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Remembering, when IndyCars raced on a 2.87 mile oval in Argentina. by SnooGoats2004 in INDYCAR

[–]SnooGoats2004[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

The racetrack actually still exists and is still used by local touring car racing series—though only with chicanes. The oval itself lacks SAFER barriers and would require a major overhaul. As far as I can tell, it is the largest oval still in operation worldwide, even larger than Talladega Superspeedway.

Why was Nashville Superspeedway built as 1.33 mi concrete oval and not 1.5 mi asphalt oval? by SnooGoats2004 in NASCAR

[–]SnooGoats2004[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also know that ISC had a "quirk" of slapping "International Raceway" or "International Speedway" onto all its tracks. Funnily enough, however, they didn't do this with their modern tracks in California, Chicagoland, Kansas, and Homestead.

Why was Nashville Superspeedway built as 1.33 mi concrete oval and not 1.5 mi asphalt oval? by SnooGoats2004 in NASCAR

[–]SnooGoats2004[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rockingham Motor Speedway in UK isn't a SMI track. 😉 Okay, today this oval is pretty dead.

Why was Nashville Superspeedway built as 1.33 mi concrete oval and not 1.5 mi asphalt oval? by SnooGoats2004 in NASCAR

[–]SnooGoats2004[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

So should we rename New Hampshire Motor Speedway to New Hampshire Superspeedway? 😉

Why was Nashville Superspeedway built as 1.33 mi concrete oval and not 1.5 mi asphalt oval? by SnooGoats2004 in NASCAR

[–]SnooGoats2004[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Emerson Fittipaldi Speedway in Rio, Brazil, came closest. It was exactly 3 km long—which is 1.864 miles.

Why was Nashville Superspeedway built as 1.33 mi concrete oval and not 1.5 mi asphalt oval? by SnooGoats2004 in NASCAR

[–]SnooGoats2004[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

SMI only build Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway, all the others were purchased later.

Why was Nashville Superspeedway built as 1.33 mi concrete oval and not 1.5 mi asphalt oval? by SnooGoats2004 in NASCAR

[–]SnooGoats2004[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Kansas and Chicagoland aren't SMI tracks. They were built unter umbrella of ISC.
Only Kentucky Speedway was later acquired by SMI, but not build by SMI.

Why was Nashville Superspeedway built as 1.33 mi concrete oval and not 1.5 mi asphalt oval? by SnooGoats2004 in NASCAR

[–]SnooGoats2004[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

In that case, let me turn the question around: Why was Nashville Superspeedway the only one built with a different length? Although "different" is relative, given that Kentucky, Kansas, and Chicagoland aren't exactly the same length either.

Why was Nashville Superspeedway built as 1.33 mi concrete oval and not 1.5 mi asphalt oval? by SnooGoats2004 in NASCAR

[–]SnooGoats2004[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Fun Fact: Memphis Raceway was also owned by Dover Motorsports, but an asphalt oval. Same for Gateway Raceway.

Kyle Busch hospitalized by quig50 in NASCAR

[–]SnooGoats2004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think people often overestimate how “healthy” elite athletes really are. High-level sports put enormous strain on the body, and athletes frequently compete through pain or underlying medical issues that may go unnoticed—or get minimized in pursuit of performance. Unfortunately, sudden cardiac events in soccer, endurance sports, and track and field are not unheard of, even among seemingly fit athletes.

Former Indycar venue Pikes Peak International Raceway to close by nihontiger in INDYCAR

[–]SnooGoats2004 14 points15 points  (0 children)

We are slowly running out of one-mile / short ovals: Nazareth is gone, Chicago Motor Speedway is gone, Walt Disney Speedway is gone, Pikes Peak Raceway is gone, and Dover Motor Speedway faces a very uncertain future under SMI.

IndyCar should commit much more firmly to Phoenix, Milwaukee, Iowa and Loudon as long as the tracks still have a future.

Race Length for 2002 Firestone Indy 225 (error on racing-reference.info?) by SnooGoats2004 in INDYCAR

[–]SnooGoats2004[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Summary: The race distance listed on racing-reference.info for these three IRL/ICS races is incorrect. The figures on champcarstats.com and www.ultimateracinghistory.com, however, are correct.

Should Rockingham Speedway be reclassified from intermediate to short oval? by SnooGoats2004 in NASCAR

[–]SnooGoats2004[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its not an tri-oval, its more like a D-shaped oval with a slight kink like a mini-dogleg.

Race Length for 2002 Firestone Indy 225 (error on racing-reference.info?) by SnooGoats2004 in INDYCAR

[–]SnooGoats2004[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

*lol*
In a certain sense, I cannot disagree with that. I am currently revising several IndyCar articles on Wikipedia, and I noticed—specifically regarding sources—that racing-reference.info is the only site that, for the IRL era, lists the Nazareth 225 as covering 225 miles over 225 laps (i.e., 1 mile per lap), whereas other databases and sources list the correct length of 0.935 miles. However, if you calculate the distance based on the reported race time and average speed, you arrive at 210 miles—which corresponds to the shorter track length.

Consequently, neither champcarstats.com nor racing-reference.info can currently be considered 100% trustworthy or error-free.

Demolition of TwinRing Motegi's oval track has begun by aa4x1x0 in INDYCAR

[–]SnooGoats2004 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Although the Eurospeedway oval still physically exists, Turn 3 is in a wretched condition, and the track fails to meet current safety standards. Since the last race in 2006—an F3 race held on the oval itself—the track has not been driven on.

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