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The Giants Despair Hillclimb is a hillclimb which was established in 1906 in Laurel Run, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, just southeast of its border to Wilkes-Barre Township. [2] The contest was first run in conjunction with Wilkes-Barre's centennial celebration. [3] It is the oldest continuing motorsport event in Pennsylvania. [3]
An aerial view of Pocono Raceway taken from a passing jetliner in late March 2014 Al Unser Jr. (No. 7) and Chet Fillip (No. 38) racing at Pocono in 1984 An SCCA T-2 Camaro goes clockwise on the Pocono Raceway's front stretch, 1999 John Andretti at Pocono Raceway, 1998 Victory Lane at Pocono during pre-race ceremonies at the 2005 Pocono 500
Aerial photo of the Pitt Race facility, including the South Track addition. Pittsburgh International Race Complex offers three track configurations. The North track configuration is 1.600 mi (2.575 km) and the South track covers 1.200 mi (1.931 km). The full course is 2.780 mi (4.474 km) in length and combines both the North and South track.
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.
Williams Grove Speedway is a half-mile dirt racing track located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, United States.The speedway opened on May 21, 1939, it has been owned by the Hughes family for over 50 years and has hosted many of the most notable national touring series and some of those most prestigious races in the country.
Stock car races in the NASCAR Cup Series have been held at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania since 1974. The 400-mile (640 km) event, currently known as The Great American Getaway 400 for sponsorship reasons, has been held sometime in mid-to-late July or early August each year, except for when it was held in September 1974 when it was held in April, and 2020 and 2021 when it was ...
The Independence Blue Cross Broad Street Run, which has taken place in Philadelphia on the first Sunday in May since the early 1980s, is the largest 10-mile road race in the United States (40,689 runners in 2012 [1]).
Placing second was Red Byron, who won the first NASCAR-sanctioned race ever, held on February 15, 1948, at the Daytona Beach Road Course and would go on to become the first champion of the NASCAR's Strictly Stock division, now known as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. [1] The grandstand at Selinsgrove Speedway was constructed in 1948.