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Empire Dragway, formerly known as New York International Raceway Park, is a quarter-mile drag strip just located in Leicester, New York. Originally it was proposed as a full motorsports complex. Initially, there were ambitious plans to build a motorsports facility that would host oval racing, a full road course (which was to utilize the ...
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The Bounty Huntress Mustang caught fire at Dragway 42 in Ohio in 1973. [10] In Columbus, Ohio, in 1976, Muldowney dominated Top Fuel, qualifying number-one by 0.05 second, setting low elapsed time (ET) and top speed of the meet, having the low ET in every round, breaking her own top speed record in the final, and winning the class. [11]
In 1987 Dennis White completed a three-year effort to construct the Frogtown International Speedway in the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne territory by holding its first racing event. [2] Chiefs from both the recognized councils of the Canadian and American portions of the reservation conducted the opening ceremonies for over 2,500 fans. [ 3 ]
Treichler established himself in racing at the paved Lancaster Speedway where he won multiple track championships, and at the dirt track at Ransomville. [3] He went on to compete successfully at the east coast race tracks from Florida to Canada, including the Flemington Speedway NJ, Langhorne Speedway PA, Lebanon Valley Speedway NY, Oswego Speedway NY, Sharon Speedway OH, the Syracuse Mile NY ...
Guy "Shorty" Robinson (May 14, 1939 – September 12, 2024) was an American driver of modified stock cars. Equally adept on both dirt and asphalt surfaces, he was victorious at venues on either side of the St. Lawrence River, despite being limited primarily to weekend racing by his full-time job.
Two people were shot and killed at a raceway in Iowa just as a concert was about to begin, authorities said Sunday. The shooting happened Saturday night at the I-29 Speedway in Pacific Junction ...
A man was shot and killed by a police officer Sunday morning in Rochester. Police said officers responded to Murray Street around 8:30 a.m. for reports of a man with a gun.