Altamont Speedway

Altamont Speedway
Altamont Raceway
Altamont Motorsports Park
Altamont Raceway Park and Arena

Alameda County , California , USA
Route type:	permanent race track
Owner:	Riverside Motorsports Park
Operator:	Riverside Motorsports Park
Opening:	1966
Decommissioned:	October 2008
outer short-track oval
oval
Route data
Important events:	NASCAR Camping World West Series Dan Gamel RV Centers 200 (1995-1999, 2005-2008)
Route length:	0.802  km (0.5  mi )
Curve superelevation:	Curves: 12 ° Straight line: 4 °
Audience capacity:	7,500
inner short-track oval
oval
Route data
Route length:	0.401  km (0.25  mi )

Coordinates: 37 ° 44 ′ 16.9 "  N , 121 ° 33 ′ 47.7"  W.

The Altamont Speedway , even Altamont Motorsports Park , Altamont Raceway , Altamont Raceway Park or Altamont Raceway Park and Arena was a motor racing - track in Alameda County in Northern California , located between the cities of Tracy and Livermore . The distances to the larger cities in California are (as the crow flies): to the west of San Francisco , 76 km; in the southwest of San José , 54 km; in southeast Los Angeles , 300 mi.

The area, named after the nearby Altamont Pass , opened on July 22nd, 1966 and consists of a number of different racetracks that hosted racing events. The most famous of these events was the NASCAR Camping World West Series in 2008 .

The Altamont Speedway gained notoriety as the venue for the Altamont Free Concert , where a concert-goer was stabbed to death during a performance by the Rolling Stones in 1969.

In 2008 the speedway was closed.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mick Jagger News ( Memento from May 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on Yahoo! Music
2. ^ RIP Altamont Raceway