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Islip Speedway was a .2-mile (320-meter) oval race track in Islip, New York which was open from 1947 until 1984. [1] [2] It is the smallest track to host NASCAR's Grand National Series, [3] [4] from 1964 to 1971. [1] [3] The first demolition derby took place at Islip Speedway in 1958. [5] The idea was patented by Larry Mendelsohn, who worked at ...
Oswego Speedway is a five-eighths-mile asphalt track that runs weekly supermodified races. Each year following the Budweiser Classic Weekend, the oval coverts into a dirt track. That process requires placement of over 200 jersey barriers around the inside hub rail, and then 10-wheel dump trucks that bring in between four and five hundred loads ...
Pete Corey chipped in with boyhood pal Kenny Shoemaker in 1949 to buy a 1934 coupe and make it into a stock car. They numbered the black racer number 35 to represent the purchase price and began racing at Burden Lake Speedway NY, Carroll's Grove Speedway in Troy NY, Pine Bowl Speedway in Snyders Corners NY, and State Line Speedway in Bennington VT.
The Syracuse Mile was a 1-mile (1.6 km) dirt oval raceway located at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, New York.Originally built for harness racing in 1826, the first auto race was run in 1903, making it the second-oldest auto racing facility in United States history.
AAA was established in Chicago, Illinois on March 4, 1902. By June the same year, AAA also established the Racing Board. A. R. Pardington was appointed chairman and the board sanctioned its first race, the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup held on Long Island, New York.
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Oreus, after stops in Brazil, Portugal and Mexico over an eight-year stretch, was drawn to Springfield in 2023 by family and friends who had alrea Haitian immigrants fueled Springfield's growth ...
The facility opened in 1967 as the Evans Mills Speedway with a dirt surface, but was paved to start the 1968 racing season. [3] The Zeiglers retired from racing in 1979, after which several different promotors were involved with the site.