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Johnny Bush (racing Driver)
Johnny Bush (born August 6, 1954) is an American former professional stock car racing driver who competed in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour from 1989 to 2016. Bush has also competed in series such as the SMART Modified Tour, the Modified Racing Series, the Race of Champions Asphalt Modified Tour, and the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing. Motorsports results NASCAR ( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) Whelen Modified Tour References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bush, Johnny Living people NASCAR drivers Racing drivers from New York (state) 1954 births SMART Modified Tour drivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntington Station, New York
Huntington Station is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York, in the United States. The population was reported as 34,878 with the 2020 census. It is considered part of the greater Huntington area, which is anchored by Huntington. History The hamlet was named for its railroad station, and was originally known as "Fairground". Huntington Station was the birthplace of poet Walt Whitman. His home remains there as a museum. Economy Across from the Walt Whitman Museum on Route 110 are the Walt Whitman Shops, a large shopping mall. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2020, there were 34,878 people, and 10,925 households residing in the CDP. The population density was 6,369.2 people per square mile. The racial makeup of the CDP was 52.9% White, 8.1% African American, 1.6% Native American, 2.8% Asi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverside Park Speedway
Riverside Park Speedway was a 1/4-mile oval paved race track, located at the present site of Six Flags New England in Agawam, Massachusetts, one mile north of the Massachusetts–Connecticut state line. To capitalize on the nation's new attraction to auto racing following World War II, park owner Edward J. Carroll demolished the dance hall that had burned down in 1948. In its place laid out a flat 1/5-mile oval track, pit area and grandstand alongside the Connecticut River. The first full season of "modified" stock car racing was 1949. The track closed at the end of the 1999 season. Five-time track champion Bob Polverari won the final race, after which participants started digging up pieces of the track asphalt for souvenirs.Courchesne, Shawn (June 17, 1999) "Final Lap for Riverside Speedway" ''Hartford Courant'', p .C2 In 2000 when the park re-opened as Six Flags New England, the race track was demolished and the DC Universe themed area (including the roller coaster Superman Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee USA Speedway
Lee USA Speedway is a Short track motor racing, short-track oval race track located in Lee, New Hampshire. History The facility opened as Lee Raceway in 1964 as a dirt tri-oval, in length. Original owner Bob Bonser later recounted that he initially bought the land the track is located on in order to have a site along New Hampshire Route 125 to place advertising for a nudist camp that he owned and operated. Bonser paved the track the following year, and it became home to the New England Supermodified racing, Super Modified Racing Association (NESMRA). In late 1983, the facility was purchased by Kenny Smith, Russ Conway (journalist), Russ Conway, and Charlie Elliot, who had previously owned and operated Star Speedway in nearby Epping, New Hampshire. Renamed as Lee Speedway, the track was changed to be an oval, in length, and reopened in the fall of 1984. The first event held at the reconfigured track reportedly drew 236 entrants. A section of the original tri-oval is still used a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 NASCAR Winston Modified Tour
The General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its calendar advanced 24 hours to the Eastern Hemisphere side of the International Date Line, skipping August 21, 1993. Events January * January 1 ** Czechoslovakia ceases to exist, as the Czech Republic and Slovakia separate in the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. ** The European Economic Community eliminates trade barriers and creates a European single market. ** International Radio and Television Organization ceases. * January 3 – In Moscow, Presidents George H. W. Bush (United States) and Boris Yeltsin (Russia) sign the START II, second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. * January 5 ** US$7.4 million is stolen from the Brink's Armored Car Depot in Rochester, New York, in the fifth largest robbery in U.S. history. ** , a Liberian-registered oil tanker, runs aground ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
