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About damn time! California Speedway finally announced their plans to have a quarter-mile strip put into place because of all the local illegal street races going on out here. Not to mention they are adding a road course as well! Finally some great news :) Here's the excerpt as I received it. There is more on their site (less detailed info though) at [ www.californiaspeedway.com ] START: > > > FONTANA, Calif. (AP) _ California Speedway has broken ground
on a
> > > permanent road course in an effort to increase the number of
races at
> the
> > > track.
> > >
> > > The course, scheduled to be completed in early fall, has three
> > > configurations: an infield road course, which can be 1.5 miles or
1.55
> > > miles; an auto competition course, which uses part of the oval at
2.88
> > > miles; and a motorcycle competition course, which also uses part
of
the
> oval
> > > at 2.36 miles.
> > >
> > > Currently, the speedway hosts two major races, the NASCAR
Winston
Cup
> in
> > > the spring and the Busch Series and CART FedEx championship
series and
> > > NASCAR Craftsman Truck series in the fall.
> > >
> > > Meanwhile, the speedway and NHRA officials announced plans to
build
a
> > > quarter-mile drag strip to host the NHRA's street legal racing.
> > >
> > > The strip, designed for street cars to race in a controlled
> environment,
> > > will be located on the south side of the speedway in a parking
lot
> behind
> > > the main grandstands. A concrete launch pad will be built in the
lot,
> along
> > > with a temporary starting stand and timing system.
> > >
> > > The first weekend of racing is scheduled for Sept. 8-9. The
track
> plans
> > > to host additional weekends on Sept. 22-23 and Oct. 6-7. Winter
and
> summer
> > > racing schedules also are planned.
>
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