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Riverside lies on the edge of the Missouri River and was formally incorporated in 1951. [5]For many years, the town was known for its Riverside Race Track. The Riverside Park Jockey Club operated from 1928 to 1937 and was popularly called Pendergast Track after its patron, the city boss of Kansas City, Tom Pendergast, although he was not officially on its organization papers.
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.
Figure 8 World Championship Racing .60 miles (0.97 km) Flat cross Little Valley Speedway: Little Valley: New York: 1932–2011(figure 8 track) Clay .28 miles (0.45 km) Flat cross Manzanita Speedway: Phoenix: Arizona: 1951–2010 Asphalt .70 miles (1.13 km) Bridge cross Riverhead Raceway: Riverhead: New York: 1951 Asphalt Figure 8 World ...
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Track still active, currently hosts IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Riverside International Raceway: 2.631-mile (4.234 km) paved road course Riverside, California: Riverside Intl. Raceway: Crown America 500 (1958) Riverside 500 (1963) Golden State 400 (1963) Motor Trend 500 (1964–1971) Falstaff 400 (1970) Golden State 400 (1971–1972)
Race Chevrolet Bobby Myers (USA) [12] September 2, 1957 Southern 500: Darlington International Raceway: Race Oldsmobile Joe Weatherly (USA) [13] January 19, 1964 Motor Trend 500: Riverside International Raceway: Race Mercury Fireball Roberts (USA) [14] [note 3] May 24, 1964 World 600: Charlotte Motor Speedway: Race Ford Jimmy Pardue (USA) [16]
Mid-America Raceway was a road racing circuit and dragstrip, located in Wentzville, Missouri, near St. Louis, built in 1964, and used until 1992. It hosted various SCCA races, as well as Trans-Am and IMSA GT races. After the circuit was no longer being used, the 1,200 foot portion that doubled as a drag strip continued to be used until October ...
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