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Chuckwalla Valley Raceway (often referred to simply as Chuckwalla) is a motorsports road course located in Desert Center near Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California that first opened in 2010. [1] The track is a paved surface 2.68 miles (4.31 km) in length consisting of 17 turns.
The race's $100,000 purse, largest of any race ever in the United States until that time, produced its nickname the Big 'Cap. Art deco entrance to Santa Anita's grandstands. In its heyday, the track's races attracted such stars as Betty Grable, Lana Turner, Edgar Bergen, Jane Russell, Cary Grant, Clark Gable, and Esther Williams, among others.
The unofficial record was re-taken by a Champ Car on March 10, 2007, by Sébastien Bourdais, who lapped in 1:05.880 during Champ Car Spring Training. The unofficial record was again re-taken by a Formula One car on May 19, 2012, by Marc Gené , who lapped in 1:05.786 in a Ferrari F2003-GA during the 2012 Ferrari Racing Days.
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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 ...
The current IndyCar sanctioning body ran a 400-mile race from 2002 to 2005 and a 500-mile race from 2012 to 2015, which was usually the season finale. Its last IndyCar race was the 2015 MAVTV 500 . In 2023, the track was closed for reconstruction as part of the Next Gen California project and demolition started in October 2023.
The Pleasanton Fairgrounds Racetrack at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, California is a one-mile (1.6 km / 8-f) race track for Thoroughbred, Quarter horse and Arabian racing. [1] Constructed in 1858 by the sons of Spaniard Don Agustín Bernal, it is the third-oldest horse racing track of its kind in the United States.
The California 8 Hours was a sports car endurance race held at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California, United States from 2017 to 2019 as part of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. [1] The inaugural edition was open to GT3 and GT4 cars. TCR Touring Cars were added for 2018. [2]