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The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a motor racing circuit located in Speedway, Indiana, an enclave suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana. It is the home of the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400 and formerly the home of the United States Grand Prix. It is located six miles (9.7 km) west of Downtown Indianapolis.
The AMA Supercross Championship (commercially known as Monster Energy AMA Supercross) is an American motorcycle racing series. Founded by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) in 1974, the AMA Supercross Championship races are held from January through early May. Supercross is a variant of motocross which involves off-road motorcycles on a constructed dirt track consisting of steep jumps and obstacles; the tracks are usually constructed inside a sports stadium. The easy accessibility and comfort of these stadium venues helped supercross surpass off-road motocross as a spectator attraction in the United States by the late 1970s.
The United States Auto Club (USAC) is one of the sanctioning bodies of auto racing in the United States. From 1956 to 1979, USAC sanctioned the United States National Championship, and from 1956 to 1997 the organization sanctioned the Indianapolis 500. Today, USAC serves as the sanctioning body for a number of racing series, including the Silver Crown Series, National Sprint Cars, National Midgets, Speed2 Midget Series, .25 Midget Series, Stadium Super Trucks, and Pirelli World Challenge. Seven-time USAC champion Levi Jones is USAC's Competition Director.
Liverpool Speedway was located in Green Valley, Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Liverpool was officially opened by Frank Oliveri and the Oliveri Family, alongside Ald. E. Smith, the mayor of Liverpool at the time, and ran until its sudden and unexpected closure in 1989. Frank Oliveri would later share track management with track announcer and promoter, Channel 7 television sports presenter Mike Raymond.
The Daytona 200 is an annual motorcycle road racing competition held in early spring at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The 200-mile (320 km) race was founded in 1937 when it was sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA). The original course used the beach itself before moving to a paved closed circuit in 1961. The Daytona 200 reached its zenith of worldwide popularity in the 1970s when the race attracted the largest crowds of any AMA race along with some of the top rated international motorcycle racers.
The 1982 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 37th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.
Ricky Wells, is an American international motorcycle speedway rider. He was the 2009 USA National Champion and a two time U.S. Under 21 National Champion. He has been an international rider for the USA in the Speedway World Cup.
Jeffrey Brent Werner is a former motorcycle speedway rider from The United States.
The AMA National Speedway Championship is an annual speedway championship to decide the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) national speedway champion. This event is separate from the (SRA) United States National Championships.
Lance Alan King is a former speedway rider from the United States.
Chris Manchester is a former speedway rider from the United States.
Steve Lucero is a former speedway rider from the United States.
Benjamin Kaufman known as Benny Kaufman was a speedway rider from the United States.
The United States Speedway National Championship is an annual speedway championship to decide one of the two national champions of the United States. The Championship has always been staged at Costa Mesa Speedway and dates back to 1969. Since 1998 when Costa Mesa promoters split from the AMA, the competition has run completely separately from the AMA National Speedway Championship. It is not affiliated to the FIM.
Michael Joseph Alvin Bast is a former speedway rider from the United States.
Steven Roger Bast (1951–2007) was an international speedway rider from the United States.
Bart "Simpson" Bast is a former speedway rider from the United States.
Brad Oxley is a former speedway rider from the United States.
Rick Woods was an international speedway rider from the United States.
Maxwell Ruml is a Motorcycle speedway rider from the United States.
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- ↑ "Mike Faria". Speedway Bikes. com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ↑ "United States and Canada Speedway National Champions". Speedway Bikes. com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ↑ "American Speedway Champions". Speedway Programmes. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
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