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It is located on Arkansas Highway 135, east of Paragould, with racing occurring (in season and weather permitting) every Sunday. Its facilities include a concrete racing strip 2,960 feet (900 m) long and 31 feet (9.4 m) wide, with bleachers along the sides and a spectator catwalk (an original feature dating to its early years). [ 2 ]
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Closed in 2008. Reopened as a 3/8 mile dirt track and drag strip in 2021. Islip Speedway: 0.200-mile paved oval Islip, New York) Islip 300 (1967–1968) Islip 250 (1971) 1964–1968 1971 Closed after 1984; now the site of a factory. Kingsport Speedway 0.337-mile paved oval Kingsport, Tennessee: Kingsport 250 (1969) Kingsport 100 (1970 ...
A dragstrip is a facility for conducting automobile and motorcycle acceleration events such as drag racing. Although a quarter mile (1320 feet, 402 m) is the best known measure for a drag track, many tracks are eighth mile (201 m) tracks, and the premiere classes will run 1,000 foot (304.8 m) races.
In NASCAR they are still an essential part of the racing calendar. The closed and partially demolished Texas World Speedway , was the original "sister track" to Michigan. The two-mile oval, with its 22-degree banking, was the site of Mario Andretti's closed-course record of 214.158 mph (344.654 km/h) which stood for 12 years.
Hosted by XTRA at Qualcomm Stadium. Held at Concerts On The Green at Qualcomm Stadium, (2006–2008) (2017–present). Held at Sleep Train Amphitheatre , (2010–2016).
The Memphis International Raceway (more commonly known as MIR) was founded in 1986 by Ed Gatlin, who along with a group of investors, bought a 400-acre tract of land within the northeastern section of Shelby County, and built a drag strip with an adjacent road course, including a dirt track and a go-kart track. [2]