variety of auto racing events, including midgets, karts,
slingshots, late models, modifieds, sprint cars, stocks,
wingless, Roadrunners and more; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania hosts various motocross, road and track
motorcycle racing events, including the Rattlesnake National
Enduro race in Cross Fork, Potter County, the AMA Pro Hillclimb
events in Jefferson, York County, and Freemansburg, Northampton
County, and the Grand National Cross Country off-road race in
Mount Morris, Greene County; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania is home to other types of race
facilities, including dragstrips, like Maple Grove Raceway,
located near Mohnton, Berks County, and superspeedways, like
Pocono Raceway, in Long Pond, Monroe County; and
WHEREAS, Maple Grove Raceway is a quarter-mile dragstrip that
began its life as an amusement park in 1923; and
WHEREAS, In the 1930s, the owners added a half-mile stock car
track which was called the Brecknock Speedway, and the first
race was held in 1937; and
WHEREAS, While World War II brought an end to stock car
racing at this location, in 1957, the local motorcycle club
sought permission to run drag races on the straightaway of the
old stock car track; and
WHEREAS, The original one-eighth mile strip was lengthened to
the standard one-fifth mile length in 1962; and
WHEREAS, The owners of what is now Maple Grove Raceway
entered into a sanctioning agreement with the National Hot Rod
Association, which held its first national event, the Keystone
NHRA Nationals, in 1985 and attracted some of the top
competitors from around the country; and
WHEREAS, The Keystone NHRA Nationals bring tens of thousands
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