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Trenton Speedway was built as a permanent fixture on the Trenton State Fairgrounds, and existed as a home to a variety of racing series (especially National Championship racing) from about 1900 to 1979. The track went through several expansions from half-mile, to one-mile, to it’s most famous incarnation as a kidney-shaped 1.5 mile track with a unique right-turn. This dogleg as it was called, required a unique car setup as well as increased driver bravery as the turn was “blind” – a driver’s forward view was partially blocked by the outside concrete retaining wall. Read more...
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Nazareth Speedway was an auto racing facility located in Northampton County, PA. about 50 miles north of Philadelphia. It was actually a pair of adjacent racetracks – the smaller half mile track was built in 1920, and a larger 1 1/8″ mile track built in 1966. Ownership of both tracks was mixed, and there were very few years when both tracks operated concurrently.
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The inaugural Schaefer 500 at Pocono was significant in many ways. It was the first time the USAC National Championship Trail had raced in the Northeast on such a large superspeedway (2.5 miles). Up until then, Champ/Indy car races had been held in this area at the more moderately sized Langhorne, Trenton, and Nazareth speedways. Secondly, by complimenting the recent inaugural California 500 (Sept 1970) as well as the Indy 500, it allowed USAC to promote a “Triple Crown” of 500 mile races. Read more...
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On August 24, 1969 USAC held their one and only race for Champ cars at the high-banked (24 degrees) one mile oval at Dover Delaware. Bobby Unser’s qualifying speed of 155.259 mph remained the track record for 29 years until Rusty Wallace finally surpassed it on May 30, 1998 with a qualifying speed of 155.898 mph. 48 days days later, Tony Stewart surpassed that with a new qualifying record of 185.204 mph. Read more...
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The original version of this webpage dates to 1996, the first season of the IRL. At the time there was an idealistic intention to re-connect Sprint car racing with the Indy 500. More than a decade later, we can see that it’s not going to happen… more on that below.
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Since the mid 90′s, Indy-Champ car racing has attracted a lot of attention on the issue of a philosophical and business split between two sides… those on the side of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and those on the side of the CART/CCWS series. The following is intended to be a timeline of significant events related to the split between CART and Indy. I’m humbly NOT claiming to be an expert historian: just consider this page as a general guide. I’ve tried to list each event without bias or opinion toward either side. Over the years I’ve attended USAC, CART, and IRL races at Trenton, Pocono, Meadowlands, Dover, and Nazareth.. Read more...
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