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Auto Racing in Hawaii
Articles and information about auto R\racing in Hawaii.
Hawaii Motorsports Center
This southwest Oahu motor race track
also operated under the name Hawaii Raceway Park.
It included a 1.32 mile road course, a 1/4 mile drag strip,
a paved kart track, and a 1/4 mile dirt oval.
The quarter mile dirt oval was known
as the Hawaii Motor Speedway.
2000:
Saturday Night at the Races
2006:
More Street Racing Feared When Track Shut Down
2007:
Hawaii Raceway Park Controversy
Status of Efforts to Save Hawaii Raceway Park
History of Hawaii Raceway Park
Dirt oval opened January 1, 1962
Drag strip opened in 1963
Two mile road course operated from 1973 to 1975
1.32 mile road course opened in 1992
300 foot sand dragstrip opened in 2002
The entire racetrack shut down in 2006 after their lease
with the James Campbell Estate ran out
In June of 2008 the 65.8 acre industrial zoned property
near the Campbell Industrial Park in Kapolei was for sale
again. It was bought by Irongate in 2006 for about
$13 million and it was probably worth about 28 million
in 2008. Irongate had originally planned to sell home
lots on the property, but in 2008 they decided to sell it instead.
Hawaii International Racing School
When this school was in operation its classes included
a three hour introduction to race car driving,
a three day competition driving course, Spec Racer and Formula Mirage lapping
sessions,and per-day race car rentals.
Big Island Auto Club
This Hawaiian auto racing club operates a 1/4 mile dirt oval
and kart near Hilo on the east side of the Big Island
of Hawaii.
Maui Raceway Park
Hawaii Racing Association
An organization on the Big Island of Hawaii
with 2700 members. The main goal of the organization
is to build a new motorsports complex
on 250 acres on an 1801 lava flow just north
of the Kona International Airport, on the mountain side
of Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway.
Kona Motorsports Park
A motor sports complex that has been proposed
to be built near Mahaiula on the West side of the Big
Island that would include a
drag strip, a dirt oval, a road course,
and a kart course.
ABCRI Box Car Track
Speed Hawaii
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