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Route 66 Raceway is a motorsports facility located in Joliet, Illinois, United States. It consists of a 0.25-mile (0.40 km) dragstrip and a 0.375-mile (0.604 km) dirt oval racetrack (Dirt Oval 66). The facility is owned and operated by NASCAR and is located adjacent to Chicagoland Speedway.
The location was later revealed to be a plot of land northeast of the Route 66 Raceway, with the owners of Route 66 Raceway partnering with the Alliance's proposal. [15] On the 19th, the Joliet City Council unanimously approved the $100 million, 75,000-seat project. [ 16 ]
Historic Route 66 & IL 53 in Joliet south of Theodore Street. Currently, IL 53 coincides with Route 66 through Joliet. North of Joliet, the early roadbed was four lanes wide by 1936. [10] It passed by the notorious Stateville Penitentiary, then in unincorporated Joliet but now in Crest Hill ever since that suburb was created.
In 1998, Coyne designed and built Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois. This state-of-the-art drag racing facility drew the attention of Indianapolis Motor Speedway CEO Tony George. George and Coyne, along with International Speedway Corporation, would go on to expand the facility by forming a partnership and building Chicagoland Speedway ...
Chicagoland Speedway is the sister track to Route 66 Raceway, which boasts a 1/4-mile NHRA sanctioned dragstrip as well as a 1/2-mile dirt oval that has hosted World of Outlaws Late Models, Team Demolition Derbies, and off-road races sanctioned by CORR (at the time SODA).
Route 66 Raceway: Joliet ... 2.66 miles (4.28 km) NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, ARCA Menards Series: Intermediate ovals
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Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by PEAK Performance Route 66 Raceway Joliet, IL FS1 N/A [a] May 30–June 1 NHRA New England Nationals New England Dragway Epping, NH FOX N/A [a] June 6–8 Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals Bristol Dragway Bristol, TN FS1 June 20–22 Virginia NHRA Nationals