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Tim Olson, President of the ARCA Midwest Tour, announced that he has sold the ownership of the ARCA Midwest Tour to former Big 8 series director and Rockford Speedway general manager Gregg McKarns. [2] The purchase of ARCA by NASCAR on April 27, 2018 [3] [4] indirectly reunited the series with the series' former sanctioning body. Bob Sargent's ...
Rockford Speedway is known for being the first track to develop an economical late model program [4] as well as being an early adopter of the short track Saturday night racing program. [5] Another one of Hugh Deery's innovations was to host a season-ending special event (which he titled the National Short Track Championship). [ 4 ]
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As time passed, more Winston Cup races ended up on TV. ESPN broadcast its first race in 1981, from North Carolina Motor Speedway [8] (its first live race was later in the year at Atlanta International Raceway), and TNN followed in 1991. All Cup races were nationally televised by 1985; networks struck individual deals with track owners, and ...
Rockford Speedway heads down the backstretch after local racer Jeremy Miller wins another NSTC title
The NASCAR Cup Series continues the playoffs with Sunday's Straight Talk Wireless 400 race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.. Joey Logano locked up a spot in the Championship 4 with a win via pit ...
One was a 7/16-mile oval, the other a 1/4 mile oval. This configuration was operational from 1953, until the site was sold for development in 1995. On July 10, 1954, NASCAR's Grand National Division (now known as the NASCAR Cup Series) made a stop at Santa Fe Speedway for a 200 lap race. The race was won by #3, Dick Rathman, in a 1954 Hudson ...
Here's a look at Rockford Speedway's final season, through eyes of a veteran (Russ Goodwin) and a youngster (Max Kahler)