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  1.   Beau posted:
  06.28.2011 - 7:01 pm
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Temporary course built on the roads of Fair Park in Dallas, TX. It
hosted only one event, the 1984 Dallas Grand Prix, won by Keke Rosberg.

The race was marred by several unusual incidents; first off, the air
temperature was so high it caused the asphalt to melt. Also, Ayrton
Senna crashed out of the race after an improperly-put together portion
of the concrete barrier moved a quarter-inch, causing Senna to brush it
with one of his tyres. Finally, Nigel Mansell famously got out of his
car and pushed it to the finish line and then collapsed due to exhaustion.


  2.   RaceFanX posted:
  07.19.2011 - 12:39 am
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The track was used again just once after the 1984 Grand Prix, it hosted
an SCCA Trans-Am race in 1988. For a few years after that the "Dallas
Grand Prix" became a recurring event on the SCCA schedule but it moved
to new street course in Addison, Texas for a few years in 1989 then
finally to a track laid out around Reunion Arena (then home to the NBA's
Dallas Mavericks and the then-new NHL Dallas Stars) in 1993 before it
was abandoned after 1996.


  3.   RaceFanX posted:
  05.20.2012 - 11:16 pm
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Let me add on to my previous statement when the Dallas Grand Prix, by
then a SCCA Trans-Am race, moved to Addison it was run on a combination
airport and street course at Addison Airport.


  4.   23andJoe posted:
  11.24.2016 - 7:22 pm
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The 1988 Trans-Am course was a 1.3mi circuit, using part of the old
Grand Prix layout north and east of the Coliseum.


  5.   RaceFanX posted:
  02.21.2020 - 12:12 am
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Contrasting some of the over the top scenery at other F1 courses over
the years part of this track paralleled a regular road for a one stretch
with a simple McDonald's restaurant located within sight of the track
there. The Golden Arches were easily visible on the TV broadcast.


  6.   RaceFanX posted:
  09.04.2020 - 10:36 am
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This track cost $2.5 million to set up and was a de facto F1 replacement
for the Long Beach Grand Prix. The race wasn't planned as a one-off but
scheduling issues prevented its return in 1985 and F1 never came back.

Fair Park gets its name from being the site of the famous State Fair of
Texas. When F1 raced here the track ran right past some of the park's
most iconic features including the Cotton Bowl football stadium and "Big
Tex," a giant 52-foot statue of a cowboy who greets visitors to the
fair. The Fair Park Coliseum was used as a pit paddock during the 1984 race.

The Big Tex seen at the F1 race was destroyed in a fire in 2012. He was
replaced with a larger 55-foot Big Tex for the 2013 fair onwards.


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