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Gainesville Raceway, March 2018. Gainesville Raceway is a quarter-mile dragstrip just outside Gainesville, Florida. It opened in 1969 and is most famous for hosting the NHRA 's prestigious Gatornationals event since 1970. [2] Kenny Bernstein became the first drag racer to break the 300 mile-per-hour barrier at the track on March 20, 1992 ...
Gainesville is the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, United States, and the most populous city in North Central Florida, with a population of 145,212 in 2022. [7] It is the principal city of the Gainesville metropolitan area with a population of 350,903 in 2022.
Map Named race(s) Season(s) Notes Asheville Speedway: 0.54-mile paved oval Weaverville, North Carolina: Western North Carolina 500 (1958–1969) 1957–1969: Held races from 1951-1957 as a dirt oval. Now the site of North Buncombe High School Augusta International Raceway: 0.500-mile paved oval Augusta, Georgia: Georgia Cracker 300 (1966 ...
Amalie Oil Company. First race. 1970. Circuit information. Length. 1⁄4 mi (0.40 km) The Gatornationals is an annual National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) national drag racing event held each March at Gainesville Raceway in Gainesville, Florida. The event was held for the first time in 1970.
Time zone. UTC-5 (EST) • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT) The Gainesville metropolitan area is the metropolitan area in North Central Florida that includes Alachua, Levy, and Gilchrist counties, with Gainesville, Florida the principal city. [1] The metropolitan area had a population of 339,247 in 2020. [2]
April 20, 1989. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pleasant Street Historic District. The Pleasant Street Historic District in Gainesville, Florida is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on April 20, 1989) located in Gainesville, Florida. It encompasses approximately 770 acres (3.1 km 2 ), bounded by Northwest 8th Avenue, Northwest ...
Gainesville Regional Airport (IATA: GNV [2], ICAO: KGNV, FAA LID: GNV) is a public airport three miles northeast of Gainesville, in Alachua County, Florida, United States.It is owned by Gainesville-Alachua Co. Auth. [1] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).
Governing body. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. U.S. National Natural Landmark. Designated. December 1974. Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park is a Florida State Park, encompassing a 21,000-acre (85 km 2) savanna in Alachua County, Florida lying between Micanopy and Gainesville. It is also a U.S. National Natural Landmark.