saturday night short track racing from richmond, va. great racing so far. next saturday night - yes another saturday night race - nascar will be in charlotte nc for the nextel cup all star race. im looking forward to may 30. the indianapolis 500 an the coca cola 600. 1100 miles of racing. good thing i booked my holiday around then. gonna be a good day.
Ice hockey at the 1980 winter Olympics
This tournament went from February 12-24, 1980. 12 teams played. The Olympic Fieldhouse and Olympic Arena hosted the games. Canada hockey team returns and finishes 6th. Tournament best remembered for the "miracle on ice" as the United States beat the Soviet Union before beating Finland to win gold. They had also beat Czechoslovakia and tied Sweden. Their roster fielded exclusively amateur players. The United States, as mentioned, won gold, Soviet Union the silver and Sweden the bronze. Next is the 1984 tournament in Sarajevo Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦).
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