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Ontario Motor Speedway was a motorsport venue located in Ontario, California.It was the first and only automobile racing facility built to accommodate major races sanctioned by all of the four dominant racing sanctioning bodies: USAC (and now IndyCar Series) for open-wheel oval car races; NASCAR for a 500-mile (800 km) oval stock car races; NHRA for drag races; and FIA for Formula One road ...
Closed in 2004 and grandstands were moved to Watkins Glen in 2005, still not demolished but left to decay. Ground is up for sale for non-racing purposes. Ontario Motor Speedway: 2.500-mile (4.023 km) paved rectangular oval Ontario, California: Ontario Motor Speedway oval: Miller High Life 500 (1971–1972) Los Angeles Times 500 (1974–1980)
Daytona International Speedway: Roval: Daytona Beach, Florida: 1971–1997: 53 [A 1] Del Mar Fairgrounds: Street circuit: Del Mar, California: 1987–1992: 6 Firebird International Raceway: Race circuit Chandler, Arizona: 1987: 1 Halifax street circuit: Street circuit: Halifax, Nova Scotia: 1995: 1 Hallett Motor Racing Circuit: Race circuit ...
Held on February 28, 1971, this would be the first stock car event to take place at Ontario Motor Speedway. [2] The only Cup race with a driver from Utah entered. [2] Art Pollard was a DNQ and the sole Utahan to enter a national level NASCAR race until Michael Self's Xfinity starts 44 years later. [2]
Ontario Motor Speedway Ontario, California: 19 cars: 129 feet (39 m) Harley-Davidson XR-750: Successful: None March 1971: Chicago, Illinois: Unknown: Unknown: Harley-Davidson XR-750: Successful: First jump in the Midwest US July 1971: Madison Square Garden New York City, New York: 9 cars and 1 van: Unknown: Harley-Davidson XR-750: Successful ...
In 1969, USAC announced the California 500 would be held on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend for the next 10 years, beginning on September 6, 1970. USAC President, Charlie Brockman, declared "Ontario Motor Speedway is the most exciting and promising development in automobile racing since Tony Hulman bought the Indianapolis Speedway in 1946." [5]
The 1974 California 500, the fifth running of the event, was held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, on Sunday, March 10, 1974. The event was race number 3 of 14 in the 1974 USAC Championship Car season. The race was won by Bobby Unser, his first California 500 victory.
The 1971 California 500, the second running of the event, was held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, on Sunday, September 5, 1971. The event was race number 10 of 12 in the 1971 USAC Championship Car season. The race was won by Joe Leonard.