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Ontario Motor Speedway was a motorsport venue located in Ontario, California.It was the first and only automobile racing facility built to accommodate major races sanctioned by all of the four dominant racing sanctioning bodies: USAC (and now IndyCar Series) for open-wheel oval car races; NASCAR for a 500-mile (800 km) oval stock car races; NHRA for drag races; and FIA for Formula One road ...
The 1971 California 500, the second running of the event, was held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, on Sunday, September 5, 1971. The event was race number 10 of 12 in the 1971 USAC Championship Car season .
This set up a four lap run to the finish with Unser followed by Rutherford and Johncock. Unser won by 2.54 seconds and became the first man to win the California 500 twice, having previously won the 1974 California 500. By finishing second, Rutherford won the Olsonite Triple Crown championship for 500-mile races and the $1,500 prize it carried.
California 500 (IndyCar) was a USAC and later CART sanctioned Indy car race held at Ontario Motor Speedway from 1970 to 1980 Auto Club 500 is a NASCAR race held at the California Speedway which was called the "California 500 presented by NAPA" from 1997 to 1999
The 1972 California 500, the third running of the event, was held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, on Sunday, September 3, 1972. The event was race number 8 of 10 in the 1972 USAC Championship Car season. The race was won by Roger McCluskey, his first 500-mile Indy Car victory.
0.500-mile dirt oval Hanford, California: 1951 Originally a 0.500-mile dirt oval Martinsville Speedway: 0.500-mile dirt oval Ridgeway, Virginia: 1949–1955 Paved in 1956 Memphis-Arkansas Speedway: 1.500-mile dirt oval LeHi, Arkansas: Mid-South 250 (1954–1955) 1954–1957
The California 500 was a USAC, and later CART, race held at Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California. The event represented a continuous lineage of open wheel oval racing in Southern California that dates back to 1970.
The 1978 California 500, the ninth running of the event, was held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, on Sunday, September 3, 1978. The event was race number 13 of 18 in the 1978 USAC Championship Car season .