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Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park is the track that had hosted the most ever races in the modern era of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour with 155 races from 1985 to 2024. The speedway also had hosted 3 NASCAR Grand National Series races, one in 1951 and two between 1969 and 1970.
A park was built on the site. Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park: 0.625-mile paved oval Thompson, Connecticut: Thompson Speedway 200 (1969–1970) 1951 1969–1970 Remains active as home to several NASCAR feeder series. [10] Tucson Speedway: 0.375-mile paved oval Tucson, Arizona: 1995–1997 (Truck) Track still active. Was closed briefly ...
On Sept. 3, 1977, the Grateful Dead played before 150,000 people at Raceway Park in Old Bridge.
1934-1935 - The Speedway Manager was Paul Ackerman. 1936 - On June 4, 1936, the entire track was repaved with asphalt and promised to be the fastest track of its design in the world. 1937 - Track was purchased by Frank Funk. 1939 - The track was converted to a high-banked 1/2 mile. Funk also raised the banking, twice.
No Problem Raceway Park: Belle Rose: Louisiana: 2001 Asphalt 1.8 miles (2.9 km) 13 Jennings GP, (Formerly North Florida Motorsports Park) Jennings: Florida: 2001 Asphalt 2 miles (3.2 km) 14 Oregon Raceway Park: Grass Valley: Oregon: 2008 Asphalt 2.3 miles (3.7 km) 16 Ozarks International Raceway: Gravois Mills: Missouri: 2022 Asphalt 3.97 miles ...
Dennis Knox, right, in this Jan. 24, 2020 photo, hopes to close a deal soon for the Barberton Speedway, to be renamed the Norton Raceway Park. At left is former owner Greg Prunty, who died in 2022.
2020 was a tough year for everyone, but it ended in a very special way for Charissa Thompson. The veteran sports reporter, who used to work for ESPN but now works at FOX, got married. Charissa ...
The first closed-circuit automobile race was held on September 7, 1896 at the Narragansett Trotting Park in Cranston, Rhode Island, [11] and was won by an electric car built by the Riker Electric Vehicle Company. Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, is the oldest racing venue, and one of the most prestigious, in the United States. It was built ...