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Lost Speedways is a television documentary series produced by Peacock.The series is hosted by Dale Earnhardt Jr. as he travels to abandoned racetracks across the United States. [1]
Russell James Liberman (September 12, 1945 [3] – September 9, 1977 [4]) was an American funny car drag racer, nicknamed "Jungle Jim." In 2001, he was named #17 on the list of the Top 50 NHRA drivers of all time. [ 5 ]
"Jungle Jim" Liberman is notable for performing a wheelstand in his Chevrolet Vega Top Fuel Funny Car (TF/FC) in 1974 and securing his sole NHRA national event win in 1975. [ 3 ] The 1978 Summernationals saw Bob Glidden take the pro stock win in his Fairmont , [ 4 ] with Denny Savage winning the TF/FC title and ''The Ace" Ed McCulloch as runner-up.
Jeep Herbert centered his career at the Fonda Speedway NY, where he claimed the track championship in 1959 and had a total of 25 wins. He also competed successfully at 40 different speedways including Airborne Park Speedway in NY, Burden Lake Speedway in NY, Canandaigua Speedway in NY, Langhorne Speedway in PA, the Monroe County Fairgrounds NY, Pine Bowl Speedway in Snyders Corners NY, State ...
Carrell Speedway Race Crashed into the car of Andy Linden and flipped [55] Lorenzo Bandini (ITA) 1967-05-07 Open wheel Ferrari 312/67: Formula One: Circuit de Monaco: Monaco Grand Prix: Race Car skidded, hit straw bales and an iron bollard, caught fire and rolled several times, landing upside down [56] Ryan Bard (USA) 2007-10-21 Modified ...
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Maple Grove Raceway is a quarter-mile dragstrip located near Mohnton, Pennsylvania, just outside Reading.It opened in 1962 as a 1/5-mile dragstrip. It was eventually lengthened to its current quarter-mile length in 1964.
On March 8, 1936, the first stock car race was held on the Daytona Beach Road Course, promoted by local racer Sig Haugdahl. [3] The race was 78 laps long (250 mi or 400 km) for street-legal family sedans sanctioned by the American Automobile Association (AAA) for cars built in 1935 and 1936.