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Feb. 5, 2010
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Saugus Speedway, the oldest auto racing facility in the West, will begin its 28th consecutive season of stock car racing Saturday night with a 150-lap factory stock enduro--sometimes called the Freeway 150--and a destruction derby.
March 20, 1986
Weekly Saturday night racing returns to Southern California this weekend with sprint cars at Ascot Park and stock cars at Saugus Speedway, but the cast of characters won’t be the same as last season.
March 17, 1988
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Feb. 6, 2010
The International Race of Champions, which had its beginnings at Riverside International Raceway 15 years ago, will return June 11 after an absence of nine years to help “celebrate” the demise of the famous road racing course.
June 2, 1988
Cal Wells III will phase out his PPI Motorsports Toyota Atlantic Series team after this season, but driver Dan Wheldon continues to impress during his rookie season on the circuit.
Aug. 25, 2000
Up around Denver, where Rick Carelli hangs his hat, they call him the “High Plains Drifter” after the way he drifts from one racing hotbed to another, searching for new stock car racing challenges.
Sept. 12, 1991
Oren Prosser, who won the first of his five Saugus Speedway championships nearly 30 years ago, will come out of retirement Saturday night to drive Don Johnson’s No. 15 Chevrolet in the season-ending Fall Spectacular at Saugus.
Sept. 24, 1993
Escalating costs in Indy car racing have all but forced the small-time operator out of the game.
April 28, 1988