Saturday 25th May 1985
The 112,000 seater Charlotte Motor Speedway (North Carolina, US), aka the Mecca of Motorsports, held its first race. Linked to Charlotte and I-85 by a high-volume connector road. A state-of-the-art lighting system allowed racing during the cool hours of the evening. The track itself is a 1.5-mile oval that is banked at 24 degrees.