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Charlotte Motor Speedway (known as Lowe's Motor Speedway from 1999 to 2009 due to sponsorship reasons) is a 1.500-mile (2.414 km) quad-oval intermediate speedway in Concord, North Carolina. It has hosted various major races since its inaugural season of racing in 1960, including NASCAR , IndyCar , and IMSA SportsCar Championship races.
Westminster and the nearby community of Long Creek have several commercial apple orchards. [16] Westminster hosts the South Carolina Bigfoot Festival each October. [17] Westminster welcomes car enthusiasts and is a very popular 'cruising' destination where people come from all over the tri-state area to cruise town and show off their vehicles.
A new 325,000-square-foot (30,200 m 2) passenger terminal designed by Odell Associates opened in 1982, and the airport was renamed Charlotte Douglas International Airport. [16] Concourses B and C were expanded in 1987 and 1984 respectively, while Concourse A was built in 1986 to handle future growth.
Length. 0.5 miles. Turns. 4. Race lap record. 70.644 mph [2] ( Dick Hutcherson [2], , 1965, NASCAR Grand National) Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds is a half mile (0.8 km) dirt oval near Spartanburg, South Carolina. [3] The track held NASCAR Grand National races in the 1950s and 1960s.
A South Carolina racer and his family are working toward a new deadline, hoping within days to raise $100,000. ... The deadlines have come and gone — now it’s middle of May — but Manly and ...
This is a list of airports in South Carolina (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Closed c. 2000, was most likely a horse track after racing. Suzuka International Racing Course (East Circuit) 1.400-mile (2.253 km) road course Suzuka, Mie, Japan: exhibition 1996–1997 Remains active, hosted Formula One race from 1987 – 2006; returned to Formula One in 2009. Twin Ring Motegi: 1.549-mile (2.493 km) paved oval Motegi, Tochigi ...
It is one of many racetracks in the Metrolina region of North Carolina and South Carolina. In 2009, plans were announced to reopen the track as the Metrolina Speed and Sport Center. [1] The track was to be repaved and the plans included a Go-Kart track, outdoor RC racing track, a hotel, and roof-top skate park but the proposal failed to move ...