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  1.   RaceFanX posted:
  05.29.2012 - 10:32 pm
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This track opened in 1959 featuring facilities for a road course, a
half-mile oval and a drag strip. It was a popular racing destination in
the 1960s as it hosted high-level road racing events including USAC
Champ Car, SCCA Trans-Am and several large sports car races but it
started to fade from prominence in the 1970s.

The track closed in 1979 after a fatal accident that according to
na-motorsports.com claimed the life of a driver and a pit crew member
while injuring several others but reopened in 1981. The track hosted a
Winston West race the following year but closed for good in 1983. It was
sold off to real estate developers and demolished although no serious
construction followed. The land today is more or less just vacant prarie
but a vague outline of the former course can be seen from the air
according to na-motorsports and a look on Google Maps.


  2.   Corey posted:
  07.23.2020 - 12:28 pm
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A particularly odd incident happened here during a 1965 USRRC event.
Cobra driver Dan Gerber, slid off the track and all the way to nearby
Interstate 25. He proceeded to drive on it to a side entrance gate only
to be denied entry due to lack of spectator ticket. He eventually got
back into the race and finished 13th.


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