Dallas Raceway Closes

[Bill Bagley]

Just announced ... Dallas Raceway has closed and IHRA been forced to reschedule the pro-am event scheduled next month - May 18th & 19th.

Really bad news .. such a great track and an excellent alternative here in East Texas.

[Kegracing]

Not again...

Any reasons given Bill? I am not seeing anything on IHRA or Dallas Raceway website's.

Any idea where and when for the scheduled division race?

thanks
Ken

[Bill Bagley]

this announcement earlier today from Donna Harper -

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Dallas Raceway closes, Summit Pro-Am event to be moved to new location

More details regarding Division 4 Summit Pro-Am date to be announced shortly

NORWALK, Ohio (April 29, 2013) – Dallas Raceway in Crandall, Texas will be closing its doors and ceasing operation by May 7, the track announced on Thursday.

With the closure of Dallas Raceway, IHRA Division 4 Director Frank Kohutek is currently seeking a new date and venue for the IHRA Summit Racing Equipment Pro-Am Tour presented by AMSOIL event that was originally scheduled for May 17-19 at the track. The Summit Team Finals event will also be affected by the news and that event will also be moved to a new location.

Check back with www.ihra.com for more details and announcements regarding the closure of Dallas Raceway and the rescheduling of the Summit Pro-Am and Summit Team Finals events at that track.

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Wow! I'm speechless. We were just there bracket racing about two weeks ago and spoke to someone in the tower that said they were doing well and paying their bills and things looked good. ??? Car count was seriously low that day. The points meet was going to be our first class racing outing; just picked up our trailer last weekend as well as all necessary towing equipment. What a bummer! That's only an hour from us and was going to be our favorite place to race; first class facility.

[Bobby Brannon]

Ken and Molly Hall. Class act raced with them for years. Shame the bank pulled the plug.

[Dragsinger]

The best I can tell we are in a wait and see what happens situation. It is a changing by the moment, dynamic negotiation and I think no one knows just now what will happen.

I "HOPE" IHRA has jumped the gun in ref to moving the D 4 race and bracket finals. It may be that IHRA could not take a chance on the negotiation's going on for a length of time so they are covering their schedule. [and that is understandable]

I expect most of us were caught off guard by the news because it seemed everything was rolling along OK. In addition, we as racers are anxious to learn the outcome because of making plans and setting schedules.

The only option I see as of today is cool off a few days and look for a positive outcome. Bottom line, the ongoing deal is private and at this time the public is not privy to the information. Plus, private and confidential is a normal situation when working with a loan holder to acquire property.

It is a great track with great potential. Since it is the Eastern most track of the Dallas area it draws well from East Texas. This season has been like a who's who of the old Hallsville days.

[Dragsinger]

Do we have any Thursday morning updates?

[dragracer2011]

Dallas Raceway has a new onwer, Mike Adcock of Forney Texas is the new owner and has retained Ken and Molly Hall as operators


GREAT NEWS, heard he paid in cash, done deal, the BS of the track closing every week is gone for good!!!!!!!!

[Bill Bogues]

Glad to hear Dallas Raceway is still going to be around. Are they now going to put the Pro-Am back on the schedule

Originally Posted by Bill Bogues

Glad to hear Dallas Raceway is still going to be around. Are they now going to put the Pro-Am back on the schedule

Boy, I'm glad to hear this! Great question about the Pro-Am. Anyone know the answer?