In the '50's and 60's Needles ran the Colorado River marathon, 115 miles, it was "Big Doings" in those days.
The city, when there was a city of Needles used Indian land and build a Marine Stadium. It had about a 1 1/4 course, and was next to the main river channel. It was actually very cool, but with the river going up and down and sand moving here and there, the marine Stadium filled in.
This October 5-6-7, 2012, Needles is having a Bar-B-Q and beer drinking contests (Something like that anyway) with the goal is to make money to help dredge out the Needles Marine Stadium. I know surfing isn't boat racing, but the Huntington Beach Surf contest brought 20 million dollars to Orange County in 9 days. 16 million went to the city of Huntington Beach.
Lucas Oil owns their own TV channel, Drag Boat and Circle Boat Racing in Needles could help revive a sagging economy!
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