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#1
03-28-2022, 11:54 AM
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Wild Horse Pass Motorsports (Firebird Raceway) closing for good
No more racing at Wild Horse Pass - it will be displaced for a new freeway interchange. I don't know if this means the lake and Bondurant, too, but they all sit awfully close to the 1/4 mile track. I can't imagine there'll be anything left for race fans.
https://www.si.com/fannation/racing/...after2023event
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#2
03-28-2022, 11:59 AM
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Lots of that going around.. Richmond Dragway closed up...been around since the early 60's.. loslts of big names came through there...
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#3
03-28-2022, 12:38 PM
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We have a month left for Palm Beach and they should be done. Plans are for a warehouse distribution site.
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03-28-2022, 01:20 PM
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I'm sorry to hear this, but not surprised. As Bob Dylan said, "The times they are a'changing". One of my last passes there a few years back was my quickest and fastest. I'll be sorry to see it go, though the loss of Speedworld in Phoenix years earlier was an even bigger loss, IMO.
Jim
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#5
03-28-2022, 01:47 PM
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#6
03-28-2022, 02:16 PM
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#7
03-28-2022, 05:03 PM
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Of all the cars in Az., and no place to race ???
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#8
03-28-2022, 05:24 PM
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Happening all over. Atlanta Dragway closed and apartments were going to be built there. Now all the soil samples came back and they can't build anything. Just sitting.
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#9
03-28-2022, 08:54 PM
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Sound like the perfect place for a drag strip! K
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#10
03-28-2022, 09:27 PM
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Maybe it can come back like Milan Dragway "came back" in Michigan.
Tom V.
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#11
03-28-2022, 11:38 PM
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Take it to the streets!
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#12
03-29-2022, 09:46 AM
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#13
03-30-2022, 08:30 PM
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RMR in Utah fell to warehouses in 2018. Racing is done for me.
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#14
03-30-2022, 08:49 PM
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Houston Raceway Park is shutting down at the end of the year.
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03-31-2022, 04:20 AM
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I heard IHRA sold Memphis as well and has a similar future.
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#16
04-01-2022, 01:03 PM
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Im thinking Dragy sales are going to go up in the area.
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#17
04-01-2022, 01:19 PM
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Yes, it looks like Pontiac Heaven events, started in Phoenix in 1998, will have to find yet another location to host events for the hobby. Speedworld from 1998-2013. San Diego in 2014 and Wild Horse Pass 2014-2019. Covid put a damper on things, then my health, now this. It is my hope that there will be a new track on the Gila River resv. They have the land, they have fwy frontage and exits and they have the equipment, etc already. Hoping fans and racers will keep attendance strong to encourage a new facility. Trying to think positive as Phoenix is so big and has much drag racing history. We will see.
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#18
04-17-2022, 06:02 PM
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This is unfortunate news. My 17 y/o son and his buddies went to an event there last night (shutdown showdown) last night and had a blast. I really think we’re on the cusp of new generation of racing enthusiasts.,
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#19
04-18-2022, 12:06 PM
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For now, a least, it looks as if Tucson Dragway will soon be the only track in the state. It's a nicely laid out physical facility with a long shutdown area. But, there are two problems: (1) it was built on county land and so is 25 miles SE of Tucson and that much further from the Phoenix area and (2) it's at 3075' above sea level and therefore a slower track than the Phoenix-area tracks were (at 1400' maybe?).
Jim
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****'63 Tempest, 475" IAII, Wenzler Super Chief heads, converted to blown alcohol, Birdcatcher, Littlefield 10-71 high helix. Best pass to date: 7.67 @ 181.59 (1/4 mi.), 4.95 @ 143.67 (1/8 mi.), 1.18 (60 ft) 7.75 @ 178 pass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iez3...ature=youtu.be First seven second pass(7.98): https://wwwoutube.com/watch?v=DK17...ature=youtu.be Thanks to Paul Carter @ Koerner Racing Engines
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#20
04-18-2022, 12:21 PM
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That makes it about a 3 hr drive for us.
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