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In 1989, the track was modified from turn 7 to near the dogleg after a section of the backstretch and turn 7A near the Bosh Bridge was severed for Towngate Blvd. and Eucalyptus Ave. The modified track, Riverside Regional Raceway, continued to be used for club events. After 31 years of racing, Riverside closed on July 2, 1989, with the final Cal ...
Riverside International Raceway: Riverside: California: 1957-1989 Asphalt 3.3 miles (5.3 km) 15 Second Creek Raceway: Commerce City: Colorado: 1982-2005 Asphalt 1.7 miles (2.7 km) 12 War Bonnet Raceway Park: Mannford: Oklahoma: 1967-1970 Asphalt 2.3 miles (3.7 km) 11
The track was built in 1950 as a venue for midget car racing which was popular at the time. [4] Four area tracks were scheduled for weekly racing from Thursday to Sunday nights and Riverside was designed as the Saturday night option. [4] The first night on June 10 had 45 midget cars entered but it rained out being rescheduled for June 17. [4]
The layout of Riverside International Raceway, the venue where the race was held.. Riverside International Raceway (sometimes known as Riverside, RIR, or Riverside Raceway) was a motorsports race track and road course established in the Edgemont area of Riverside County, California, just east of the city limits of Riverside and 50 mi (80 km) east of Los Angeles, in 1957.
The layout of Riverside International Raceway, the venue where the race was held. Riverside International Raceway (sometimes known as Riverside , RIR , or Riverside Raceway ) was a motorsports race track and road course established in the Edgemont area of Riverside County, California , just east of the city limits of Riverside and 50 mi (80 km ...
The track is 30 mi (48 km) north of San Francisco and Oakland. With the closure of Riverside International Raceway in Moreno Valley, California after the 1988 season, NASCAR wanted a West Coast road course event to replace it, and chose the Sears Point facility. Riverside Raceway was razed for the Moreno Valley Mall.
Riverside International Speedway is designed as a scaled-down version of the famed Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. In 1967 track builder John Chisholm called up NASCAR co-founder Bill France, Sr. and told him about his intentions of building a half mile racetrack in Nova Scotia.
The 1960 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on November 20, 1960, at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California. It was race 10 of 10 in the 1960 World Championship of Drivers and race 9 of 9 in the 1960 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.