Miles The Monster
The speedway's mascot is called "Miles the Monster" which is a concrete monster spawned from the track's nickname, "The Monster Mile." The monster is featured on the winner's trophy, the track's tickets, memorabilia, website, and the 46-foot (14 m) Monster Monument. A previous nickname that the track had was the "White Lightning."
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Famous quotes containing the words miles and/or monster:
“Then for years and years
And for miles and miles
‘Cross the Aegean Isles,
Athens, Rome, France, Britain,
Always West-Northwest ...”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“Next to an old-fashioned church social, or possibly a monster bridge party, there is no buzz which can equal the sibilant buzz of a matinée.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)