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Adirondack International Speedway
Adirondack International Speedway (AIS) includes a half-mile and a quarter-mile asphalt oval raceways located in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains and the Northern Region of New York State. The facility also contains a mud-park. Overview In 1995 and 1996 Paul Lyndacker purchased adjoining parcels of land in Lewis County, New York and began construction of a racing facility. In late 1997 he marked out a one-mile dirt road course and hosted the Central New York Ice Racing Association. However, it was not until August 24, 2001, that New York Governor George Pataki presided over the official opening of the ovals, featuring the American Canadian Tour along with the Street Stock and 4 Cylinder classes. The following year the facility began offering a regular schedule of Late Models, Legends, and Street Stocks, with occasional appearances by Supermodifieds and Modifieds. Also, beginning in 2002 and continuing through 2009 the NASCAR Busch Grand National North tour (now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Bremen, New York
New Bremen is a town in Lewis County, New York, United States. The population was 2,706 at the 2010 census. The town is named after the German city of Bremen. The town is on the eastern side of the county. It is northeast of Lowville, the county seat. History The first settlement was . Many later settlers were from Germany. The community of New Bremen was laid out in 1826 by Charles Dayan. The town of New Bremen was formed in 1848 from parts of the towns of Croghan and Watson. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.36%, are water. New York State Route 812, a north–south highway, intersects New York State Route 126, an east–west highway, near the northern town line. The western town boundary is defined by the Black River. The Beaver River, a tributary of the Black River, marks the northeastern town line. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 2,722 people, 945 households, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modified Racing
Modified stock car racing, also known as modified racing and modified, is a type of auto racing that involves purpose-built cars simultaneously racing against each other on Oval track racing, oval tracks. First established in the United States after World War II, this type of racing was early-on characterized by its participants' modification of passenger cars in pursuit of higher speeds, hence the name. There are many sanctioning bodies for modifieds, each specifying different body styles and engine sizes. History A typical early "modified stock car" was, as its name implies, generally a stock automobile, with the glass removed, a roll cage installed, and a souped-up motor. NASCAR began by organizing the modifieds, and ran its first race in Daytona Beach in February 1948 at the beach road course. (In June 1949, NASCAR organized its first "NASCAR Cup Series#Strictly Stock and Grand National, strictly stock" later model car race at Charlotte, North Carolina, which evolved into its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motorsport Venues In New York (state)
Motorsport or motor sport are sporting events, competitions and related activities that primarily involve the use of automobiles, motorcycles, motorboats and powered aircraft. For each of these vehicle types, the more specific terms ''automobile sport'', ''motorcycle sport'', ''power boating'' and '' air sports'' may be used commonly, or officially by organisers and governing bodies. Different manifestations of motorsport with their own objectives and specific rules are called disciplines. Examples include circuit racing, rallying and trials. Governing bodies, also called sanctioning bodies, often have general rules for each discipline, but allow supplementary rules to define the character of a particular competition, series or championship. Groups of these are often categorised informally, such as by vehicle type, surface type or propulsion method. Examples of categories within a discipline are formula racing, stock car racing, touring car racing, sports car racing, etc. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Facebook
Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta Platforms, Meta. Created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with four other Harvard College students and roommates, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, its name derives from the face book directories often given to American university students. Membership was initially limited to Harvard students, gradually expanding to other North American universities. Since 2006, Facebook allows everyone to register from 13 years old, except in the case of a handful of nations, where the age requirement is 14 years. , Facebook claimed almost 3.07 billion monthly active users worldwide. , Facebook ranked as the List of most-visited websites, third-most-visited website in the world, with 23% of its traffic coming from the United States. It was the most downloaded mobile app of the 2010s. Facebook can be accessed from devices with Internet connectivit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWNY-TV
WWNY-TV (channel 7) is a television station licensed to Carthage, New York, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for the Watertown area. It is owned by Gray Media alongside low-power, Class A Fox affiliate WNYF-CD (channel 28). The two stations share studios on Arcade Street in downtown Watertown; WWNY-TV and WNYF-CD's transmitters are located on the same tower along NY 126/State Street on Champion Hill. WWNY-CD (channel 28) is a Class A station licensed to Massena, New York, which operates as a translator of WWNY-TV. This station's transmitter is located at WNPI-DT's site southeast of South Colton along NY 56. History WCNY-TV was granted a special temporary authority (STA) to begin broadcasting on October 14, 1954. It was locally owned by the '' Watertown Daily Times'', which also owned WWNY radio (AM 790, now WTNY) in Watertown. The station carried programming from two networks at the time (CBS, ABC then added NBC by the program) but has always bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinclair Broadcast Group
