california mile low banked shaped oval california hosted nascar racing annually open wheel racing events located near locations track owned operated track owned naming rights sold served nearby interstate interstate freeways station located construction track site began completed late capacity added main lights added addition second annual nascar weekend track hosted nascar weekend returned track season finale race mile night race series previously ran mile race track history early history construction april kaiser announced construction site abandoned mill day announcement cart announced hold annual race months later nascar president agreed races completion marking time nascar commitment run race track built community meetings held discuss issues related construction track local effects events held local community largely supported construction citing potentially increased land values community april having toured sister track unanimously approved project gave permission begin construction kaiser agreed pay million remove hazardous waste site construction site began november demolition foot water tower landmark kaiser property preserved center track cubic yards contaminated dirt removed transported toxic waste prevent remaining rising surface cap non covered feet clean soil construction track completed late january team driver driver test new nascar held open test session track official opening ribbon cutting ceremony held june race nascar west series race held day california track named time built february purchased naming rights year deal creating expansion additions early success following opening track began expand reserved seating stretch additional seats additional added main mile built outside main year infield hold road course april san county planning commission approved changing use permit allow installation lights track later year nascar announced second annual sprint cup series race track season second race run lights nascar ran weekends racing annually season track returned single annual race weekend midway located main overhauled new midway called includes addition apex restaurant additional shade lounge areas new retail store entertainment stage march las_vegas based company expanded california opening new mile road course configurations attendance problems addition second nascar weekend track attendance races dropped dramatically large attendance swing drivers media began doubt track deserved dates track near los_angeles nation second largest media market weather concern extremely hot days rain threatening races nascar decision remove second race track realignment nascar schedule track owner said track located race market track president cited bad weather windows fans having entertainment options reasons attendance decline effective racing season capacity reduced accomplished removing approximately seats near turn installing area digital display showing speeds addition seats reduced result modifying average seat width inches inches capacity quoted include luxury boxes infield seating added reaches capacity approximately change february title sponsor making track official naming rights deal years worth estimated million addition naming rights use facility road tests consumer tests money capital improvements track pop culture facility filming television shows commercials films portions filmed portions filmed bucket list saw drive vintage dodge challenger mile parody track film cars venue race movie main character voiced retiring veteran strip king voiced perennial runner voiced race held rose bowl located fatalities cart race canadian driver died crash track determined sliding infield grass moore car hit edge oncoming pavement caused car flip concrete retaining wall incident prompted track owners sister track attempt prevent similar accident shortly crash cart mandated use head neck restraint system rule eventually mandatory tracks april killed qualifying session motorcycle race august police officer san_diego died open track event coming motorcycle june men died participating event sponsored october year old woman died participating driving school track woman driving replica lost control hit inside wall track racing events current races nascar series marathon americas races nascar series nascar camping world truck series san nascar west series cart series sports car series grand american sports car course events july festival consisting car family friendly entertainment fireworks midway festival annual festival held parking lot festival company sell food grocery store free samples new upcoming food performances artists track length paved oval track length disputed cart nascar run nascar timing scoring use length exactly miles timing scoring use length exactly miles race cart measured track miles length timing scoring track records closed course practice qualifying lap records set run mph mph respectively improved september mph mph respectively missed unofficial record practice set new official lap record mph cart qualifying october average speed recognised cart use slightly larger track length cart measurements speed listed miles hour march fastest lap speed recorded official race meeting fastest lap closed racing circuit race fastest circuit race history average speed mph miles topping previous record average mph miles set final cart race held preceding year time adjusted reflect cart measured distance recognised distance note cart calculating laps circuit miles versus miles consistency purposes lap mile records calculated standard mile distance average speed purposes stats minimum starts race winners race extended green white finish race shortened rain open wheel race winners
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