At the time, racing was just getting started on horse tracks and public roads. Fisher noticed how dangerous and ill-suited the makeshift courses were for ...
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The track has four distinct turns and straightaways, a layout unchanged
The Indianapolis 500 is held annually at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a 2.5- mile (4 km) oval circuit. The track is a rounded-rectangle, with four distinct turns ...
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IMS To Build Dirt Track, Host Lucrative USAC Midget Event during
It used part of the oval and the infield to create a 2.605-mile (4.192 km) track.
They were forced to reduce the track length to 2.5 miles, to allow for grandstands.
With the end of the war in sight, on November 29, 1944, three-time 500 winner Wilbur Shaw ...
Short tracks are less than 1 mile in length – count Martinsville Speedway (.526 miles), Bristol Motor Speedway (.533 miles) and Richmond Raceway (.75 miles) ...
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway hosts dirt track racing for the first time next week. Crews are putting the finishing touches on a quarter-mile ...
the FOUR or FIVE-time Auto Racing Winners at Indy: