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The one hour run is an athletics event in which competitors try to cover as much distance as possible within one hour. While officially recognized by World Athletics as a track event, it is rarely contested apart from occasional world record attempts. The event has a long history, with first recorded races dating back to the late 17th century. [1]
At Belmont, the chute permits races at distances up to 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles (1,800 m) to be run (formerly up to 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles [2,000 m], but this chute, which at one point crossed over the training track, was truncated in the late 1970s to eliminate the aforementioned cross-over, and today 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles [2,000 m] dirt races at Belmont ...
4.1 miles (6.6 km) 21 Mooresville Motorplex: Moorseville: North Carolina: Asphalt .80 miles (1.29 km) 22 Motorsport Park Hastings: Hastings: Nebraska: 2006 Asphalt 2.15 miles (3.46 km) 13 SCCA: Motorsport Ranch: Cresson: Texas: 1999 Asphalt 3.1 miles (5.0 km) 16 SCCA: Raceway Park of the Midlands: Pacific Junction: Iowa: 2002 Asphalt 2.23 miles ...
Rain has slowed the Daytona 500 after nine laps. Rain started falling in turns one and two, the West side of the 2 1/2-mile speedway. Officials dropped the yellow flag, with defending race winner ...
The four-hour broadcast on NBC averaged nearly 4.8 million viewers, making it the network’s most-watched Cup Series race in six years. Soldier Field hosted a NASCAR Cup Series race in July 1956.
Race courses are usually held on the streets of major cities and towns but can be on any road. World Athletics recognizes eleven common distances for road races that are eligible to be counted for records if they meet the eligibility criteria: 1 mile (1,609.3 m), 5 kilometres (3.1 mi), 10 kilometres (6.2 mi), 15 kilometres (9.3 mi), 10 miles (16.1 km), 20 kilometres (12.4 mi), half marathon ...
0.533 miles (0.858 km) dirt 2000, 2021-2023 2021-First dirt race for NASCAR Cup Series since 1971. California State Fairgrounds Race Track: Sacramento: California: 1 mile (1.6 km) rice hulls / dirt 1907-1970 AAA / USAC Champ Cars (1949-1970) NASCAR Cup Series (1956-1961) Charlotte Speedway: Charlotte: North Carolina: 0.750 miles (1.207 km) clay ...
The Bristol night race in 2013. The track's fall NASCAR race was first run at night in 1978, and has since become an annual tradition. Bristol Motor Speedway hosts two annual NASCAR weekends: The NASCAR Cup Series with the Food City 500 and the Bass Pro Shops Night Race. [110] The Food City 500 was first held on October 22, 1961. [111]