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Pontiac Silverdome Imploded – YankeeRacer.com

Pontiac Silverdome Imploded

By admin December 5, 2017 Pontiac Silverdome

The Pontiac (MI) Silverdome was imploded today. The venue was best known as the former home of the Detroit Lions and Detroit Pistons.

It also had a brief racing history in the 1980s. Gene Gennetten won the inaugural race in 1980. Butch Miller won an ASA race on February 27, 1983. Tom Cororan won the World of Outlaws Midget race in 1983. 

Sources:
http://www.midwestracingarchives.com/2013/12/looking-back-in-racing-history-1983.html
http://autoracingrecords.com/tracks.php?lid=18785

Detroit Free Press-Sunday, December 7, 1980
The Tribune-Friday, January 22, 1982
Journal and CourierLafayette, Indiana-Monday, February 8, 1982
The Star Press-Sunday, January 31, 1982
St. Louis Post-Dispatch-Sunday, March 20, 1983
Lansing State JournalLansing, Michigan-Friday, January 13, 1984