Now Irwindale is gone (6 Viewers)

[sammi]

It finally happened. It looks like Irwindale Speedway and drag strip are gone. Super sad that the ancestral home of drag racing and car culture does not have a track within a couple of hours of LA. A fun track with a huge paved pit area, legit fire and rescue crew and a bunch a awesome track workers.
It wasn't left wing tree huggers that closed the place. It wasn't Gov. Newsome and Nancy Pelosi. It wasn't the federal government. Care to guess what happened? Rhymes with what happened to: San Fernando, Irwindale 1, OCIR, Riverside, Lions, Fontana 1and 2, Ontario, etc.

 

[4onthefl4]

Can't help but wonder about Pomona. Is it on the hit list?

 

[Randy]

Can't help but wonder about Pomona. Is it on the hit list?

Anymore, no place is safe except Firebird Raceway in Eagle, Idaho. It was made into an Idaho State Park years ago. Supposedly they can't touch it.

 

[mick]

honestly, i do not know why it is closing. it seems to be surrounded by industy, not exactly a residential area prime for development.