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Spencer Speedway is a 0.5-mile (0.80 km) flat asphalt oval located in Williamson, New York. The track was built by brothers Del, Walt and Merele Spencer, and opened in August 1955. [ 1 ] It was purchased by John White in 2005, who also owned the Chemung Speedrome .
During that same show, Shirley Muldowney, wins her second title at the Winternational Drag Racing Championships in Pomona. March 12 Mary Lou Retton makes her first appearance on Wide World of Sports at the American Cup. April 17 & 23 The Great American Bike Race from Santa Monica, California to New York City. May 15 1983 Monaco Grand Prix: June 25
Jim Shampine began drag racing in 1959 at the quarter-mile ESTA Safety Park Dragstrip in Cicero, New York. Then in 1962 he bought his friend Nolan Swift's championship-winning “Ten Pin” numbered modified, converted it to a supermodified, and renumbered it the enduring “8-Ball”.
Hanford Motor Speedway: Hanford, California: Paved Mario Andretti: Mario Andretti: 3 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes: Indianapolis Motor Speedway: Speedway, Indiana: Paved A. J. Foyt: Mario Andretti: 4 June 8 Rex Mays Classic: Milwaukee Mile: West Allis, Wisconsin: Paved Mario Andretti: Art Pollard A: 5 June 15 Langhorne 150 Langhorne ...
The layout at Atlanta International Speedway at the time was a four-turn traditional oval track that is 1.54 miles (2.48 km) long. [4] The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees , while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, and the back stretch are banked at five.
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The 10 Nascar Top 10 count down show The Day , an hour-long Nascar documentary that went over subjects such as the 2001 Daytona 500 , the 1984 Firecracker 400 , the 1992 Hooters 500 , and the 2012 Daytona 500 .
After he found early success in street racing, then became a winner in drag racing, a local stock car racer, Chuck Mahoney, suggested he try building a car to race at the nearby Utica-Rome Speedway. He ran his first oval-track car, a 1954 Ford Hobby Stock, numbered PT-109 (after John F. Kennedy 's torpedo boat in World War II ), in 1962.