Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The first track to hold major series such as NASCAR and United States Auto Club (USAC)-sanctioned races in the state of Texas was the Texas International Speedway (later named Texas World Speedway), which opened in 1969, [31] holding its first NASCAR race in December. The track was built like the Michigan International Speedway, but with higher ...
The first Championship/Indy car races in the Dallas/Fort Worth area took place at Arlington Downs Raceway in nearby Arlington, Texas. AAA sanctioned five races from 1947 to 1950. USAC sanctioned ten Championship car events at Texas World Speedway in College Station, Texas. The race was discontinued when the track closed in 1981.
The Dallas International Motor Speedway (DIMS) was a racetrack located in Lewisville, Texas. It operated from June 1960 to 1973. It operated from June 1960 to 1973. The racetrack served as the site for such events as the NHRA Springnationals, NHRA World Finals, and the Texas International Pop Festival in 1969.
This is a list of racetracks which have hosted IndyCar Series racing. Since 1996, INDYCAR events have been held on 45 different tracks – 24 ovals, 10 road courses, 10 street circuits, and 1 combined road course. – spread across five countries: the United States, Japan, Canada, Australia, [note 1] and Brazil.
The Texas Motorplex is a quarter mile drag racing facility located in Ennis, Texas, United States, 40 miles (64 km) south of downtown Dallas. Built in 1986 by former funny car driver Billy Meyer, [1] the Motorplex was the first National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) "super track." It annually hosts the Texas NHRA FallNationals each October, when ...
It's 0.9 mile main straightaway is the longest IndyCar will see on a street or road course. The number of corners on the track ties St. Petersburg for the most on an IndyCar street circuit. The circuit also features a split pit lane similar to the one found on the current Detroit Street Circuit. Cottman expects Turns 1, 10, 12, 14 to be the ...
The woman said she thought she and her 4-year-old son were going to die when the crash happened. The occupants of the cars, both linked to the Chiefs’ Rashee Rice, fled the scene.
This is a list of all auto racing tracks in the United States. The track length stands for the standard, full courses for each track. ... Dallas: Philadelphia: 8 ...