CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY
Anyone who thinks that the only sporting attractions in California are related to Basketball is highly mistaken. The car races at the California Speedway have drawn huge crowds of fans ever since it began functioning in 1997. The Speedway is constructed on the remains of the doomed Kaiser Steel Mill and is a bright spot with its beautiful, well-designed landscape. Recently, the authorities have been in a mood to pamper their spectators and a new motorcycle track, a road course, and a quarter-mile street-legal drag strip have been constructed. Fans have all the more reason now to come and watch their favorite car race drivers win on the superspeedway. Intrepid R/Ts are likely to do well on the track because superspeedways always have been good for their home team, though the Dodge’s have had only one chance to prove their worth. Figures like Sterling Marlin and Bill Elliot who have had the Top 10 finish and the Top 15 finish, respectively, last year, further emphasize their home advantage. While
Dodge has only had one opportunity to show their worth on the track, the layout
bodes well for future success of the Intrepid R/Ts. Superspeedways have long
been a Dodge home court advantage with wins at Daytona, Talladega and
practically every other 1.5+ mile track. After Sterling Marlin's Top 10 finish
last year coupled with Bill Elliott's Top 15, it doesn't look like the
California sun will do much to deter the Dodge boys from notching up another
win at yet another track before too long. HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY
California Speedway is one of the most popular racing venues in America. It offers people a great chance for watching car races and going home thrilled with the entire experience. But it was not so very long ago. Henry J. Kaiser founded the first integrated steel mill on the same site in the spring of 1942, but unfortunately the mill did not succeed as well as expected and Kaiser went bankrupt. The mill was shut down permanently on December 31, 1983, and later that same year, the Penske Corporation started negotiations with Kaiser, seeking to persuade Kaiser to build a superspeedway. Penske succeeded in 1994 and work started on building the speedway in late November 1995. But one problem that the workers faced was that EPA had already listed this piece of land under its Superfund cleanup. Thousands of tons of scrap metal and rubble in excess of 1 million tons had to be removed from the site that had housed the buildings for the Steel Mill till then. In all, two million cubic yards of earth had to be removed before the required 300,000 tens of asphalt could be spread over it and rolled for making the track. California Speedway finally turned out to be the largest sporting venue in Southern California, with a two-mile D-shaped oval superspeedway with a 1.3-mile infield road course located on 529 acres in Fontana, San Bernardino County. Less than two years after its construction began, a packed crowd of fans witnessed the inaugural California 500, first in the series of the many NASCAR races that will take place here. The racer was Jeff Gordon and the fans enjoyed the ultimate in the racing action. Less than two years
later, a sold-out crowd of over 90,000 fans watched the green flag drop for the
inaugural California 500. Jeff Gordon took the first checkered flag at
California Speedway. California Speedway is a two-mile D-shaped oval
superspeedway with a 1.3 mile infield road course located on 529 acres in
Fontana, San Bernardino County, CA. Designed to offer the ultimate in fan enjoyment,
the California Speedway is the largest sporting venue in Southern California. TRACK INFORMATION
The California Speedway has a unique D-shaped
oval track, which is two mile long with 14 degrees of banking in turns and 11
degrees of banking down the front stretch and 3 degrees of banking down the
backstretch.
This 2-mile long,
D-shaped oval track with 14 degrees of banking in turns and 11 degrees of
banking down the front stretch and 3 degrees of banking down the backstretch
opened for various events accounts like NASCAR Winston Cup Series, True Value
IROC Series and Indy Racing Leagues. Besides this, alterations are being made
from the oval in two places - halfway between turns one and two and almost
halfway down the backstretch. The exit from the road course to the oval is
being built in turn four. The authorities would like to ensure the fans that
the construction of the new road course is unlikely to have any impact on the
motor home parking for the forthcoming CART race. Currently, the officials are
very interested in getting government aid for installing a lighting system for
the anticipated Winston Cup race in the fall of 2004. Inside information
reveals that the next season might witness a total of 15 to 18 races, having an
8:00pm/et-starting time. SEATING ARRANGEMENT AND DETAILS
The Speedway is
located right in the popular Los Angeles market. It has approximately 90,000
grandstand seats with nearly 1,800 reserved infield RV sites.
Source: California
Speedway Official Website, NASCAR Online, 2003 Area
Info: From Los Angeles
Airport: Take the 105 Freeway East to the 605 Freeway North to Interstate 10
East. Exit on Cherry Avenue heading North for approximately 1 mile. Speedway
main entrance will be on the left. From Ontario Airport: Take Interstate 10
East, approximately 5 miles. Exit on Cherry Avenue heading North for approximately
1 mile. Speedway main entrance will be on the left. PRICING AND TICKETING INFORMATION
Listed below is the
available ticket pries and the seat arrangement as specified for the Nascar
Winston Cup Series to be held on March 1, 2004. Venue: California Speedway
Tracks
Source: California Speedway Official Website,
NASCAR Online, 2003
PRICING
REGULATIONS Money order or
certified check will be processed right away. All personal checks require a
14-days clearance period before the order can be processed. All telephone
orders must be paid for by credit card. All ticket orders will be filled as
close to the request as possible. Irrespective of age, all children must have a
ticket to sit in the reserved grandstands.
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