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Length. 2.000 miles (3.219 km) Turns. 12. Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (TSMP), formerly Thompson Speedway and Thompson International Speedway, is a motorsports park in Thompson, Connecticut, featuring a mi (1.0 km), paved oval racetrack and a 1.7 mi (2.7 km) road racing course. [2] Once known as the "Indianapolis of the East", it was the ...
Closed in 1966. A park was built on the site. Thompson International Speedway: 0.625-mile paved oval Thompson, Connecticut: Thompson Speedway 200 (1969–1970) 1951 1969–1970 Remains active as home to several NASCAR feeder series. [10] Tucson Raceway Park: 0.375-mile paved oval Tucson, Arizona: 1995–1997 (Truck) Track still active. Was ...
The 1968 SCCA Grand Prix Championship was the second annual running of the Sports Car Club of America 's open wheel automobile racing series later to become known as the SCCA Continental Championship. [ 1 ] The championship was open to SCCA Formula A, Formula B and Formula C cars, with Formula A expanded to include vehicles powered by 5 liter ...
Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. Coordinates: 40°19.985′N 74°20.922′W. Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, originally known as Madison Township Raceway Park, is an American auto racing facility located in Old Bridge Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States (with an Englishtown ZIP code).
May 14, 1990. Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack is a one mile long clay oval motor racetrack on the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, the state capital. It is frequently nicknamed The Springfield Mile. [2] Constructed in the late 19th century and reconstructed in 1927, the track has hosted competitive auto racing since 1910, making ...
Michael Lee " Mickey " Thompson (December 7, 1928 – March 16, 1988) was an American auto racing builder and promoter. A hot rodder since his youth, Thompson increasingly pursued land speed records in his late 20s and early 30s. [1] He achieved international fame in 1960, when he became the first American to break the 400-mph barrier, driving ...
The 1951 NASCAR Grand National season was the third season of professional stock car racing in the United States. Beginning at the Daytona Beach Road Course on February 5, 1951, the season included forty-one races. The season concluded at New Mobile Speedway on November 25. Herb Thomas won the Drivers' Championship with a 21st-place finish at ...
The 48th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Saturday, May 30, 1964. The race was won by A. J. Foyt, but is primarily remembered for a fiery seven-car accident which resulted in the deaths of racers Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald. It is also the last race won by a front-engined ...