CALIFORNIA (USA)
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1947 - CARPINTERIA THUNDERDOME
The Carpinteria Thunderbowl opened in 1947 after the 2nd World War and the lifting of the World Wide ban on motor racing as a 1/4 mile dirt oval speedway, The track operated until it closed in 1956.
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1948 - JIMMY McMAHONIt would be the 11th of July 1948 that James McMahon from Sydney Australia would loose his life in a speedway crash at Carpinteria Thunderdome.
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1994 - CARPINTERIA THUNDERBOWL LOCATION
The Speedway has been best described as in a plateau above the beaches at the South end of the town of Carpinteria, near Santa Barbara, and not far from Rincon Point and close to the current intersection of of highways 101 and 150.
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2021 - CARPINTERIA THUNDERBOWL LOCATION
