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Pacific Raceways is a mixed-use road racing and drag racing facility near Kent, Washington.The race track was constructed in 1959 and opened in 1960. The track was originally named Kent Pacific Raceways, then became known as Seattle International Raceways in 1969. [1]
Utah Motorsports Campus is a race track facility located in Grantsville near Tooele, Utah, United States. It operated under the name of Miller Motorsports Park from April 2006 until October 2015. [1] The course has hosted auto, motorcycle, bicycle and kart racing, along with corporate events.
Track City State Opened (closing date if defunct) Surface Major series Length Crossing form Altamont Motorsports Park: Tracy: California: 1966–2008 Asphalt .425 miles (0.684 km) Flat cross Orange Show Speedway: San Bernardino: California: Asphalt Super Figure-Eights Series.25 miles (0.40 km) Flat cross Perris Auto Speedway: Perris: California ...
In late 2002 AMA Pro Racing, the promoter in charge of the AMA Superbike Championship at the time decided to open up the series to 1000cc production bikes. Their plan called for allowing near-stock 1000cc machines to compete against the then-current state of the art 750cc Superbikes that were the incumbent series competition machines.
The early history of speedway race meetings is a subject of much debate and controversy. There is evidence to show that meetings were held on small dirt tracks in Australia and the United States before World War I. On 13 November 1905 motorcycle racing was held at the Newcastle NSW Rugby Ground, a distance of approximately 440 yards.
Motorcycle sport is a broad field that encompasses all sporting aspects of motorcycling. The disciplines are not all races or timed-speed events, as several disciplines test a competitor's various riding skills.
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The Daytona Beach Bike Week rally started as the Daytona 200 race on January 24, 1937. This first race was a 3.2 miles (5.1 km) beach and pavement course. It was won by Ed Kretz from California riding an Indian motorcycle with an average speed of 73.34 mph (118.03 km/h).