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SplitFire Spark Plug 500 (1993–1994) MBNA 500 (1995–1996) MBNA 400 (1997) MBNA Gold 400 (1998–1999) MBNA.com 400 (2000) MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400 (2001) MBNA All-American Heroes 400 (2002) MBNA America 400 (2003–2004) MBNA NASCAR RacePoints 400 (2005) Dover 400 (2006) Dodge Dealers 400 (2007) Camping World RV 400 (2008) AAA 400 (2009 ...
The SAFER Barrier and its developers have won several awards within the racing and engineering community, including the Louis Schwitzer Award, Pocono Raceway Bill France, Sr. Award of Excellence, NASCAR Bill France Jr. Award of Excellence, R&D 100 Award, SEMA Motorsports Engineering Award, GM Racing Pioneer Award, Autosport Pioneering and ...
The track in its current form is measured at 1.54 miles (2.48 km), with 28 degrees of banking in the turns and five degrees of banking in the straightaways. [1] The racing surface width varies, with a recorded 52 feet on the frontstretch, 42 feet on the backstretch, and 40 feet in the turns. [2]
The track surface again became a concern with drivers being covered in dirt, oil, and tar and with ruts and chuckholes beginning to form in the turns. Speedway workers oiled and rolled the track prior to the gates opening to the public. Fifteen to twenty thousand spectators showed up, paying at the most $1 for a ticket.
It is currently leased by the Sebring International Raceway, LLC, which acquired the facility from Andy Evans in 1997. [10] The track is often recognized for its famous, high-speed "Turn 17", [citation needed] a long, bumpy, fast right-hander that can make or break a car's speed down the front straight. The corner can fit up to three cars wide.
Each phase of the circuit is run in a separate grounded metal enclosure. The only fault possible is a phase-to-ground fault, since the enclosures are separated. This type of bus can be rated up to 50,000 amperes and up to hundreds of kilovolts (during normal service, not just for faults), but is not used for building wiring in the conventional ...
FMT is a raceway, but not a conduit and is described in a separate NEC Article 360. It only comes in 1/2" & 3/4" trade sizes, whereas FMC is sized 1/2" ~ 4" trade sizes. NEC 360.2 describes it as: "A raceway that is circular in cross section, flexible, metallic and liquidtight without a nonmetallic jacket."
Year Date Driver 1979 May 19 Lee James Aug 19 Larry Gates 1980 May 11 Steve Kinser: No races from 1981–1987 1988 May 15 Bobby Davis Jr. and Sammy Swindell (co-winners) : 1989