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Continental Divide Raceways. Continental Divide Raceways was a race track located in Castle Rock, Colorado, about 30-mile (48 km) south of Denver. Built in 1959, it featured a 2.8-mile (4.5 km) road course, half-mile (.805 km) oval, and 4,200-foot (1,300 m) drag strip. The land was intended to be used for a multi-sport spectator venue, but a ...
Pikes Peak International Raceway (PPIR) is a racetrack in the Colorado Springs area within the city limits of Fountain, Colorado, that by October 12, 1997, was "the fastest 1-mile paved oval anywhere". [2] The speedway hosted races in several series including the Indy Racing League and two NASCAR series (Busch and Truck) until operations were ...
The book gives an inside look into the 1998 Colorado men's cross country team and gained a cult following within the running community. [ 6 ] In 2014 FloSports running brand, FloTrack, released a Docuseries called The Program: Colorado which followed the men's team on their way to winning the 2014 NCAA Championship.
Miami Grand Prix: Infiniti Grand Prix of Miami (2001), 20th Anniversary Grand Prix of Miami (2002), Toyota Indy 300 (2003–2006), XM Satellite Radio Indy 300 (2007), GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300 (2008), Firestone Indy 300 (2009), Cafés do Brasil Indy 300 (2010) 2001–2010. 10. Houston street circuit at NRG Park.
The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, USA. The track measures 12.42 miles (19.99 km) and has over 156 turns, climbing 4,720 ft (1,440 m) from the start at Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway, to the finish at 14,115 ft (4,302 m ...
Board track racing. Race teams grid-up for the start of a race at Baltimore-Washington Speedway in 1925. Board track racing was a type of motorsport popular in the United States during the 1910s and 1920s. Competition was conducted on circular or oval race courses with surfaces composed of wooden planks. This type of track was first used for ...
Oval track racing is a form of motorsport that is contested on an oval-shaped race track. An oval track differs from a road course in that the layout resembles an oval with turns in only one direction, and the direction of traffic is almost universally counter-clockwise. Oval tracks are dedicated motorsport circuits, used predominantly in the ...
The first track to be started onsite was an initial 6 mi (9.7 km) segment of the planned Linear Induction Motor Research Vehicle (LIMRV) test track, built by Morrison-Knudsen; it was anticipated that the initial segment would later be extended to a full 21.8 mi long (35.1 km) oval and a parallel oval guideway would be completed for the Tracked Air Cushion Research Vehicle (TACRV).