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A HUGE Thank You to IHRA for purchasing National Trails located outside of Columbus , Ohio……Hopefully, The Sportsnationals will return home to Bowling Green , Kentucky …. YIPPEE !!!!!

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National Trails, Maryland International,Milan Dragway,Darlington Dragway,Galot and Kil Kare

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Memorial Day weekend!!
That's my guess...

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The word from Gainsville is the Sportnats will be at LORP (INDY) weekend of Aug 1st.

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That's a lot of money

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Hopefully Holley will step up and sponsor the Sports Nationals and bring it back to Bowling Green.


Tom Flowers
E/SA 3860

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Dragway 42 also.

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maybe...

Anyone who has bought property (especially commercial) knows that there is no way these tracks were purchased that fast. The press release IHRA put out is misleading for sure. A few sentences clearly give an indication that the purchase of 7 tracks is actively happening, then towards the bottom is says "agreed in principle to purchase". You can look up what that means legally, but again, the press release sure wants the reader to believe this is a done deal.

Then today... MIR announces they are NOT sold, and is asking IHRA to correct the press release. Seven becomes six.

https://goracemir.com/

Maybe the rest will happen? I don't know...

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typical lHRA shytshow and it wouldn't surprise me that other tracks on that list, too aren't being purchased by the IHRA

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WOW! Great way to start out and build confidence. But everything is lies and bent truths now.

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Well I am in favor of bringing Sportsnats back to Las Vegas....BUt from what I have heard they have not purchased anything yet..Just letters of intent. Starting to sound like its the usual clown show..BUt time will tell

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https://dragillustrated.com/multiple...uired-by-ihra/

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Yeah sure they are going to buy 7 tracks, run them maintain them etc. What nonsense.
NHRA has two.

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MIR has announced that their track is not being acquired by IHRA.

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Agree to buy many times is just like the guy who says i want to buy your car and on the way who never shows up , the whole world is full of talkers , lets wait to see what really happens.

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Add Galot and Darlington to the list.

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And today IHRA says they are indeed buying tracks....The circus continues, not a good look for them IMO

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Darlington Dragway, Bear Aiken, and Jeff Miles just posted a picture with the new owner of IHRA and the new president this morning of the group at Darlington. Looks like they are serious about purchasing all these tracks.

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Tell the new IHRA Owner that there is a beautiful Auto facility in N.W. Arizona (right off Interstate I-40 in Beautiful Yucca, AZ between Kingman, AZ and Needles, CA, up for sale now that has every type of auto racing track known to man Formerly the Ford Proving Grounds and now the Chrysler Proving Grounds that would not only make a great IHRA Drag Racing location but would/could become a Premier All around MotorSports Facillity for all types of auto racing. It it huge, it also has a huge price tag attached, has been used for decades as nothing but private auto mfg. Automotive Proving Grounds is in pristine condition and only needs spectator stands installed.

Yes, it is also in the dead center of nowhere in the desert. But, that means fewer local residents to drive it out of business or complain about noise. And located dead center of the Phoenix, L.A.(SoCal), and Las Vegas Metro areas.

We could sure use an IHRA Track out west (right dead center in the middle of Firebird, Pomona, and the Las Vegas Speedway complex!)

Sure, it would take a conglomerate of Billionaires to get it and get it off the ground, but the possibilities are endless once they snatch it up!

Google Maps...Yucca, AZ go look at the overhead view you cannot miss the For Sale Facillity! (Bonus...it is only a 20 min drive from my house at AZ friendly 75MPH Interstate speeds). It would almost make me move a bit west to
Yucca so I could drive across the street to race (no complainers there about noise either as far as existing residents, because most of those that live locally are under U.S. Marshall's protection...a very well know fact, and they would shy away from exposure it could cause).

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I get the excitement over IHRA coming back and it's like Christmas morning and you come downstairs to a new bike and first thing you want to do is ride it around the neighborhood to show all your friends but I feel like they should have got all their ducks in a row first, and you know what if 2026 is the year you roll out a schedule then do so at least it looks like the right thing.

The problem is everyday it is something else, they bought the track, no they didn't, yes we did....etc, it's like a grade school fight over a girl who's spreading rumors about what you did behind the school after hours, I mean maybe it will work for them and the success will be amazing, but time will tell. To me it's going to be tough when you announce a schedule in March, a lot of business owners want PTO in by December for the next year, so trying to get off or if your independent your now adding more weeks / weekends off to your schedule and money income (I know 60% of everyone on here is retired but, there are a few working scrubs still out doing this). I mean right now we're Mid-March, no rule book as to what they are going to allow or not, no payouts or entry fees, I have faith that Rich & Allen will get the ship moving but sometimes you have to pump the brakes to make sure they are working properly and I feel they just floored the gas with a cliff up ahead.

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I brought exactly this up on a bookFace post a couple months back and was basically told "that didn't matter".

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I have 8 weeks of PTO but just started a new position with my company a few months back, I had my 2025 racing plans set but the new position has like 20 less people so my boss already told me that I'll prob lose my time at years end because they can't guarantee all my PTO and I don't call out sick, just not how I was raised.

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Yup..they could compete with everyone else for race dates in February and March LOL
Location and climate
Yucca is located in southern Mohave County, 35 miles (56 km) north of Lake Havasu City, 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Kingman, the county seat, and 38 miles (61 km) east of Needles, California. Yucca has a hot desert climate (K?ppen BWh) with brutally hot summers and cool winters. In summer, it is normal to record temperatures above 110 ?F (43 ?C) for days on end, while in winter it is very mild with practically no snowfall: the highest rainfall in a month is merely 4.0 inches (0.10 m). The average minimum temperatures in the winter are usually 30 to 45 ?F (−1.1 to 7.2 ?C). The sun shines throughout the spring and early summer, and most of the limited rain falls from extratropical lows in the cooler months.

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Needles you say...?
Isn't that where Spike lives?

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Is ?Acquiring? just a fancy word they?re using for ?Sanctioning??

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I don't think so. I believe they mean to purchase and own them. Not sure what that will look like as far as running and managing them and if any changes will be seen with that respect.

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One down....


IHRA FINALIZES PURCHASE OF GALOT MOTORSPORTS PARK

March 30, 2025
by Bobby Bennett

The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) has finalized the purchase of GALOT Motorsports Park. The facility was acquired from the Wells family, who transformed it from the former Dunn-Benson Dragstrip since their purchase in 2013.

?We?re excited to announce we have acquired this first-class racing facility,? said IHRA CEO Christian Byrd. ?It is both racer and spectator-friendly, which has proven to be a great host of special events. We look forward to adding more great events to the schedule.?