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Tony Stewart racing at the 2008 Chili Bowl. The Chili Bowl Midget Nationals is an indoor midget car race that takes place in January on a 1 ⁄ 5 mi (0.32 km) dirt oval track [1] at the Tulsa Expo Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. [2] NASCAR calls it the "biggest Midget race of the year". [3] It is nicknamed the "Super Bowl of midget ...
Hallett Motor Racing Circuit is a road course about 35-mile (56 km) west of Tulsa in the Green Country of Oklahoma. The track has 10 turns in 1.800 mi (2.897 km), and over 80 ft (24 m) of elevation change. [2] The track can also be configured to run both clockwise and counter-clockwise, yielding two distinct race courses.
Dirt track racing is the single most common form of auto racing in the United States. According to the National Speedway Directory, there are over 700 dirt oval tracks in operation in the US. [1] The composition of the dirt on tracks has an effect on the amount of grip available. Many tracks use clay with a specific mixture of dirt.
Norman, Oklahoma businessman Paul Kruger purchased the financially troubled World of Outlaws touring series in 2001, and took the company public in October 2003 as Boundless Motorsports Inc. [3] Kruger proceeded to purchase Dirt Motorsports, a New York state based sanctioning and promotional company that operated touring series, as well as owned or controlled management of the Canandaigua ...
The 18 th annual Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout will hit the track for six nights of racing, culminating in a grand finale on Jan. 14 that features the winner receiving a $25,000 ...
Figure 8 World Championship Racing .60 miles (0.97 km) Flat cross Little Valley Speedway: Little Valley: New York: 1932–2011(figure 8 track) Clay .28 miles (0.45 km) Flat cross Manzanita Speedway: Phoenix: Arizona: 1951–2010 Asphalt .70 miles (1.13 km) Bridge cross Riverhead Raceway: Riverhead: New York: 1951 Asphalt Figure 8 World ...
Dog Track Speedway 0.250-mile dirt oval Moyock, North Carolina: 1962–1963 Paved and lengthened in 1964, closed c. 1974. Eldora Speedway: 0.500-mile (0.805 km) dirt oval New Weston, Ohio: Eldora Dirt Derby: 2013–2019 (Trucks) Track still active, no race in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Did not return to racing in 2021, but continues ...
Australia's Triple Formula One World Drivers' Champion Sir Jack Brabham got his motor racing start in Speedcars on the dirt track ovals in his home town of Sydney. Before going on to become the 1959 , 1960 and 1966 World Champion, Brabham was a multiple Australian national and state title winner from 1948 until he turned full time to road ...