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The Indianapolis Speedrome is the oldest operating figure 8 track in the United States as it opened in 1941. [1] It is believed by many historians that this is the first figure 8 track where cars intersect. The Speedrome is home to the World Figure 8 Championships, the Annual Spring Shootout, and the 3 Hour Endurance Race. [2]
It is the third-oldest permanent automobile race track in the world, behind Brooklands and the Milwaukee Mile. With a permanent seating capacity of 257,325, [1] it is the highest-capacity sports venue in the world. [5] The track is a 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km) rectangular oval with dimensions that have remained essentially unchanged since its ...
Track Body Cancellation Reason 100-mile race 1916* Recreation Park AAA Cancelled after first-round eleven-car pileup, which left two racers dead and eight injured. Authorities had track investigation. 1917/1918 Indianapolis 500: 1917/18 Indianapolis Motor Speedway: AAA Cancelled due to the United States entering World War I: 1942 Indianapolis ...
Figure 8 World Championship Racing .60 miles (0.97 km) Flat cross Little Valley Speedway: Little Valley: New York: 1932–2011(figure 8 track) Clay .28 miles (0.45 km) Flat cross Manzanita Speedway: Phoenix: Arizona: 1951–2010 Asphalt .70 miles (1.13 km) Bridge cross Riverhead Raceway: Riverhead: New York: 1951 Asphalt Figure 8 World ...
Salem Speedway is a 0.555 mi (0.893 km) long paved oval racetrack in Washington Township, Washington County, near Salem, Indiana, United States, approximately 100 miles (160 km) south of Indianapolis. The track has 33° degrees of banking in the corners. [2] Major auto racing series that run at Salem are ARCA and USAC.
The track was known as Lucas Oil Raceway from 2011 to 2021. In 1958, 15 Indianapolis-area businessmen and racing professionals led by Tom Binford, Frank Dickie, Rodger Ward, and Howard Fieber invested $5,000 each to fund the development of a 267-acre (108 ha) farm tract into a recreational sporting complex that would focus on auto racing.
The second day of the May, 1910, race weekend started with a special event, a "Hazard Race." [1] Each car went out separately, driving over portable ramps on the track, into the creek in the infield, under the track, into the parking lot, across the automobile bridge over the track, and eventually back onto the track. The total distance was a ...
In 2018, the scope of the Hall of Fame was redefined and clarified as encompassing participants in all major racing events at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway: the Indianapolis 500, Brickyard 400/Verizon 200, U.S. Grand Prix (2000–2007), and major AMA-sanctioned motorcycle racing (such as MotoGP and MotoAmerica).