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In September 2015 the Charlotte County Airport Authority evicted the Haase family as the track promoters, citing "empty promises" and considerable unpaid debt, leaving the track idle. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] On Thursday, August 18, 2016, new owners Joe and Janet Gentry took over the speedway and began cleaning up weeds around the track after weeks of ...
Figure 8 World Championship Racing .60 miles (0.97 km) Flat cross Little Valley Speedway: Little Valley: New York: 1932–2011(figure 8 track) Clay .28 miles (0.45 km) Flat cross Manzanita Speedway: Phoenix: Arizona: 1951–2010 Asphalt .70 miles (1.13 km) Bridge cross Riverhead Raceway: Riverhead: New York: 1951 Asphalt Figure 8 World ...
In January 2020, Mitchell bought the abandoned Desoto Speedway, a 1/3 mi Asphalt Oval & Figure 8 Track in Manatee County, Florida, [5] [6] and later renamed the track to Freedom Factory. [7] During one of Mitchell's "Cleetus and Cars" events in November 2020, Parker Whitlock suffered third-degree burns due to a radiator hose explosion. [8]
Born in Miami but a long-time resident of Montverde, Florida, [2] [3] Orr competed in local short track racing events throughout Florida starting in the 1970s. [4] He ran for Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Winston All-American Challenge Series, later renamed the Slim Jim All Pro Series, in 1988; [5] he competed in the series over the next several years, both as a driver and as crew chief for ...
Circuit Florida, set between warehouses and Interstate 4 off of State Road 559 in Auburndale, is billed as a luxury racetrack resort. It will contain a private racetrack with 75 townhome-style ...
DeSoto County is a county located in the Florida Heartland region of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,976. [1] Its county seat is Arcadia. [2] DeSoto County comprises the Arcadia, Florida Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the North Port-Bradenton, Florida Combined Statistical Area.
Track still active. Not used for racing from 2020 to 2022 and not used by NASCAR since 2020. Kentucky Speedway: 1.500-mile (2.414 km) paved D-shaped oval Sparta, Kentucky: Kentucky Speedway oval: Quaker State 400 Alsco 300 Buckle Up in Your Truck 225: 2001–2020 (Xfinity, Truck) 2011–2020 (Cup) Track still active. Not used for racing since 2021.
Palm Beach International Raceway (stylized as PBIR and formerly Moroso Motorsports Park) was a motorsports facility located west of Jupiter, Florida.The facility had a quarter-mile drag strip, a 2.043 mi (3.288 km) road course, 7/10-mile kart track as well as mud racing tracks.