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Battle Mountain is an unincorporated town in, and the county seat of, Lander County, Nevada, United States. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The population was 3,705 at the 2020 census . Its primary economic base is gold mining and, to a lesser extent, legalized gambling.
The Bristol night race in 2013. The track's fall NASCAR race was first run at night in 1978, and has since become an annual tradition. Bristol Motor Speedway hosts two annual NASCAR weekends: The NASCAR Cup Series with the Food City 500 and the Bass Pro Shops Night Race. [110] The Food City 500 was first held on October 22, 1961. [111]
Spring Mountain Motor Resort and Country Club is a race track located in Pahrump, Nevada. Currently owned by John Morris and Brad Rambo, [ 1 ] the track hosts various driving schools, track rentals, and is home to a private motorsports country club.
Route in 1883 Route in 1931. The Nevada Central Railroad was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad completed in 1880 between Battle Mountain and Austin, Nevada.The railroad was constructed to connect Austin, the center of a rich silver mining area, with the Southern Pacific transcontinental railroad, at Battle Mountain.
The 1.530 mi (2.462 km) Lime Rock track was originally conceived of in 1956 by Jim Vaill, who, along with John Fitch and Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, built the track utilizing state-of-the-art road and highway safety principles of the time. The first race, a mix of G-Production class and an MG class, was held on April 28, 1957.
The track closed in 1979 due to a fatal accident but reopened in 1981, holding a NASCAR Winston West Series stock car race in 1982 before being sold to real estate developers in 1983. [3] There was a motocross track called CDR Tech Track on the property where an AMA Motocross National was held in 1981 and 1982 [ 4 ]
High Velocity – Mountain Racing Challenge (Touge King: The Spirits - 峠KING・ザ・スピリッツ) is a racing game developed by Cave and published by Atlus for the Sega Saturn video game console. It focuses on one-on-one races staged on circuits made from Japanese mountain roads, featuring Japanese performance cars.
Utah Motorsports Campus is a race track facility located in Grantsville near Tooele, Utah, United States. It operated under the name of Miller Motorsports Park from April 2006 until October 2015. [1] The course has hosted auto, motorcycle, bicycle and kart racing, along with corporate events.