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Marlboro Motor Raceway (MMR) is a now-defunct motorsports park located in Prince George's County, just outside Upper Marlboro, Maryland. MMR closed after the 1969 season and local Sports Car Club of America ( SCCA ) racing moved to the more advanced Summit Point Motorsports Park due to safety concerns and issues with MMR's management. [ 1 ]
The Marlboro Cup Invitational Handicap was a Thoroughbred horse race first run in September 1973 at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. A Grade 1 race for horses 3 years old and up, it was raced over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles on a dirt track.
How It's Made is a documentary television series that premiered on January 6, 2001, on the Discovery Channel in Canada and Science in the United States. The program is produced in the Canadian province of Quebec by Productions MAJ, Inc. and Productions MAJ 2. In the United Kingdom, it is broadcast on Discovery Channel, Quest, and DMAX. [1]
The inaugural Marlboro Challenge was held at Tamiami Park, and featured a field of race winners, pole position winners, and top drivers in the points standings from the 1987 season. Drivers were required to make at least one pit stop (changing at least two tires and adding at least 5 gallons of fuel) during the 42-lap race.
How It's Made (Comment c'est fait in French) is a Canadian documentary television series which focuses on how everyday items are being made. It premiered on January 6, 2001 on the Discovery Channel in Canada and the Science Channel in the United States. The program is produced in Quebec by Productions MAJ, Inc. and Productions MAJ 2. The final ...
There have been two IndyCar/Champ Car races named Marlboro 500: Marlboro 500 (Michigan) , run at Michigan International Speedway from 1987 to 1996 Marlboro 500 (California) , run at California Speedway in 1997 and from 1999 to 2001
The 1979 British Grand Prix (formally the XXXII Marlboro British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 14 July 1979. It was the ninth race of the 1979 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1979 International Cup for F1 Constructors. The 68-lap race was won by Clay Regazzoni, driving a Williams-Ford.
Mears was born in Wichita, Kansas and raised in Bakersfield, California. [2] [3] He began his racing career in off-road racing.In 1976, he was recommended by a representative of Bill Simpson's helmet company, and Simpson gave him a ride at the USAC Champ Car's California 500 on an old Eagle-Offenhauser, finishing 8th.