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Racing in the Pikes Peak Region included 19th century horse tracks (e.g., to the west of Colorado Springs' Palmer House along Fountain Creek by 1882 [4] and to the north by 1903, the "Roswell Racing Park"), [5] and the annual Pikes Peak International Hill Climb started in 1916 on the 1915 Pikes Peak Highway.
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 success of Route 66 Raceway, completed in 1998, led to the city conducting an impact study of the proposed speedway. The study revealed the new speedway would generate $300 million for the Joliet and Will County region and over 3,000 jobs. The Joliet city council unanimously approved the speedway on January 19, 1999. [4]
The Owens Corning AttiCat 300 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series standalone race held in the summer at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. It replaced the race at Gateway International Raceway as a part of the 2011 changes to the series schedule. The race was replaced with a race at Pocono Raceway for the 2016 season.
Autobahn Country Club is an auto racing road course located in Joliet, Illinois, operated as a country club, while also hosting many outside events. Autobahn was the first purpose-built motorsports country club in the United States, and has inspired several others.
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Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway: Detroit, Michigan: Dirt Jimmy Reece: Bill Vukovich: 7 September 1 Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin State Fairgrounds: Du Quoin, Illinois: Dirt Bill Schindler: Chuck Stevenson: 8 September 1 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb: Pikes Peak Highway: Pikes Peak, Colorado: Hill Al Rogers B: George Hammond: 9 September 6 Syracuse ...
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