Ontario Motor Speedway was a motorsport venue located in Ontario, California. It was the first and only automobile racing facility built to accommodate major races sanctioned by all of the four dominant racing sanctioning bodies: USAC (and now IndyCar Series ) for open-wheel oval car races; NASCAR for a 500-mile (800 km) oval stock car races ...

Mar 3, 2012 · The icing on the cake was the circle of bricks from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway that made up Ontario’s victory lane, in the shape of a big “O.” The first event at the magnificent new track was held on Labor Day of 1970.

Ontario Motor Speedway (nicknamed "The Big O") in Ontario, California, was a 2.5 mile track built similar to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. The track was built for $25.5 million and was considered state of the art at the time.

Sep 8, 2009 · Labor Day weekend marked the thirty-ninth anniversary of the first IndyCar race at Ontario Motor Speedway located in Ontario, California. What started out as a grand design has now ended up being a trivial footnote in IndyCar history.

McElreath, a 42-year-old Texan, became the first person to drive his car into Ontario Motor Speedway's Victory Circle (paved with bricks from Indianapolis); he averaged 160.606 mph for the 500 miles and collected $150,000. On 28 March 1971, the next major promotion was run.

A circle of bricks unearthed from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway were laid in OMS's victory lane. The first race, The California 500, (held on September 6, 1970), was a success.

Ward is shown in a photo pointing out the strong crash walls built for the track. A special Indy 500 Speedway “brick” is shown that will be used at OMS to bring the tradition of the past to the modern racing complex of the future. An aerial view showed the vast scale of the speedway facility and an even larger parking lot.

Ontario Motor Speedway was a motorsport venue located in Ontario, California. It was the first and only automobile racing facility built to accommodate major races sanctioned by all of the four dominant racing sanctioning bodies: USAC; NASCAR; NHRA and Formula1.

Jul 11, 2023 · i'm pretty sure they would welcome it like the hulmans did when it was built. shit, not only did that help them get the first california 500 off the ground but also donated bricks from IMS for the OMS victory lane!

May 17, 2023 · Indy even gave Ontario a few ceremonial bricks. It was meant to be the “Indy of the West”. For a few years Ontario was even part of a triple crown of 500 mile races in USAC Champ cars. Indy, Ontario, and Pocono.