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1.13 km (0.7 miles) Drag Strip. Surface. Concrete. Length. 0.402 km (0.250 miles) Firebird Motorsports Park (formerly Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park and Firebird International Raceway) is a 450-acre (180 ha) motorsport racing complex, located in Chandler, Arizona, United States, about 18 mi (29 km) southeast of downtown Phoenix .
The El Rancho Hotel and Casino (formerly known as the Thunderbird and Silverbird) was a hotel and casino that operated on the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada. It originally opened on September 2, 1948, as the Navajo -themed Thunderbird. At the time, it was owned by building developer Marion Hicks and Lieutenant Governor of Nevada Clifford ...
Calder Park Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The complex includes a dragstrip, a road circuit with several possible configurations, and the "Thunderdome", a high-speed banked oval equipped to race either clockwise (for right-hand-drive cars) or anti-clockwise (for left-hand-drive cars such as NASCAR ).
Bill Elliott's 1987 Daytona 500 Winning Ford Thunderbird, which also set the all-time fastest qualifying speed at Daytona International Speedway at 210.364 MPH, on display at the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame. However, Elliott's most lasting accomplishment that year was setting two NASCAR qualifying records, which stand to this day.
The 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 36th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 13th modern-era Cup series season. It began on Sunday, February 19 and ended on Sunday, November 18. Terry Labonte was crowned champion at the end of the season. This was the final year for Chrysler until Dodge returned in 2001 .
Lap-by-lap: Ken Squier. Driver analyst: David Hobbs. Driver analyst: Ned Jarrett. Pit reporter: Chris Economaki. Pit reporter: Mike Joy. Nielsen Ratings. 8.3/23. (9.8 million viewers) The 1985 Daytona 500, the 27th running of the event, was held on February 17, 1985, at Daytona International Speedway, in Daytona Beach, Florida .
Race 2 of 44 in the 1959 NASCAR Grand National Series. Lee Petty No. 42 and Johnny Beauchamp No. 73 battle on the last lap of the 1959 Daytona 500. Date. February 22, 1959 (1959-02-22) Official name. First 500 Mile NASCAR International Sweepstakes at Daytona. Location. Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
100003243 [ 1] Added to NRHP. December 24, 2018. Firebird Raceway is a motorsport racing venue in the western United States, near Eagle, Idaho, in the Boise metropolitan area. The raceway opened 56 years ago in 1968 under management of racing enthusiasts Bill and Ellanor New, and it has remained under ownership of the New family.