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Rockford Speedway was a 1/4 mile short track high banked asphalt oval located in Loves Park, Illinois on Illinois Route 173. Up until its demolition in 2023, Rockford Speedway, Chicagoland Speedway , and World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway were the only racetracks running under NASCAR sanctions in Illinois .
St. Louis International Raceway was built in 1967 as a drag racing facility by Wayne and Ruth Meinert on property originally purchased by David Bergfield. [1] Initially conceived as a 0.125 mi (0.201 km) drag strip, the track was extended to a full 0.250 mi (0.402 km) in 1971.
International Speedway Corporation (2007–2019) Opened: 1998: Major events: Current: NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series (1998–2019, 2023–present) Former: USAC National Sprint Car Championship (2001–2004, 2019) World of Outlaws (1998–2002, 2005–2017) AMA Supercross Championship (2000) Dragstrip; Surface: Asphalt: Length: 0.250 ...
Washington is a city in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. Washington is on U.S. Route 24 and Illinois Route 8, northeast of East Peoria. The population was 16,071 at the 2020 census, a 48.2% percent increase over 2000. [3] It is a suburb of Peoria and is part of the Peoria Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Speedway is an American convenience store and fuel station chain headquartered in Irving, Texas, [2] with locations primarily in the Midwest, East Coast, and Southwestern regions of the United States wholly owned and operated by 7-Eleven. Speedway stations are located in 36 states, up significantly from its core seven-state region in the ...
This Journal Star file photo from August 1983 shows the Skewer Inn in happier times. The caption reads "MDA poster child Sammy Miller of Bloomington enlisted the $100 support of Skewer Inn co ...
Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack is a one mile long clay oval motor racetrack on the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, the state capital.It is frequently nicknamed The Springfield Mile. [2]
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