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The General Lee was now the highlight of the series, and WB received enormous amounts of Lee-specific fan mail that nit-picked the inconsistencies of the cars. Because of the fame of General Lee, WB had their staff mechanics build the cars to a specific appearance, even underneath. All graphics had to meet specifications, all side markers and ...
Orange County Fair Speedway is a 0.625 mi (1.006 km) dirt oval speedway in Middletown, Orange County, New York. [7] The facility used to hold weekly stock car races and demolition derbies during the summer months. The track was built in 1857 for horse racing at the Orange County Fair and staged its first automobile race on August 16, 1919. The ...
Costa Mesa Speedway; Orange County, Ca; Location: Orange County Fair and Event Center, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626: Capacity: 6,500: Owner: International Speedway, Inc. Operator: International Speedway, Inc. Opened: 1969: Major events: USA National Championship Jack Milne Cup Fair Derby Warren Russell Cup: oval - 185 yds. on the pole 1/ ...
Orange Show Speedway: San Bernardino: California: Asphalt Super Figure-Eights Series.25 miles (0.40 km) Flat cross Perris Auto Speedway: Perris: California: 1996 Clay .50 miles (0.80 km) Flat cross Irwindale Speedway: Irwindale: California: 1999 Asphalt .50 and .333 miles (0.80 and 0.54 km) Flat cross Evergreen Speedway: Monroe: Washington ...
The track was so named because its founders envisioned hosting sports car, motorcycle, midget, and stock car races in addition to National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) sanctioned drag racing events. Known as 'The Supertrack', OCIR was designed to be the most modern of dragstrip facilities in the late 1960s, offering spectator comforts and ...
Motorcycle racing's Sacramento Mile continues to be held at the new California Exposition as part of the AMA Grand National Championship. A 2.1-mile (3.4-km) road course was laid out in the parking lots surrounding the oval, and used for sports car racing between 1955 and 1969. [3] [4] It hosted a SCCA National Sports Car Championship round in ...
Brett Hearn (born September 1, 1958) is a semi-retired modified stock car driver from Kinnelon, New Jersey. [5] He currently serves as race director at Orange County Fair Speedway. Hearn has amassed 919 wins in a stock car over the course of his professional career which has spanned four decades.
Occoneechee Speedway was one of the first two NASCAR tracks to open. It closed in 1968 and is the only dirt track remaining from the inaugural 1949 season . [ 2 ]