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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 .
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson: April 5 2 Tech Net Spring Sizzler Presented by CarQuest Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford: April 26 3 TSI Harley-Davidson Classic Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford: May 22 4 New England 100: New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon: June 27 5 Spencer Speedway 155 Spencer Speedway, Williamson: July 12 6 ...
The following summer Petrocci was fatally injured while visiting the Spencer Speedway when a race car became airborne and crashed into the pit-side grandstands. Petrocci's sons Robert Jr. and Darryl took over operations at the track, and soon teamed up with promoter Glenn Donnelly to become one of the three original tracks that made up Drivers ...
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”.
Dean drove Modifieds for a few years in the 1970s. Dean won the 1978 Perry Raceway (now Wyoming County International Speedway) Modified title with his #7. [16] When Oswego Speedway created a Limited Supermodified division, Dean Hoag was a top contender driving the #41, with 16 feature victories to lead that division's all-time win list. [17]
The NHRA Summernationals, hosted by the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), was an annual drag racing event held from 1970 to 1992, 2002 to 2017 and again in 2020, mostly at the Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in New Jersey.
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The National Hot Rod Association first sanctioned a Winter Nationals in 1960 at Bunnell-Flagler Field (now the Flagler County Airport), the former NOLF Bunnell. The event was co-sanctioned with NASCAR (which was a member of the Automobile Competition Committee for the United States when the NHRA was not at the time) in order to gain national sanction as at the time, NASCAR, USAC, and SCCA were ...