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1966 American 500 ; Race details [1] Race 49 of 49 in the 1966 NASCAR Grand National Series season: Date: October 30, 1966 () Official name: American 500: Location: North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, North Carolina: Course: Permanent racing facility 1.000 mi (1.609 km) Distance: 500 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km) Weather
The 1966 NASCAR season was affected by Ford's withdrawal of financial support from the series (though teams continued to race Fords), and NASCAR allowing Chrysler drivers to run the Hemi engine. While Ford's departure had the effect of lowering attendance, the strong Hemi engine coupled with reduced competition meant that Chrysler drivers were ...
0.500-mile dirt oval Winston-Salem, North Carolina: 1955 Auto racing discontinued after 1963. Ft. Miami Speedway 0.500-mile dirt oval Toledo, Ohio: 1951–1952 Shortened to 0.375-mile length in 1957; closed after 1958. Grand Rapids Speedrome 0.500-mile dirt oval Grand Rapids, Michigan: 1951 1954 Closed in 1966 to make way for U.S. Route 131. [15]
The 1966 Southeastern 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on March 20, 1966, at Bristol International Speedway in the Bristol, Tennessee. The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade.
Bobby Isaac wins the 1971 Greenville 200 at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in South Carolina in the first ever live flag-to-flag television coverage of a NASCAR race. April 17 The U.S. Table Tennis Team, following its historic trip inside the People's Republic of China , appears on Wide World of Sports live via satellite from Tokyo with its own ...
But with the Olympic break shuffling the schedule, next week's Southern 500 at Darlington is the regular season finale. ... 6:30 p.m. — Coke Zero 400 NASCAR Cup Series race (160 laps, 400 miles ...
7:30 p.m. — TSport 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race (200 laps, 137.2 miles) at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, FOX Sports 1 (Watch FREE on Fubo) Saturday, July 20
Ontario Motor Speedway was a motorsport venue located in Ontario, California.It was the first and only automobile racing facility built to accommodate major races sanctioned by all of the four dominant racing sanctioning bodies: USAC (and now IndyCar Series) for open-wheel oval car races; NASCAR for a 500-mile (800 km) oval stock car races; NHRA for drag races; and FIA for Formula One road ...