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The Irwindale Speedway & Event Center was a motorsports facility in Irwindale, California, United States. It operated from 1999 to 2024 with banked, paved 1⁄2- and 1⁄3-mile oval tracks and a 1⁄8-mile
Irwindale Speedway in 2016
Irwindale Speedway as it was prepared for the 2006 Toyota All-Star Showdown
Jake Drew's No. 6 Irwindale Speedway sponsored car.
Riverside International Raceway was an auto racing complex in Moreno Valley, California, within Riverside County. The complex throughout its history featured multiple layouts, including various road c
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…6,500-seat grandstand and 1⁄2- and 1⁄3-mile ovals. Irwindale Speedway hoped to fill the void in the Los Angeles Basin left by the closures of the famed Riverside International Raceway, Ontario Motor Speedway and Saugus Speedway. The $7-million project was completed March 1999 and held its inaugural races on March 27, 1999. During the…
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Bob Hope (pictured in 1969) was a co-owner of Riverside International Raceway from 1962 until 1969 alongside Edwin Pauley and Fred Levy.
Numerous plans to build a replacement track for Riverside International Raceway were proposed in the 1980s. A location near the Prado Dam (pictured above) was considered by track officials; however, it was dropped in 1985.
Riverside International Raceway in 1989. During the year, races sanctioned by the California Sports Car Club were held on the southern portion of the track.