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Summit Point Raceway: 1971, 1982 1987–1989: 5 5 Indianapolis Motor Speedway † 2012–2013: 2014, 2023–present 5 5 Auto Club Speedway: 2002–2005: 4 4 Columbus street circuit 1985–1988: 4 4 Las Vegas Motor Speedway: 1997–1998: 1999–2000: 4 4 Circuit Mont-Tremblant: 2002–2005: 4 4 San Antonio street circuit 1987–1990: 4 4 Trois ...
In March 1965 the inaugural race was held at the track. Some 10,000 spectators attended the event, which was a series of sports car events. Racing promoter Alec Ullman was set to move the 12 Hour Race in Sebring from Sebring International Raceway for the 1967 season to the facility after deaths in the 1966 race. Those plans eventually fell ...
Event Notes 2000–2011 (ANNUALLY) Rock al Parque: Attendance (2011): 336,000 people May 21, 2011 Evento Los 40 Principales: Attendance: 70,000 people.
In 1961, NHRA held its first ever Winternationals at the Pomona Raceway. It became NHRA's second national event. The first NHRA national event was the U.S. Nationals, which was nicknamed the "Big-Go". Thus, the Winternationals got nicknamed the "Big-Go West". It has remained at this location ever since.
The Bolivarian Games (Spanish: Juegos Bolivarianos, full name Juegos Deportivos Bolivarianos) are a regional multi-sport event held in honor of Simón Bolívar, and organized by the Bolivarian Sports Organization (Organización Deportiva Bolivariana, ODEBO). The event is open to athletes from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.
Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.
Traditionally a Labor Day weekend event, the eliminations are usually held on Monday, but moved to Sunday in 2020 and 2021 because of logistics as a result of the coronavirus pandemic compacted the NHRA schedule and for live television purposes (the final round airs live on Fox), and is the longest-running Labor Day motorsports event in the ...
The facility opened as Firebird International Raceway in 1983. In 1985, Firebird hosted the NHRA Fallnationals, the first National NHRA event held at the complex. Gene Snow would win the Top Fuel championship while Bob Glidden clinched the 1985 NHRA world championship. [2] On May 17, 1987, it held its only IMSA GT race, the Arizona 300.