NASCAR s Most Memorable Moments at Phoenix Raceway
Built for open-wheel, Phoenix has become one of NASCAR s most iconic venues Mar 12, 2021
Phoenix Raceway opened in 1964 but wouldn’t host a Cup Series race until 1988.
Prior to that, it was a desert showcase for open-wheel competition that included USAC Midgets, Sprint Cars and IndyCars. The track owes its oblong shape to wrapping itself around the nearby Estrella Mountains.
The NASCAR West Series contested a series of races starting in 1975, and that paved the way for the premier division to become a mainstay in the Valley of the Sun.
Alan Kulwicki won the first ever Cup race at Phoenix (1988) and introduced fans to the Polish Victory Lap, a clockwise cool down lap that allowed the driver to wave to the fans in celebration. Kevin Harvick has become its most successful competitor with nine wins over the past 19 seasons.
Dave Goelz: I’m so thrilled. I gotta tell you, I am beyond thrilled for a least a couple of reasons. One is that it’s gonna be so easy to watch now that
I’ll even watch it. When it was on DVD and VHS I never really bothered, so now I’ll be able to do it and I’m looking forward to reliving some of those moments. I’m sure that when I watch the shows I will remember all kinds of little things that happened when we were shooting them. So I’m excited about that.
Published January 14, 2021, 8:20 AM
In this file photo taken on August 06, 2005 swimmer Klete Keller looks up at his winning time after the championship final of the 400 meter freestyle at the ConocoPhillips National Championship at the William J. Woollett Aquatic Center in Irvine, California. (Photo by Todd Warshaw / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
US Olympic swimming gold medalist Klete Keller was charged by the Justice Department Wednesday with participating in the June 6 attack on Congress by supporters of President Donald Trump.
Keller was filmed as part of the crowd that illegally entered the huge Rotunda hall of the Capitol after violent protesters broke through police lines and forced their way in.
CART Co-Founder, Indy 500-Winning Team Owner Pat Patrick Dies at 91
Patrick’s teams won 45 Indy-car races, three Indianapolis 500s.
U.E. Pat Patrick co-founded Championship Auto Racing Teams and founded the Indy Lights Series.
Patrick, who died on Tuesday at the age of 91, won three Indy 500s and 45 Indy-car races as a team owner.
Patrick Racing s greatest season was 1989. That year, Patrick won both the Indianapolis 500 and the CART championship with driver Emerson Fittipaldi.
Veteran IndyCar racer and 1983 Indianapolis 500 winner Tom Sneva ducked into the Patrick Racing hospitality tent at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland during a July CART race weekend in 1995.