I just wish they could improve the layout of the facility. The pitside stands are pretty far away from the track and the spectator stands are a good hike to the pits.
Oh yeah, it’s like a half a mile to the pits. Well, it’s tough to walk it, but it just kind of speaks to the expanse of land in the Midwest, where everything is spread out.
I know part of the drag strip was used as a portion of the road course originally. Not sure if they even did any road racing there before closing. I loved going to the night national events they had in July in the 90’s.
Exactly, the layout sucks for the fans. I hope flying H gets a national event in the future, not Topeka.
I will go to Flying H for their first national event. I was surprised they didn’t get on the schedule for 2025. I wonder if the rain and safety issues from the regional kept them off the schedule. Very fortunate that somebody wasn’t killed.
This was during the regional race. I was not there but heard about it from somebody that was. This is from Facebook about the incident.
*grimace* first I’ve seen on this, thank you.
Wow!…….I had seen mention of this elsewhere, but didn’t know the details.
Just remember that it was a NHRA regional race so they had to be aware of the current condition. I heard that if your track shutdown was at least a certain length, a sand trap with a catch net is not required. I could be wrong but I don’t believe Phoenix or Norwalk have a net. However there shouldn’t be other dangers at the very end. The Bartone team only run regional races that are held at national event tracks because of track and safety issues.
Yes it is a NHRA sanctioned track. I don’t have any answers. I just think it could be the reason it isn’t currently on the 2025 schedule.
It was my understanding that when there was a Divisional race at a track, that the NHRA basically took over the entire operation and ran the race themselves. This included the safety end of things.
that is my understanding as well. how were the top end safety devices overlooked/ignored? someone had to have been to end of track prior to the race?
