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This weekend marks the 70th anniversary of the U.S Nationals held at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. Fans will flock to see cars take to the quarter mile drag strip to eclipse speeds in ...
The Toyota U.S. Nationals (commonly The Big Go) is an NHRA-sanctioned drag racing event, generally considered to be the most prestigious drag racing event in the world due to its history, size, and purse, held annually at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in Brownsburg, Indiana. [1]
The track was known as Lucas Oil Raceway from 2011 to 2021. In 1958, 15 Indianapolis-area businessmen and racing professionals led by Tom Binford, Frank Dickie, Rodger Ward, and Howard Fieber invested $5,000 each to fund the development of a 267-acre (108 ha) farm tract into a recreational sporting complex that would focus on auto racing.
Drag Safari would lead to the 1955 US Nationals for drag racing. [2] Due to the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, the NHRA cancelled its 2020 and 2021 editions of the Drag Racing Series at the Virginia Motorsports Park. Regular scheduling resumed in 2022, with the events taking place in May of that year. [4]
Leah Pruett will step away from the NHRA drag racing series in 2024 to focus on starting a family with Tony Stewart. Pruett and Stewart married just over two years ago. “This is an incredibly ...
With its opening, it became the world's first artificial lake for drag boat racing. [3] [4] [5] An offroad supercross-motocross-style track was added to host off-road dirt buggy racing. The construction was started in 2016 and completed by 2017, with inaugural events in 2017. Racing on the track includes offroad trucks, offroad buggies ...
The NHRA Factory Stock Showdown (FSS) is a class of drag racing designed to showcase the Chevrolet COPO Camaro, Dodge Challenger Drag Pak, and the Ford Mustang Cobra Jet. FSS continues to be a fan favorite with growing popularity over the last ten years. The popularity of this class of racing is in large part due to the recognizable cars.
Keanu Reeves is off to the races!. The John Wickactor, 60, made his professional racing debut on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Associated Press reported. Reeves ...