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Tucson Raceway Park is a 3/8-mile paved oval racetrack located off Interstate 10
Interstate 10

Interstate 10 is the southernmost east-west, coast-to-coast Interstate Highway in the United States. It stretches from the Pacific Ocean at California State Route 1 in Santa Monica, California, California to Interstate 95 in Florida in Jacksonville, Florida, Florida....
 just south of Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, Arizona, United States, located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix, Arizona and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border....
. It is one of only three paved ovals in the state of Arizona (the others are Phoenix International Raceway
Phoenix International Raceway

Phoenix International Raceway, or just PIR, is a one mile tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It opened in 1964, as the new home of major open-wheel racing in the Phoenix area, replacing the track at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum as an automobile racing venue....
 and Havasu 95 Speedway).

track was built in 1968, originally as a clay oval.

In 1982, International Speedway Corporation
International Speedway Corporation

International Speedway Corporation is a corporation whose primary business is the ownership and management of NASCAR race tracks. ISC was founded by NASCAR founder Bill France, Sr....
 bought the facility and paved the racing surface in 1993.

In 2002, ISC sold the track to then-general manager David Derry and it was sold again in 2005 to its current owners, Dan and Joyce Ruth.

currently hosts races in the NASCAR
NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is the largest sanctioning body of stock cars in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series....
 Whelen All-American Series
Whelen All-American Series

The Whelen All-American Series is a semi-professional and amateur auto racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It is commonly seen as the lowest level of competitive racing sanctioned by NASCAR, and is thus the entry point for a number of aspiring drivers....
 as well as Legends, Bandoleros, Late Models
Late model

A "late model car" refers to a newer car, which has been recently designed or fabricated. Essentially, ?late model? means ?latest model.? By contrast, the terms "early model car" or "classic car" would refer to older cars....
, Factory Stocks and Mini Stocks as well as other various forms of stock car racing
Stock car racing

Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing found mainly in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain and Brazil. Traditionally, races are run on oval track racing measuring approximately ? mile to 2.66 miles length, but are also raced on road courses....
.

Races are almost always held on Saturday night, with practice sessions held on Friday.






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Tucson Raceway Park is a 3/8-mile paved oval racetrack located off Interstate 10
Interstate 10

Interstate 10 is the southernmost east-west, coast-to-coast Interstate Highway in the United States. It stretches from the Pacific Ocean at California State Route 1 in Santa Monica, California, California to Interstate 95 in Florida in Jacksonville, Florida, Florida....
 just south of Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, Arizona, United States, located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix, Arizona and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border....
. It is one of only three paved ovals in the state of Arizona (the others are Phoenix International Raceway
Phoenix International Raceway

Phoenix International Raceway, or just PIR, is a one mile tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It opened in 1964, as the new home of major open-wheel racing in the Phoenix area, replacing the track at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum as an automobile racing venue....
 and Havasu 95 Speedway).

History

The track was built in 1968, originally as a clay oval.

In 1982, International Speedway Corporation
International Speedway Corporation

International Speedway Corporation is a corporation whose primary business is the ownership and management of NASCAR race tracks. ISC was founded by NASCAR founder Bill France, Sr....
 bought the facility and paved the racing surface in 1993.

In 2002, ISC sold the track to then-general manager David Derry and it was sold again in 2005 to its current owners, Dan and Joyce Ruth.

Racing at TRP

TRP currently hosts races in the NASCAR
NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is the largest sanctioning body of stock cars in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series....
 Whelen All-American Series
Whelen All-American Series

The Whelen All-American Series is a semi-professional and amateur auto racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It is commonly seen as the lowest level of competitive racing sanctioned by NASCAR, and is thus the entry point for a number of aspiring drivers....
 as well as Legends, Bandoleros, Late Models
Late model

A "late model car" refers to a newer car, which has been recently designed or fabricated. Essentially, ?late model? means ?latest model.? By contrast, the terms "early model car" or "classic car" would refer to older cars....
, Factory Stocks and Mini Stocks as well as other various forms of stock car racing
Stock car racing

Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing found mainly in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain and Brazil. Traditionally, races are run on oval track racing measuring approximately ? mile to 2.66 miles length, but are also raced on road courses....
.

Races are almost always held on Saturday night, with practice sessions held on Friday. Thanks to the warm climate in Tucson, the track is able to remain open from February to November, only closing on weekends when there is a Sprint Cup race at Phoenix.

Former events

In 1995, TRP hosted the second-ever NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Craftsman Truck Series

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is a racing series owned and operated by the NASCAR. It is the only series in all of NASCAR to race modified production pickup trucks and is one of the three national divisions of NASCAR, together with the Nationwide Series and the top level Sprint Cup....
 race, the Racing Champions 200. This race returned in 1996 and 1997 as the NAPA 200.

TRP was also the home of the TV program Winter Heat Series
Winter Heat Series

Winter Heat Series was a television program on TNN and later ESPN2 that featured stock car racing....
, which ran during NASCAR's offseason from 1994-95 to 1998-99. This program was the launching pad for the careers of drivers such as Greg Biffle
Greg Biffle

Gregory Jack Biffle is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver who drives the #16 3M Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing. He now lives in Mooresville, North Carolina....
, Kurt Busch
Kurt Busch

Kurt Thomas Busch is a professional United States race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series....
, Matt Crafton
Matt Crafton

Matthew Crafton...
 and others.

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