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The NTT IndyCar Series has raced at Thermal, California since 2024.. In 2024, the $1 Million Challenge [1] was a non-championship exhibition auto racing event held by the IndyCar Series on the permanent road course at the Thermal Club in Thermal, California on March 24, 2024. [2]
The track was named the California Speedway from the time it was built through February 21, 2008, when the Automobile Club of Southern California purchased the naming rights in a 10-year deal; thus the track became Auto Club Speedway and has remained as of 2023, as the deal was renewed. The sponsorship was discontinued after March of 2023.
IndyCar will hold an all-star race next year at the Thermal Club in Southern California, with $1 million guaranteed to the winner of the made-for-TV exhibition. The $1 Million Challenge will be ...
The Thermal Club is a members-only motorsports racetrack and club, located just south of the airport. [9] It was built by Tim and Twanna Rogers in partnership with the Kohl family, founders of the Kohl's department store chain. The venue opened in 2012, and is set to host a non-points IndyCar Series race in 2024.
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.
Cajon Speedway; Orange County International Raceway; California State Fairgrounds Race Track; Carlsbad Raceway; Charles C. Hughes Stadium; Chuckwalla Valley Raceway; Costa Mesa Speedway; Cotati Speedway
Other racing facilities include The Streets of Willow (1.8-mile road course), The Horse Thief Mile (road course), The Speedway at Willow Springs (1/4-mile paved oval), Willow Springs Kart Track (a .625-mile, nine-turn paved sprint track), The Playpen (a 1/4-mile paved training track), and the Walt James Stadium (Clay Oval and Paved Oval).
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