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Figure 8 World Championship Racing .60 miles (0.97 km) Flat cross Little Valley Speedway: Little Valley: New York: 1932–2011(figure 8 track) Clay .28 miles (0.45 km) Flat cross Manzanita Speedway: Phoenix: Arizona: 1951–2010 Asphalt .70 miles (1.13 km) Bridge cross Riverhead Raceway: Riverhead: New York: 1951 Asphalt Figure 8 World ...
The Music City Grand Prix, known as the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix for sponsorship reasons, was an IndyCar Series race held at the Nashville Street Circuit in Nashville, Tennessee. The race's most notable feature was its 3,578 ft (1,091 m) straightaway across the Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge , which spans the Cumberland River .
Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway is a 0.596 mi (0.959 km) motorsport racetrack located at the Nashville Fairgrounds near downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The track is the second-oldest continually operating track in the United States. [2] The track held NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup (now NASCAR Cup Series) races from 1958 to 1984.
The 1896 Armstrong horseless carriage is notable as an early hybrid vehicle, which combined an electric motor with battery and gasoline-fueled internal-combustion engine. [ 4 ] In 1893, Frank Duryea is reported to have made the first horseless carriage trip on U.S. roads, in Springfield, Massachusetts , traveling approximately 600 yards (550 m ...
This is a list of auto racing and moto racing circuits sorted by country. Note: Circuits carrying a "†" were, are, or will be hosting Formula One and/or MotoGP Grand Prix. Algeria
A sampling of these events include British Car Day, Cadillac Day, Corvette Day, German Car Day, Swedish Car Day, Antique Car Day, Tutto Italiano (an event specializing in Italian automobiles), Japanese Car Day, Miata Day, Micro Mini Day, Extinct Auto Day, and many more. A complete listing of the Lawn Events can be found on the museum's website ...
Barney Oldfield (left) racing a car on a board track in 1915 Qualifying speeds at two-mile Tacoma Speedway were sometimes higher than those at Indianapolis. The first board track for motor racing was the circular Los Angeles Motordrome, built in 1910 in the area that would later become the city's Playa del Rey district. [1]
There are a total of 16 bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks around the world in use for competitions. All of the current tracks on this list are constructed of reinforced concrete and use artificial refrigeration to keep the track cool enough during early and late season to hold ice. St.