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Aventon's Pace 500.3 is an average budget-friendly cruiser-style e-bike. It has an upright design with swept-back handlebars, a cushioned saddle, and puncture-resistant tires. Designed for leisurely rides, or comfortable cruising with a 500-watt rear hub motor that has a 28 mph top speed and up to 60 miles in range. [6]
The table below summarizes the pace cars, [1] Grand Marshals, [2] Honorary Starters, [3] and performers of the national anthem [4] at the Daytona 500. Since 2006, the pace car has been driven by a celebrity guest at the start of the race (mirroring the tradition used the Indy 500). During the race, however, a NASCAR official drives the pace car ...
The 1965 Daytona 500, the 7th running of the event, was held on February 14, 1965, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Fred Lorenzen, driving a 1965 Ford, won the race from fourth position in a two-hour-and-23-minute time span by Darel Dieringer by a full lap. There were 3 cautions flags which slowed the race for 43 ...
The 58th 500 Mile International Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 26, 1974. Johnny Rutherford , in his eleventh attempt, won the race from the 25th starting position, the farthest back since Louis Meyer in 1936 .
Prior to the first "500" in 1911, in the interest of safety, Indianapolis Motor Speedway founder Carl G. Fisher is commonly credited with the concept of a "rolling start" led by a pace car. Nearly all races at the time, as well as all Formula One races even to the present, utilize a standing start .
However, King’s take tops his predecessors in the New York state post. Ex-Chancellor Jim Malatras, a former adviser to ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was paid $450,000 and $5,000 a month for housing, and ...
The 1991 Daytona 500 By STP was the first stock car race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 33rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, February 17, 1991, before an audience of 145,000 in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway , a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent triangular-shaped superspeedway.
The 52nd International 500 Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Thursday May 30, 1968. Bobby Unser won the first of his three Indy 500 victories (1968, 1975, 1981). This was the final Indianapolis 500 to feature a front-engined car in the starting field.