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Vincie worked as an intern for the university's athletics department, and had a similar job for the USAR Pro Cup Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway. [1] She wrote a senior dissertation on auto racing gender disparity which was focused on woman race car driver Danica Patrick , and became interested in the sport after she secured a pit lane pass ...
Charlotte Motor Speedway (known as Lowe's Motor Speedway from 1999 to 2009 due to sponsorship reasons) is a 1.500-mile (2.414 km) quad-oval intermediate speedway in Concord, North Carolina. It has hosted various major races since its inaugural season of racing in 1960, including NASCAR , IndyCar , and IMSA SportsCar Championship races.
The 2018 Bank of America Roval 400, the first race held on the road course configuration The configuration of the Roval, from 2018 to 2023.. The fall Charlotte race was originally held on the main oval layout until 2017, in which it was a Saturday night race from 2003 to 2016 following a rating boost from the 2002 race being delayed to later in the night (coincided with television primetime ...
The Coca-Cola 600 is the first of two races at the 1.5-mile quad-oval race track in Concord, ahead of the fall playoff race — where Charlotte Motor Speedway lays out a road course known as the ...
Charlotte Motor Speedway was designed and built by Bruton Smith and partner and driver Curtis Turner in 1959. The first World 600 NASCAR race was held at the 1.5 mi (2.4 km) speedway on June 19, 1960. On December 8, 1961, the speedway filed bankruptcy notice.
Pickup truck racing events in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series have been held annually in the fall at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina starting in 2025. The series has annually hosted a spring race since 2003 as well.
Former Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage stated that Smith was "the greatest boss ever", stating that he had managed to turn several racetracks across the United States into world-class facilities comparable to Charlotte Motor Speedway, the first track Smith owned. [126]
Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) quad-oval track located in Concord, North Carolina, was the location for the race. [2] The track's turns were banked at twenty-four degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, was five degrees. [3] The back stretch, opposite of the front, also had a five degree banking. [3]