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Manzanita Speedway. Coordinates: 33.404137°N 112.131824°W. Frontstretch in 2008. The Manzanita Speedway was a dirt track racing facility located in the suburban southwestern part of Phoenix, Arizona, United States. The facility had a 1/3 mile and 1/2 mile tracks. The track held USAC events up through the 2009 Sprint Car season opener.
He was born on June 12, 1927, in Tucson, Arizona. Cheesbourg started racing jalopies in Tucson and successfully moved into midgets racing all over Arizona after World War II. He drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1956-1962 and 1964-1966 seasons with 31 starts, including the Indianapolis 500 races in 1957-1959, 1961, 1964 ...
He recorded his first sprint car feature race win at Manzanita Speedway in 1972. McSpadden's 26-year career included nearly 200 feature wins, including 25 in five different divisions at Manzanita during the 1977 season. His awards are numerous; he is a three-time winner of the Western World Championship for sprint cars (1978, 1993, 1995) and he ...
NRHP reference No. 06001317 [1] Added to NRHP. February 1, 2007. The Pioneer and Military Memorial Park is the official name given to seven historic cemeteries in Phoenix, Arizona. The cemeteries were founded in 1884 in what was known as "Block 32". On February 1, 2007, "Block 32" was renamed Pioneer and Military Memorial Park.
November 7, 1978. The Arizona Science Center in 2021. Heritage and Science Park, located between East Monroe, East Washington, North 5th and North 7th Streets in downtown Phoenix, Arizona includes Heritage Square – a historic site anchored by the Rosson House – the Arizona Science Center, and the building of the former Phoenix Museum of ...
In the late 1980s, Coons began racing midget cars at the age of 14 in and around Arizona racetracks such as Manzanita Speedway, Raven Raceway, and El Paso Speedway Park. In 1987, he finished second in Arizona USAC Midget points, with one win at the Pima County Fairgrounds track and four second-place finishes. [1]
Dirt. Length. 1.13 km (0.7 miles) Drag Strip. Surface. Concrete. Length. 0.402 km (0.250 miles) Firebird Motorsports Park (formerly Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park and Firebird International Raceway) is a 450-acre (180 ha) motorsport racing complex, located in Chandler, Arizona, United States, about 18 mi (29 km) southeast of downtown Phoenix.
Lakewood Speedway: Atlanta: Georgia: 1 mile (1.6 km) ground dirt 1919-1979 AAA / USAC Champ Cars (1946-1958) NASCAR Cup Series (1951-1959) Manzanita Speedway: Phoenix: Arizona: 0.500 miles (0.805 km) dirt 1950-2009 ARCA Menards Series West (1974-1975) World of Outlaws (1978-2009) USAC Silver Crown Series (2007-2009) Memphis-Arkansas Speedway ...