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Sportsman, Mini Stocks, Street stocks, Stritkly stock, enduro, sprint, kids fast 4, pro figure 8, Winged Outlaw Figure, super late models, pro trucks, powder puff, mod minis, race cars of yesterday South Sound Speedway [30] Washington Rochester: 0.375 miles (0.604 km) Oval (asphalt) Super Stock, Street Stock, WESCO Sprint, Vintage Modified
1952 - Sprint car driver Gordon Ried was killed in a gruesome crash on the frontstretch that also killed three spectators and injured many others. Later that year, Jim Rigsby was killed when his car made contact with another car and was launched off the turn 3 banking over 20 feet in the air, landing in a cabbage field 200 feet from the track.
USAC Champ Car (1956-1963) Asheville-Weaverville Speedway: Weaverville: North Carolina: 0.540 miles (0.869 km) clay 1951-1987 NASCAR Cup Series (1951-1969) Bristol Motor Speedway: Bristol: Tennessee: 0.533 miles (0.858 km) dirt 2000, 2021-2023 2021-First dirt race for NASCAR Cup Series since 1971. California State Fairgrounds Race Track ...
The dirt oval track has hosted the All Star Circuit of Champions in 1998, 2018, 2019 and 2021, the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series from 1998 to 2002 and later in 2005 and 2017, the World of Outlaws Late Model Series in 2017, the USAC National Sprint Car Championship and USAC National Midget Series from 2001 to 2004, and the latter again in 2019.
The Exposition moved to a new site north of Downtown Sacramento in 1968, and the old fairgrounds were closed and sold for development in 1970. The final day of the track was marred by tragedy when three drivers were killed in the 100-lap super-modified caged sprint car competition. [2]
Hagerstown Speedway is a 0.5-mile-long (0.80 km) red clay oval auto-racing track, 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Hagerstown, Maryland, situated on US Route 40.It hosts weekly local racing of Late Model Sportsman, Pure Stock, and Hobby Stock divisions, and throughout the season hosts regional and national touring series such as the Lucas Oil Late Model Series, International Motor Contest Association ...
The track was built in 1950 as a venue for midget car racing which was popular at the time. [4] Four area tracks were scheduled for weekly racing from Thursday to Sunday nights and Riverside was designed as the Saturday night option. [4] The first night on June 10 had 45 midget cars entered but it rained out being rescheduled for June 17. [4]
The 410 sprint car tour event was canceled. [4] On June 23, 2018, another fatal incident occurred when former Knoxville Nationals champion Jason Johnson crashed on lap 18 while racing for the lead in the World of Outlaws series A-main. The car made contact with another car and tumbled violently into the Turn 3 billboards.