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Women in Plymouth, England, parting from their lovers who are about to be transported to Botany Bay, 1792. Penal transportation (or simply transportation) was the relocation of convicted criminals, or other persons regarded as undesirable, to a distant place, often a colony, for a specified term; later, specifically established penal colonies became their destination.
The road mile became an official world record event on 1 September 2023 which is why most performances prior to this date were not previously considered records. The winning times from the 2023 U.S. Road Mile Championships, on 25 April, were ratified by World Athletics as the inaugural road mile world records. [62] Correct as of September 2024.
The final race – dubbed The Miracle Mile – represented a landmark in the history of the Four-minute mile. Roger Bannister had been the first to have broken the barrier earlier that year, but John Landy followed soon after with sub-4 minute (and world record time of 3:58.0) of his own.
Following the NSCRA's folding, NASCAR held its first race at the track in 1951. [4] It held eleven Grand National Series and two Convertible division races in the 1950s. Atlanta Motor Speedway opened 20 miles south of Atlanta in 1960. The new 1.5-mile (2.4 km) took away the NASCAR dates and began draining on Lakewood's appeal. [2]
From 1946 to 1953, the A.M.A. Grand National Champion was crowned based solely on the results of the Springfield Mile held at the fairground racetrack. [3] The 2020 Silver Crown race was delayed until October 18 by the COVID-19 pandemic; it was the latest that a race has been held at the track in a year and became the series' finale of the ...
1.0 mile (1.6 km)/1.022 miles (1.645 km) NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, ARCA Menards Series: Pikes Peak International Raceway: Fountain: Colorado: 1996 Asphalt 1.0 mile (1.6 km) Rockingham Speedway (North Carolina Speedway)
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The track was opened in June 1934 as a flat "D shaped" 5/8 mile dirt track. The original track was a "copy" of the Legion Ascot Speedway. [1] Timeline - The following is a timeline of events from 1933 to the present: [1] 1933 - A "Kids Race" was held in September 1933. 1934 - The Official opening of the track was Sunday, June 3, 1934.