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Permanent racing facility 1.375 mi (2.221 km) Distance: 400 laps, 500 mi (800 km) ... Camp Hill Special (Johnny Mackison) '57 Ford 352 running 0 975 9 48 48
Williams Grove Speedway is a half-mile dirt racing track located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, United States.The speedway opened on May 21, 1939, it has been owned by the Hughes family for over 50 years and has hosted many of the most notable national touring series and some of those most prestigious races in the country.
Selinsgrove Speedway (nicknamed The Fastest Half-Mile on The East Coast, Auto Racing's Showcase since 1946) is a 0.5 mi (0.80 km) high-banked clay dirt oval south of Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. Website
The 1958 Jim Mideon 500 (known officially as 1958-31) was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on Saturday, July 18, 1958, at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Novi Racing Corp Kurtis 500F, Novi SC 144.817 mph (233.060 km/h) 10: Johnny Thomson D-A Lubricant Special Racing Associates Kuzma, Offenhauser 143.529 mph (230.988 km/h) 73: Andy Linden McNamara/Veedol Special Lee Elkins Kurtis 500G, Offenhauser 143.244 mph (230.529 km/h) 5 9: Sam Hanks Belond Exhaust Special George Salih Salih, Offenhauser
Darlington Raceway, nicknamed by many NASCAR fans and drivers as "The Lady in Black" or "The Track Too Tough to Tame" and advertised as a "NASCAR Tradition", is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a ...
Agajanian Racing Enterprises: Average speed: 143.137 mph (230.357 km/h) Pole position: Parnelli Jones: Pole speed: 151.153 mph (243.257 km/h) Fastest qualifier: Parnelli Jones: Rookie of the Year: Jim Clark: Most laps led: Parnelli Jones (167) Pre-race ceremonies; National anthem: Purdue Band "Back Home Again in Indiana" Brian Sullivan ...
The crash was well documented in film and still images, and shown worldwide. For the first time in its history, the Indianapolis 500 was stopped because of an accident. Partially in response to media pressure, USAC mandated cars carry less fuel (and crafted the rules to effectively eliminate the use of gasoline, effective for the 1965 season).