Sinclair, Inc., doing business as Sinclair Broadcast Group, is a publicly traded American telecommunications conglomerate that is controlled by the descendants of company founder Julian Sinclair Smith. Headquartered in the Baltimore suburb of Cockeysville, Maryland, the company is the second-largest television station operator in the United States by number of stations after Nexstar Media Group, owning or operating 193 stations across the country in over 100 markets, covering 40% of American households. Sinclair is the largest owner of stations that are affiliated with Fox, NBC, CBS, ABC, MyNetworkTV, The CW, and The CW Plus. Sinclair owns four digital multicast networks, Comet, Charge!, The Nest, and Roar, and the sports-oriented cable network Tennis Channel. In June 2021, Sinclair became a ''Fortune'' 500 company, having reached 2020 annual revenues of billion, equivalent to $billion in . A 2019 study in the ''American Political Science Review'' found that "stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARCA Menards Series East
The ARCA Menards Series East (formerly known by other names) is a regional stock car racing series owned and operated by the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) and the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). Races are held at oval tracks ranging from in length and on two road courses, in length. Most races are stand-alone events (i.e. not in conjunction with other NASCAR touring series), but there are three race weekends that are in combination with the NASCAR Cup Series. Many of the ARCA Menards Series East drivers on the series are gaining experience with the hopes of moving up to one of the major NASCAR series, however some of the drivers are right at home in the series and have no plans of moving on. The series is not only developmental for drivers (including Joey Logano, Martin Truex Jr., Ricky Craven, Mike McLaughlin, Austin Dillon, Trevor Bayne, Brian Ickler, Ricky Carmichael and Ryan Truex), but for crew members (such as Greg Zipadell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series
The 2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series was the 23rd season of the Camping World East Series, a touring series sanctioned by NASCAR. Matt Kobyluck entered the season as the defending drivers' champion. Ryan Truex Ryan Matthew Truex (born March 18, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 24 Toyota GR Supra for Sam Hunt Racing. As a reserve driver for Joe Gibbs Racing in t ... won the championship, 34 points in front of Eddie MacDonald. This was the last season for the East Series with the Camping World title sponsorship. Because Camping World decided to be the title sponsor for the NASCAR Truck Series starting in 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, 2009, they did not renew their title sponsorship of NASCAR's East and West Series after their contract for that ended at the end of the 2009 season. (So, they sponsored all three series for that year only.) K&N Filters became the new titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 NASCAR Busch Series
The 2002 NASCAR Busch Series began February 16 and ended November 16. Greg Biffle of Roush Racing was crowned champion. Teams and drivers Complete schedule Limited Schedule Note: If under "team", the owner's name is listed and in ''italics'', that means the name of the race team that fielded the car is unknown. Notes Races EAS/GNC Live Well 300 The EAS/GNC Live Well 300 was held February 16 at Daytona International Speedway. Joe Nemechek won the pole. Top ten results #3- Dale Earnhardt Jr. #99-Michael Waltrip #17- Matt Kenseth #57- Jason Keller #47- Shane Hmiel #10- Scott Riggs #24- Jack Sprague #71- Kevin Lepage #92- Andy Houston #48- Kenny Wallace Failed to qualify: Dan Pardus (No. 32), Mike Wallace (No. 4), C. W. Smith (No. 67), Mike Harmon (No. 44), David Ray Boggs (No. 22) * Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s number 3 car marked the first race for the 3 car since the tragic 2001 Daytona 500. Junior would also run the 3 car at Charlotte later that year. 1-866R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watertown Daily Times
The ''Watertown Daily Times'' is a newspaper published six days a week, Monday through Saturday, in Watertown, New York. It provides coverage of Jefferson County, Lewis County, St. Lawrence County and Oswego County. It was founded in 1861 and is owned by the Johnson family of Watertown. For years, the Times was the smallest newspaper in the country to have its own Washington, D.C., bureau. The Times covers its geographically expansive coverage area through a network of bureaus and shared resources with its sister newspapers. In addition to Watertown, the newspaper has news-gathering operations in Lowville, Canton, Massena and Malone. The Times produces a number of publications, including the monthly NNY Business magazine and seasonal NNY Living magazine, the Journal and Republican of Lowville, the Courier-Observer of Massena and Potsdam and the Oswego County News, all zoned, weekly news section. All of these publications are represented online by the Times' NNY360 bran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supermodified Racing
Supermodifieds are a class of open wheel race car that compete on paved short tracks throughout North America. The class was founded in the 1950s and is especially popular in the Western, Northeast, and Great Lakes regions. Supermodifieds have been called the fastest short track race cars in the world. Design The frame of a supermodified is generally constructed from aircraft-quality thick chromium-molybdenum (" chromoly") tubing with steel and aluminum components, and the body is fabricated from fiberglass and aluminum. The cars are powered by American fuel-injected V8 engines that run on methanol fuel and can produce in excess of . At a weight of around , the cars achieve an enormous power-to-weight ratio. Nearly all competitors on the West Coast choose to run aluminum small blocks ranging from , whereas East Coast cars run mandatory cast-iron big blocks with aluminum heads bored to the allowable maximum displacement of . Cars in the Midwest can run small blocks up t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Late Models
Late Model stock car racing, also known as late model racing and late models, refers to a type of auto racing that involves purpose-built cars simultaneously racing against each other primarily on oval tracks. This type of racing was early-on characterized by its participants' modification to the engines of post-World War II passenger cars, but the modern day understanding references a class that allows considerable modifications to both the engine and body, yet requires some form of front fender package. Overview As the post WWII auto industry began meeting demand for new cars, auto lots were filling up with the pre-war coupes and sedans. These 1939-1941 cars, "modified" with souped up engines, were finding their way to competitions at racing ovals converted from horse racing or newly carved out in fields. In 1948 NASCAR became one of the first organizations to standardize the rules to ensure equal competition. The rulebook mandated that all cars had to be American made, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
