercise their need for speed with Andretti Indoor Karting & Games planning a large entertainment center along Interstate 35W.. The 98,000-square ...
Malibu Grand Prix (MGP) was an entertainment company that was popular during the 1970s and 1980s as a franchised miniature Indy car racing track. The typical complex included a 3000-4000 sq ft. arcade with a concession stand and a race track outside, covering around 10,000 to 20,000 sq ft (1,900 m 2) altogether.
The track includes a sports car club and a motorcycle club that each hold regular hours for members. Harris Hill also hosts H2R Challenge (Miata, 914, and Mustang classes), [10] [11] Longhorn Racing Academy [12] [13] and other driver training courses, [8] [1] SCCA's Track Night in America, [14] ChampCar Endurance Series, [15] and press events ...
The Texas Mini GP Series is an American organization that promotes and hosts small motorcycle road races in Texas. Most races are held at local kart tracks, but others are organized in conjunction with the Central Motorcycle Roadracing Association at larger tracks like Oak Hill Raceway and Texas World Speedway .
The World Karting Association, or WKA, is the largest sanctioning body for kart racing in North America. The WKA was founded in 1971 and is located directly behind Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. The WKA is believed to currently have approximately 5,000 members.
Kart racing in Illinois in 1962 Kart racing in Berlin, East Germany, 1963. American Art Ingels is generally accepted to be the father of karting. A veteran hot rodder and a race car builder at Kurtis Kraft, he built the first kart in Southern California in 1956. [1] Early karting events were held in the Rose Bowl Stadium car park. [2]
From 1927 to 1934, the number of races considered to have Grand Prix status exploded, jumping from five events in 1927, to nine events in 1929, to eighteen in 1934 (the peak year before World War II). During this period a lot of changes of rules occurred. There was a mass start for the first time at the 1922 French Grand Prix in Strasbourg.
A purpose-built 3/8-mile track was built near Ross–Ade Stadium in 1968 for $25,000; it was first used in the 1969 Grand Prix. The 2007 Grand Prix was the 50th-anniversary celebration. David Wolf , a Purdue graduate and astronaut , was the grand marshal for that year's pre-race parade.