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Mobile International Speedway is a 1/2-mile paved oval track along U.S. Highway 90 in Irvington , Mobile County , Alabama , United States . It was built by Walter "Skip" Wetjen,[1] [2] [3] and opened in 1965.
History [ edit ]
During the golden age of stock car racing , the track held races with the likes of Gene Tapia , Wayne Niedecken Sr., Phil Wendt,[4] [5] [6] and other NASCAR drivers.[7] Longtime stock car driver Red Farmer won his 500th feature race at the track.[8]
From 1966 to 1968 the track hosted open-wheel racing and held the annual World 300 race for Supermodified racing , which attracted competitors that included notable drivers such as Bobby Allison ,[9] [10] Dale Hammac[11] and Armond Holley.[12]
In the 1980s, the track hosted races sanctioned by All Pro Stock, ASA, NASCAR Grand American, NASCAR All-American Challenge Series, and NASCAR All Pro Stock Car. They included drivers Donnie Allison , Rusty Wallace , Dave Mader III , Ronnie Sanders,[13] Mike Cope ,[14] Freddy Fryar ,[15] Junior Niedecken ,[16] Jody Ridley [17] and others.[18] [19] [20]
More recently, the track has been home to a number of rising NASCAR and ARCA drivers including Rick Crawford , Kevin Swindell (a development driver for Ray Evernham ),[21] Bubba Pollard (of Roush Racing: Driver X ), Cale Gale and Grant Enfinger . Kevin Swindell holds the all-time track record.[22]
The ARCA Menards Series held the ARCA Mobile 200 at the track from 2012 to 2015, all of them won by local drivers: 1 win for Cale Gale and 3 for Enfinger. The NASCAR K&N Pro Series East held the Mobile 150 there in 2016. Also, the NASCAR Southeast Series hosted 9 races at Mobile International Speedway, between 1991 and 2001.
The CARS Hooters Pro Cup Series also had run three races at the facility, between 1998 and 1999.
Current races [ edit ]
July 15th, July 29th, Aug 12th, & Aug 26th.
August 26th will be the Last race of the 2023 season.
Film and television [ edit ]
Opening scenes from the 2009 film The Final Destination were shot at the track.[23]
^ National Sprint Car Hall of Fame website at http://sprintcarhof.com/article.aspx?id=178
^ Walter "Skip" Wetjen, promoter of local sports and World War II Vet, dies, Mobile Register , December 2, 2008, online at http://bama.live.advance.net/news/press-register/featobit.ssf?/base/news/122821293669790.xml&coll=3 [permanent dead link ]
^ Photos of Wendt and crew at http://www.genetapiaracing.com/philwendt.htm
^ See, http://www.racing-reference.info/driver?id=wendtph01
^ See Race Results for Wendt at http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/racelist2.php?uniqid=5648
^ See Race Results for Niedecken at http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/racelist2.php?uniqid=5665
^ See interview at, http://www.stockcarracing.com/featuredvehicles/scrp_0601w_charles_red_farmer/index.html Archived 2010-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
^ See photo and note at http://www.indianaopenwheel.com/showthread.php?t=8766
^ See photos of more Supermodifieds from Mobile International Speedway at http://www.retrorockets.org/1/Volume38.htm
^ See photos of Hammac at http://www.genetapiaracing.com/dale_hammac.htm
^ See article about Holley at http://www.genetapiaracing.com/armond_holley.htm
^ See race results for Sanders at http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/racelist2.php?uniqid=4373
^ See Race Results for Cope at http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/racelist2.php?uniqid=825
^ See Race Results for Fryar at http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/racelist2.php?uniqid=187
^ See Race REsults for Niedecken at http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/racelist2.php?uniqid=5912
^ See Race Results for Ridley at http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/racelist2.php?uniqid=826
^ See Composite Race Results at http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/racelist3.php?trackid=400
^ See 1982 Race Results at http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/racelist.php?year=1982
^ See 1983 Race Results at http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/racelist.php?year=1983
^ Official Web Site of Kevin Swindell, http://www.kevinswindell.com/cms.asp?Page=kevin Archived 2009-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
^ Official track web site, http://www.mobilespeedway.net/trackrecords.php
^ See, Starling, Bill, The Final Destination shoot scenes at Mobile International Speedway, Mobile Register , August 27, 2009, found online at http://photos.al.com/mobile-press-register/2009/08/final_destination_4_shoot_scen_9.html Archived 2015-06-22 at the Wayback Machine
External links [ edit ]
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mobile_International_Speedway&oldid=1162897918 "
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