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Tag: dirt track racing

Posted inEditor's Picks, Sports

They paved paradise, put up a parking lot: Valley racing fans mourn closing of dirt tracks

by Adnan Alam Jan 11, 2022Jan 14, 2022

PHOENIX – Arizona’s dirt track racing scene has a legacy seven decades old. The first large race in the state was held in 1951, when Manzanita Park featured an event on a quarter-mile track. More than 3,900 fans watched Roe Mounts wheel his 1933 Ford coupe to victory. This rich history is at the risk […]

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