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Byron Dragway is a 1 ⁄ 4-mile (402-meter) dragstrip located in Byron, Illinois, United States, about 1.5 hours from Chicago (84 miles [135 km], straight-line distance). Although the track is 1 ⁄ 4-mile, it has timing for both 1 ⁄ 4-mile and 1 ⁄ 8-mile classes. The dragway was opened in the 1960s, and at first it ran cars four abreast.
The track fell into disrepair and suffered some other damage due to being inoperative for nearly two years without proper maintenance. It was originally called Empire Dragway, then became Dragway 36, followed by Motorcity Raceway, NYIRP and ultimately reverted to the name "Empire Dragway". The track first opened on August 29, 1971.
The City of Portland is working to establish the track as carbon neutral. [4] In 2023, an investigation revealed the use of leaded gasoline at the track, which poses significant health risks for spectators and residents near the track. [5] This occurs primarily during drag races, as unleaded fuel (often alcohol based) is used in major weekends.
In 1952, a car club known as the "Choppers of Pomona" aided by a young police officer, Sergeant Bud Coons, advocated that a safe place should be provided for local area drag racers. Coons, along with fellow hot rod enthusiast, Pomona Police Chief Ralph Parker, and the city government of Pomona asked to lease the parking lot of the LA County ...
A half mile D-shaped [4] dirt track was inaugurated on August 1, 1965 with motorcycle races, [5] [6] by which time a figure-8 dirt track had been established inside the quarter-mile oval. Its paved drag strip opened on June 5, 1966. [7] The half mile track was paved in 1968. [2]
Welcome sign in May 1997. Brainerd International Raceway is a road course, and dragstrip racing complex northwest of the city of Brainerd, Minnesota.The complex has a 0.25 mi (0.40 km) dragstrip, and overlapping 2.500 mi (4.023 km) and 3.100 mi (4.989 km) road courses.
Although a quarter mile (1320 feet, 402 m) is the best known measure for a drag track, many tracks are eighth mile (201 m) tracks, and the premiere classes will run 1,000 foot (304.8 m) races. The race is begun from a standing start which allows three factors to affect the outcome of the race: reaction time, power/weight ratio, and traction.