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This is a list of all auto racing tracks in the United States. The track length stands for the standard, full courses for each track. The major series listed are only series that currently hold a race at the track.
The world's oldest known paved road was constructed in Egypt some time between 2600 and 2200 BC. [1] The Romans were the most significant road builders of the ancient world. At the peak of the Roman Empire there were more than 400,000 kilometres (250,000 miles) of roads, of which over 80,000 kilometres (50,000 mi) were stone-paved.
Around 1900, a new 1 ⁄ 2 mile dirt track was constructed at the current location between Route 191 and 248. The site began hosting motor racing events in the 1910s. In 1966, an additional 1 1 ⁄ 8 mile dirt track was added. In 1986, Roger Penske bought the property, and subsequently paved the big track. The small track was demolished and the ...
the longest continuous single track mountain biking trail in America Mason-Dixon Trail: 199 320 Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware: Appalachian Trail at Whiskey Springs, Pennsylvania: Brandywine Creek at Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania: Massanutten Trail: 71 114 George Washington National Forest: Large loop trail in Central Virginia; National ...
In 1954, the 1-mile (1.6 km) track was paved, and an infield road course was created. The 1/4 mile dirt infield track was kept for weekly programs during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1963, Jim Clark won the first victory for a rear-engined Indy Car in his Lotus-Ford. In 1964, A. J. Foyt dominated in what was to be his penultimate race in a roadster ...
A half mile D-shaped [4] dirt track was inaugurated on August 1, 1965 with motorcycle races, [5] [6] by which time a figure-8 dirt track had been established inside the quarter-mile oval. Its paved drag strip opened on June 5, 1966. [7] The half mile track was paved in 1968. [2]
The track resumed racing in 1946 with a brand-new high banked 1 ⁄ 2 mile (0.80 km) asphalt oval sharing a front stretch with the 1 ⁄ 4 mile. In 1953 the 1 ⁄ 4 mile was paved, while the 1 ⁄ 2 mile remained a dirt track. In 1960 the 1 ⁄ 2 mile would go dormant, as it was closed because the track was allegedly too fast to be insured.
Boston Post Road or King's Highway First ride to lay out Post Road January 1, 1673. [2]San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line (1857–1861) San Antonio, Texas to San Diego, California