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Michigan International Speedway (formerly named as the Michigan Speedway from 1997 to 2000) is a 2.000 mi (3.219 km) D-shaped oval superspeedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. It has hosted various major auto racing series throughout its existence, including NASCAR, CART, and IndyCar races. The speedway has a capacity of 56,000 as of 2021.
1972 was the first year of NASCAR's 'modern era'. All races for the Cup Series at ovals under 0.5 miles in length (and under 250 miles in distance), and dirt ovals, were removed from the schedule, that included popular tracks like Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Hickory Motor Speedway, and Columbia Speedway.
1997: Ernie Irvan, two months removed from a controversial weekend and bad crash at Texas Motor Speedway, ran away for the Michigan win, his lone win of the season, final win for Robert Yates, and only career win at the track where he was gravely injured three years earlier. 1999: For the first and only time at Michigan, the race goes caution-free.
They jointly announced plans for a new race, the Inaugural U.S. 500, to be held at Michigan International Speedway the same day. [3] The 1996 U.S. 500 was held at Michigan at the same time at the Indianapolis 500. The event was won by Jimmy Vasser. Despite the creation of a second 500-mile race, the Marlboro 500 continued unchanged in late July ...
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The Michigan 500 was shifted to the last weekend in July for 1994 and beyond. In several seasons (1987–1995, 1997), IROC was held as a support race to the Michigan 500. The Indy Lights series initially did not race at Michigan, but eventually made its first appearance in 1996. Roger Penske sold the track to International Speedway Corporation ...
The first time Ohio and Michigan nearly came to blows wasn't on the gridiron, as it turns out, but on a battlefield. One of the most heated rivalries in college football dates back to the 1800s ...
Figuring out why Harris performed worse is a tougher question, though close observers of Michigan politics already have plenty of plausible theories. One is about the role reproductive freedom ...