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The fifth generation Chevrolet Camaro was a success and continues to race in the Swedish championship. [7] An adapted version of the Camaro Cup car was run in SCCA club racing and the Trans-Am Series. The chassis can be fitted with various American muscle car bodies such as the Dodge Challenger and Ford Mustang. [8] [9]
Flat Rock Speedway in 2021. Flat Rock Speedway was constructed in 1952, but financial issues led to the original investors backing out. Under Sheldon Hayes of the Cadillac Asphalt Company, the track was completed in 1953; using 70 tons of a mixture of rubber and asphalt, Hayes created a "rubberized" asphalt surface that was the first of its kind for a race track.
Modified stock car racing, also known as modified racing and modified, is a type of auto racing that involves purpose-built cars simultaneously racing against each other on oval tracks. First established in the United States after World War II , this type of racing was early-on characterized by its participants' modification of passenger cars ...
Oval (asphalt) American Modified Series, Late Models, Modifieds, Pro 4's, Sport Stocks, Compacts, Dwarf Cars, Detroit Iron Southside Speedway: Virginia Midlothian: 0.333 miles (0.536 km) Oval (asphalt) Late Model Sportsman, Modified, Grand Stock, U-Car, Pro Six, Legends, Street Stock, MACKA Champ Karts Speedway 95 [40] Maine Hermon: 0.333 miles ...
2009 Lingenfelter C6 ZR1 at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show. Lingenfelter Performance Engineering (LPE) (also known as Lingenfelter) is an American automotive engineering manufacturer specializing in high-performance automobile modifications, manly and specifically engine blocks, intercooling, transmisson, exhaust pipes, valvetrains, suspension, brakes, pistons, camshafts, and supercharging, Now ...
Norway Speedway, located in Norway, Michigan, is a one-third mile asphalt oval track that is slightly banked. [3] Norway Speedway began as a dirt track in 1942 and was paved in 1978. [ 4 ] The track held American Speed Association sanction before the sanctioning body closed. [ 4 ]
One such organization in Michigan was the Lansing-based Interstate Racing Association whose rules stated no cars could be entered in jalopy races that were post World War II. The Northwest Michigan Racing Association organization adopted those same rules. The word "jalopy" meant a motor vehicle in a dilapidated condition, a junker.
GingerMan Raceway is a road racing course located east of the town of South Haven in southwest Michigan, United States. The track was built in 1995 and opened for its first full season of racing sports cars and motorcycles in 1996. The track is 2.14 miles long and sits on 330 acres. [1] The Gridlife festival is held at the venue since 2014.