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2026 short track testing begins this week for NASCAR

SandJack TV — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 22:03:00 +0000

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags The 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season begins now in a manner of speaking. There will be two days of tire testing on Wednesday and Thursday for Goodyear to continue refining its tire combinations for the high-speed half-mile following drastic racing product swings that range from traditional racing to […]

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This Day in Track & Field-November 11 (Veterans Day), the first organized track & field meet in U.S. (1868), Lon Myers sets AR at Mile (1883), written by Walt Murphy

SandJack TV — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 19:45:00 +0000

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field-November 11 (Veterans Day) 1868–From Wally Donovan’s History of Indoor Track & Field “On a cold and rainy night, indoor track was born in New York City. The newly formed New York Athletic Club conducted the first […]

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This Day in Track & Field History: November 10, Born This Day: Mondo Duplantis (1999), written by Walt Murphy

SandJack TV — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:34:00 +0000

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field/X-Country-November 10 1883—Great Britain’s Walter George ran 52:53 for 10-miles in a handicap race in London to break his own pre-IAAF World Record of 52:56.5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_George_(athlete) 1924–Lake View(IL) prep Norma Zilk equaled Helen Filkey’s American […]

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This Day in Track & Field, November 7, Paula Radcliffe wins NYC Marathon by 3 seconds (2004), written by Walt Murphy

SandJack TV — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:25:00 +0000

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field–November 7 TCS NY City Marathon 1999—Kenya’s Joseph Chebet followed up his win at the Boston Marathon in April by winning the men’s race in NY in 2:09:14. 2nd was Portugal’s Domingos Castro (2:09:20). Mexico’s Adriana Fernández (2:25:06) won […]

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This Day in Track & Field, November 5, Shalane Flanagan wins NYC Marathon (2017), Born Today: Eliud Kipchoge is 41! by Walt Murphy

SandJack TV — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 19:43:00 +0000

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field–November 5 1890—Princeton’s Luther Cary ran 11.2 for 100-meters in New York to equal the American Record he already shared with Yale’s Charles Sherrill. Cary won the 100y and 220y at the 1891 IC4A and […]

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This Day in Track & Field, November 4, Grete Waitz takes 4th in NYC Marathon, announces Retirement (1990), by Walt Murphy

SandJack TV — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 16:44:00 +0000

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags This Day in Track & Field/Marathon-November 4 TCS NY City Marathon 1990—The race was dedicated to race director and NYRR president Fred Lebow, who was battling brain cancer. In the closest women’s finish to date, Poland’s Wanda Panfil (2:30:45) held off runner-up American Kim Jones (2:30:50) […]

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This Day in Track & Field History, October 30, 2025, Julie Brown sets AR for 5,000 meters ( 1976), compiled, edited and written by Walt Murphy

SandJack TV — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 23:42:00 +0000

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags This Day in Track & Field–October 30 1976—Cal. State Northridge’s Julie Brown, competing in a race that served as a qualifier for the AIAW X-Country Championships (the precursor to the NCAA Championships), ran 16:14.0 for 5000-meters on her home track to break Jan Merrill’s 6-month old American […]

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This Day in Track & Feild, October 26, Alberto Salazar wins his debut marathon at NYC Marathon (1980), written by Walt Murphy

SandJack TV — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 17:27:00 +0000

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service ([email protected]) This Day in Track & Field–October 26 1941–Italy’s Adolfo Consolini threw the Discus 175-0 (53.34) in Milan to break the 4-month old World Record of 174-8 3/4 (53.25) that was set by American Archie Harris. He would set two more World […]

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This Day in Track & Field, October 25, Alberto Salazar and Allison Roe Win NYC Marathon (1981), by Walt Murphy

SandJack TV — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 22:07:00 +0000

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service ([email protected]) Slow Day This Day in Track & Field–October 25 1981–It was thought at the time that Alberto Salazar (2:08:13) and New Zealand’s Allison Roe (2:25:28) had set World Records at the NY City Marathon, but it was later determined that the […]

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2025 Track World Championships: Lara Gillespie makes history for Ireland on Day 2, Harrie Lavreysen claims second gold in

SandJack TV — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 16:30:00 +0000

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Five titles were on the line on day 2 of racing at the 2025 UCI Track World Championships in the Peñalolén velodrome in Santiago, Chile. The second day of competition decided the gold medallists in the Men’s Keirin, the Men’s Scratch, Women’s Team Pursuit, Men’s Team Pursuit and […]

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