CALIFORNIA (USA)
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WATSONVILLE SPEEDWAY
Watsonville Speedway opened on the 27th May 1960 as a 1/4 mile dirt oval speedway. Former driver Bert Moreland and his small team set about building this track inside an existing 1/2 mile horse racing track. Figure 8 racing was introduced in 1964 much to the delite of the fans and drivers alike.
Stock Cars and Late Model were the main feature on the program, with Supermodified's also making the show during the 1960's and 1970's, then of course they turned into Sprintcars.
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1983 - WATSONVILLE SPEEDWAY WINSTON 100 1st July 1983
David Allio / Racing Photography Archives Pictorial feature
1st July 1983 - Jim Pettit in the number 6 Pontiac Firebird carries baloons during hot laps for the Winston 100 NASCAR Winston Racing Series Late Model Dirt feature at Watsonville Speedway. Photographer: David Allio.
1st July 1983 - Jim Pettit 11 in the number 6 Pontiac Firebird slides off turn three with Lloyd Keldsen number 3 Chevrolet Nova during the NASCAR Winston Racing Series Pacific Coast Stock Car Winston 100 at Watsonville Fairgrounds. Photographer: David Allio.
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2006 - OCEAN SPEEDWAY
Ownership of the venue changed in 2006 and so did the name, to Ocean Speedway. Over time most speedways go through there fair share of problems that test them. Ocean Speedway was no exception, at one point a group formed out of the local community " The Community Alliance for Fairground Accountability" took out a lawsuit against the speedway, claiming it was a nuisance due to the excesive noise from the cars. Common sence did win in the end with both party's agreeing to stricter noise rules and an earlier curfew.
Todays programming is much more diverse with 360 Sprintcars, IMCA Modifieds, Sportmods, Midget Dwarf Cars, Hobby Stock's, Four cylinders and of course the 410 Sprintcars.
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1993 - WATSONVILLE SPEEDWAY Location
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2007 - WATSONVILLE SPEEDWAY Location
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2022 - WATSONVILLE SPEEDWAY Location
