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Altamont Raceway Park is a motorsports race track in the western United States, located in northern California, west of Tracy. It opened on July 22, 1966, and operated under the names Altamont Speedway , Altamont Raceway , Altamont Motorsports Park , Altamont Raceway Park and Arena , and Bernal Memorial Raceway .
Others will run without a wing to let the car slide for more exciting racing. Mini Sprints also known as Micro sprints have 600cc engines and are chain driven sprint cars, the way the driver sits is not like a midget and a 410 sprint, the drivers sit with their legs extended out right beside the firewall, which on the other side sits the engine.
Hornets; mini cup, sprints, legends, focus midgets, figure 8, trains, trailer races, demolition derby, monster trucks, stock cars, modifieds, truck, pro 4's, super modifieds also connected is Drag Racing 1/4 mile and a MX Race track Shenandoah Speedway: Virginia Shenandoah: 0.375 miles (0.604 km) Oval (asphalt)
In 2007, Philpott would make his debut in the NASCAR West Series at Altamont Motorsports Park, driving the No. 52 Ford for Pacific Motorsports, having previously failed to qualify for the Irwindale Speedway event earlier in the year; he would start twelfth but would finish in 22nd after suffering a fuel line issue halfway through the race.
Modified stock car racing, also known as modified racing and modified, is a type of auto racing that involves purpose-built cars simultaneously racing against each other on oval tracks. First established in the United States after World War II , this type of racing was early-on characterized by its participants' modification of passenger cars ...
Pete Corey chipped in with boyhood pal Kenny Shoemaker in 1949 to buy a 1934 coupe and make it into a stock car. They numbered the black racer number 35 to represent the purchase price and began racing at Burden Lake Speedway NY, Carroll's Grove Speedway in Troy NY, Pine Bowl Speedway in Snyders Corners NY, and State Line Speedway in Bennington VT.
The Super Modified Racing Association (SMRA) governed supermodified racing in the Western United States during 2008–2011. The SMRA grew from the defunct Western States Supermodified Racing League (WSSRL), which ran one season in 2007 at tracks in Arizona, California, Idaho, Utah and Washington before disbanding. Of these tracks, only Rocky ...
IMCA Sport Compacts are three or four cylinder front-wheel drive compact cars. [2] The car's interior is gutted for safety and weight reduction. [2] Safety equipment such as a roll cage is installed. [2] A $1500 claim rule is in effect. [2]