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The course was very fast from the outset and quickly earned the nickname "The Fastest Road in the West." In 1962, the course was sold to Bill Huth, who paid $116,000 for the facility and hoped to use the main straight for drag racing. Huth purchased the lease outright in 1980 and soon began expanding the facility.
The first person to run the mile (1,760 yards, or 1,609.344 metres) in under four minutes was Roger Bannister in 1954, in a time of 3:59.4. [1] This barrier would not be broken by a high school student until 1964, when Jim Ryun ran the distance in a time of 3:59.0 at the Compton Relays. [ 2 ]
Additionally, high-school competition is conducted under slightly different rules, which have evolved over time. For example, in 1980, high schools converted their running distances from Imperial (yards) to metric, but instead of running conventional international distances like 1500 metres in place of the mile run, a more equitable but non ...
Because of CART's discrepancy in listing the track at 2.029 miles for a 507.25 mile race, they listed the average speed at 197.995 MPH. Regardless, it was the record for the fastest 500 mile race ever contested until it was broken at the 2014 Pocono IndyCar 500 (2:28:13). [1] The 500 at Fontana was the final 500 mile race in Champ Car history.
The fastest official all-time track record set during a race weekend on the original Long Grand Prix Road Course is 1:20.683, set by Allan McNish in an Audi R8 during qualifying for the 2000 Grand Prix of Sonoma. [19] As of August 2024, the fastest official race lap records at Sonoma Raceway for different classes are listed as:
Peter Revson lost 20 laps in the pits when his McLaren team was forced to change his turbocharger. After repairs, Revson was the fastest car on track and drove to a 7th-place finish, 17 laps behind the leader. [14] Johnny Rutherford's crew chief, Mike Devin, suffered first and second degree burns to his face when a flash fire occurred on a pit ...
He won the mile race at the CIF California State Meet in 1965 with a time of 4:08.0 and again the next year with a time of 4:07.0. [5] He won the Golden West Invitational High School meet two-mile race in 1966 in a time of 8:55.4. [6] He was Track and Field News "High School Athlete of the Year" in 1966. [7]
California High-Speed Rail (CAHSR) is a publicly funded high-speed rail system being developed in California by the California High-Speed Rail Authority. Phase 1, about 494 miles (795 km) long, is planned to run from San Francisco to Los Angeles and Anaheim via the Central Valley , and is partially funded and under construction.