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  1.   Cooper posted:
  03.29.2010 - 11:30 am
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Pikes Peak International Raceway, also known as PPIR, is a racetrack
located in Fountain, Colorado, 20 miles (32 km) south of Colorado
Springs and 25 miles (40 km) north of Pueblo. Before its closure in
2005, the track hosted races in several series including the Indy Racing
League and NASCAR's Busch (now Nationwide) Series and Craftsman Truck
Series.

In addition to its 1 mile (1.6 km), D-shaped oval, the infield forms
part of a 1.3-mile (2.1 km) road course and a 1/4-mile (0.4 km) short
oval. Its grandstand capacity is 10,000.

On September 30, 2005, it was announced that the track had been bought
by the International Speedway Corporation. ISC shut the facility down in
November of that year and petitioned NASCAR to move the track's Busch
Series date to Martinsville Speedway for 2006.

PPIR reopened September 2008 with a focus on participant motorsports
events. A wide variety of amateur racing groups use PPIR for racing,
testing and training. Due to NASCAR's ban on testing at tracks with
NASCAR races, many NASCAR teams run test sessions at PPIR.

Plans call for the construction of additional road courses, trackside
lots and motorsports business related shops.


  2.   travis posted:
  10.15.2010 - 7:19 pm
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need some old schoo race. maybe like go kart,midget,mod or some just
have fun races. stop get greedy


  3.   DH101 posted:
  12.03.2013 - 8:11 am
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Sad NASCAR doesn't go back here anymore. One of my favorite tracks


  4.   JRacingFast posted:
  08.26.2015 - 10:55 pm
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To bad the trucks and Xfinety don't run in some weekend in comparison to
racing stand alone races at Chicago are Kentucky


  5.   Tylor Thaber posted:
  08.26.2015 - 11:11 pm
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SRL Southwest Tour super late models took to this track last year, but
they chose not to return for this year.


  6.   FrontRowMotorsportsFan posted:
  12.01.2017 - 2:54 am
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It's a shame NASCAR decided to take this track off the schedule and
leave it behind.

Colorado seemed like a new good market to expand upon for NASCAR. I
guess travel was too much to Colorado Springs?


  7.   boreddude101010 posted:
  11.15.2020 - 7:40 am
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This track still hosts a lot of events, yet it seems like USAC & the SRL
Southwest Tour aren't going to return anytime soon.

I guess there's a clause preventing NASCAR and probably IndyCar?


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