Duchesne, Utah

[Vdubman]

I just read an article and watched a video of a groundbreaking ceremony by the Apex Racing Foundation for a new quarter mile dragstrip in Duchesne, Utah. That’s a bit east of Salt Lake City. High elevation, almost 6,000 ft.

I’m not finding a ton of information about it though, does anyone know if this thing is looking to be big enough to try for a national?

Do you think Nitro teams even really want to try and run at that altitude anymore?

 

[Butch]

The reason it a 1/4 Mile is because it's gonna take that long to get to 250MPH

 

[Custom Body Fan]

I just read an article and watched a video of a groundbreaking ceremony by the Apex Racing Foundation for a new quarter mile dragstrip in Duchesne, Utah. That’s a bit east of Salt Lake City. High elevation, almost 6,000 ft. ……..does anyone know if this thing is looking to be big enough to try for a national?

It’s about two hours east of SLC, and almost as far from Provo. Tthere is about zero infrastructure in Duchesne - nearest lodging is an hour east in Vernal - Vernal is small without a lot of lodging itself. This seems like a strange location for a track - not even sure where they’ll get “local” racers from.

 

[Vdubman]

It’s about two hours east of SLC, and almost as far from Provo. Tthere is about zero infrastructure in Duchesne - nearest lodging is an hour east in Vernal - Vernal is small without a lot of lodging itself. This seems like a strange location for a track - not even sure where they’ll get “local” racers from.

Fair points, I was hoping that this could be something good after the closure of Rocky Mountain Raceway near Salt Lake City. They used to occasionally run IHRA nitro cars up there if I remember right.

 

[glofria]

Google is an amazing tool if you're willing to use it.

Upcoming Apex Racing Foundation in Utah joins NHRA Member Track network

NHRA officials have announced the build of a new NHRA-sanctioned track as part of NHRA’s Pacific Division (Division 7) with the upcoming Apex Racing Foundation in Utah’s Duchesne County.

www.nhra.com

 

[GumbyWVU]

The reason it a 1/4 Mile is because it's gonna take that long to get to 250MPH

Yep NHRA had a plan all along to slow the cars down - just start racing at higher elevations, lol.

 

[Custom Body Fan]

Google is an amazing tool if you're willing to use it.

I still wonder what business of this truck will be like. It’s in Duchesne County, Utah. The population of the county is 19,000, and that is spread across 3,300 sq miles!

 

[GumbyWVU]

I still wonder what business of this truck will be like. It’s in Duchesne County, Utah. The population of the county is 19,000, and that is spread across 3,300 sq miles!

The NHRA BFE Nationals, lol.