DID YOU KNOW?
There is a 1.5 mile oval located in Odendaalsrus, South Africa? It's called the Phakisa Freeway, and it was built in 1999 in hopes of attracting NASCAR and Indycar to the country. With International interest rising in both series, maybe not a bad idea? 👀
The second I saw that berm in pre race I turned to my wife and said "Someone is going to flip off that thing tonight for sure". She can vouch for me.
Boo Fox. 👎🏼
The Fulton-Miami Speedway.
Built in 1926, the track was made of wood. The corners had 50° of banking, meaning cars had to maintain 110 mph in order to stay on the track. It was the fastest track in the world.
The track was destroyed in the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926.
Safety worker walks the track at Pocono after Robert Wickens gruesome crash.
I do not know who took the picture, but every year it crosses my feed. Thought I'd share.
Nascar is looking to race internationally on an oval. In a perfect world, tracks are in perfect raceable condition, where are you choosing?
Pictured:
Rockingham, UK
Venray, Netherlands
Motegi, Japan
Thunderdome, Australia
Any other? 🤔
This photo was taken at the Calder Park Thunderdome yesterday. The track still needs a ton of work to be raceable, however, they've cleared the stands of all overgrowth and recent interest has the owners reinvesting in the property. A sign of things to come? 👀
8/11/91: ESPN just announced the death of JD McDuffie. In an effort to relate to the typical race fan, Benny Parsons offered his condolences to JD's wife Ima Jean, and answered why drivers do what they do.
Joey Logano went 110 laps on fuel. On a 1.33 mile track, that's 146.3 miles. Assuming the 18 gallon tank was packed full, he needed to average 8.13 miles per gallon to make it to the finish. That's absolutely insane, even with the amount of cautions.
Autódromo de Sitges-Terramar.
Built in 1923, this 2 kilometer monster oval outside of Barcelona held races sporadically from the time it was built until the 50s. The turns had progressive banking, up to a mind-bending 66° at the top.
Aerial from 1956.
While we sit here and wait out mother nature, anyone else spend sleepless nights wondering why no more footage ever turned up of this wreck? Just me? 🙃
Idea for a new qualifying format:
We take every car in the field and have them run two laps as fast as they can. Then, once the entire field has run, the fastest guy is on the pole, and 2nd quick is 2nd, and down the list until the slowest guy. Then, that's where they start.
After the 1955 Le Mans disaster, the country of Switzerland banned auto racing, along with many other countries. While racing had returned to many of these nations, Switzerland officially lifted its ban on auto racing in 2022, 67 years later.
Fun fact for the day 😅
I'm not going to count this as an official share. Sorry
@PoconoRaceway
your time is coming soon! This shot was taken in October of 1969. The frontstretch modified track has already hosted it's first race, but something bigger is coming into focus! 😁 Later shot coming soon.
I feel like NASCAR still has PTSD from the 2008 Brickyard race, and we're going to get a negative reaction from this...is it perfect? No. But I can't tell you the last time 500 laps at Bristol entertained me this much.
9 years ago today, 6 fans were injured by flying debris from Kyle Larson's Xfinity car at the end of the race at Daytona. How far this sport has come still amazes me, but just how close we were that day to something unimaginable still sits with me.
#NASCAR
The fact that Fox has definitely heard the complaints from fans, drivers, and media members for three years about these superhero graphics and STILL refuses to get rid of them should say something... 😬
This racing is so old school. This is the NASCAR I've missed for years. There doesn't have to be crashing and beating every lap for it to be a good race. NASCAR has always been an endurance, not a sprint. If this goes green the rest of the way, I'm still content 🙌🏼
Whoa man! You okay? You hit your head pretty hard there. What? Kevin Harvick never won the 500...you mean the 2007 Daytona 500 where Mark Martin barely edged him out? Still one of the greatest Daytona 500's ever!
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Red Farmer and Terry Mock collide in the 1975 Permatex 300 and take a wild ride. According to Red, it was Terry's first time on a Superspeedway, and he simply misjudged the tri-oval and made contact with him.
As sports car season officially starts in America this weekend, I'm always brought back to this moment. 1991 Fuji, Takao Wada experiences a tire failure at the fastest point of the track. What follows is one of the scariest on board shots I've ever seen.
Unpopular opinion? Maybe. I only pay for cable for Nascar. If you give me a way to stream all races, qualifying, and practice for every series for $10-20 a month? Seriously take my money 🙏🏼
If you tuned into the 24 Hours of Le Mans expecting to see Garage 56, I've been watching for an hour and they just passed it for the first time. I know it's very American of me to think "COVER MUH STOCK CAR" but the broadcast really doesn't care too much 🤷🏼♂️
So...just found out they held midget races in the 70s and 80s at National Stadium in Jamaica. It was a 1/3 mile concrete oval that I believe still exists to this day. For the life of me I cannot find any video or photos...anyone else bored? Lol
me: I would like to buy a car
mitsubishi: ok
me: I'd also like to buy a tv lol do u know where I can find a good one?
mitsubishi: ur not gonna believe this
Randomly remembered the time Dave Marcis qualified for the 2000 DieHard 500 at night because of weather delays...
According to Bob, Talladega still doesn't have lights 😅
Anyone know when Charlotte Motor Speedway actually built it's infield road course? I found this shot from 1976 and....it's definitely there 😅 not in its entirety as we know it today, but just a curiosity!
The abandoned roads of Vanport, Oregon, 1952.
The city of Vanport, OR was destroyed in the great Columbia River flood of 1948. The roads sat for years before being used for racing in 1960. Eventually, everything was demolished and Portland Int'l Raceway was built in it's place.
And to think this track was dead in the water. If 2003 didn't happen that track would probably be a Bojangles right now. Thankful today we have this place 🙌🏼