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Ventura Raceway is a 1/5 mile, high-banked clay oval racetrack located at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in Ventura, California, United States.On a weekly basis the track is home to many types of dirt track racecars including wingless sprint cars, midgets, dwarf cars, stock cars, modifieds, sport compacts, and karts.
Legends car racing, Bandolero Cars, Pure Stock, Modified, Late Models, Super Late Models, Trucks, Bombers, Sportsman, Demolition Derbies The Speedway At Willow Springs: California Rosamond: 0.25 miles (0.40 km) Oval: Late Models, Street Stocks, Hobby Stocks, Mini Stocks, WRA Vintage Sprint Cars, Southwest Tour Truck Series, Skid Plate I-25 Speedway
NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race cars at Sonoma Raceway in June 2005 Major renovations began at Sears Point Raceway in 1998 with the creation of "the Chute", an 890 ft (270 m) high-speed stretch. The first-ever running of the American Le Mans Series took place at Sears Point in July 1999.
Los Angeles, California 1957 1959 1961 Race held in 1957 under the track name Los Angeles Speedway; race in 1959 under the name New Ascot Stadium. Closed in 1990. Now the site of a car auction lot. Asheville–Weaverville Speedway: 0.540-mile dirt oval Weaverville, North Carolina: Western North Carolina 500 (1958–1969) Fireball 300 (1966–1969)
Construction began in 1952, with the inaugural race held on November 23, 1953. [2] The main track is a 2.500 mi (4.023 km) long road course that is unchanged from its original 1953 configuration. The elevation changes and high average speeds make it a favorite of many road racing drivers.
Altamont Raceway Park is a motorsports race track in the western United States, located in northern California, west of Tracy.It opened on July 22, 1966, and operated under the names Altamont Speedway, Altamont Raceway, Altamont Motorsports Park, Altamont Raceway Park and Arena, and Bernal Memorial Raceway.
The original racetrack had a 1.1-mile (1.8 km) backstretch from 1957 to 1968. When the track was redesigned in 1969 (it had to close for a water relocation project), turn 9 was reconfigured with a wider radius and banked with a dogleg approach added, to reduce strain on the car's brakes. The fourth track configuration was a drag racing strip.