Official: Firebird International Raceway closing april 2013 - Page 2

Greg Barsamian · 10-08-2012, 08:46 PM

They were running ASA trucks & Bondurant Road Course cars there on Saturday using the 1/4 mile as a straightaway.

There was construction equipment in the area around the Casino on I-10!
I asked a few spectators about the closure, no-one there had heard anything?

Cars, Boats, Bikes, You name it, the facility is AWESOME!
Hopefully it will remain a racing complex

z28kid · 10-29-2012, 12:56 PM

I'm in an organization that hosts the ASA speedtruck races and we are waiting just like everyone else on the news.

only people that really know whats going on are people who are working on it directly. I see everything else are rumors and gossip.

P.s I was at the event in Oct. we ran "mondo" configuration. First time for ASA to run that configuration.
Just last weekend an Off Road group was running over on the east track area. NASA was running main, Proauto was running West and this weekend Drag boats

If you guys would like more details check out proautosports. Lets hope FIR stays open

Philip Saran · 10-29-2012, 01:29 PM

My first house was one offramp away from OCIR in Irvine, CA back in the late 70's.

Yes I could hear the funny cars coming off the line on a Saturday night, but I enjoyed
it. Was sad to see it go and have business's built on the land.

The track was seperated from the Marine Base by a chain link fence and a set of
railroad tracks.

10-08-2012, 08:46 PM	#1
Greg Barsamian VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Central Massachusetts Posts: 1,402 Likes: 727 Liked 427 Times in 97 Posts	Re: Official: Firebird International Raceway closing april 2 They were running ASA trucks & Bondurant Road Course cars there on Saturday using the 1/4 mile as a straightaway. There was construction equipment in the area around the Casino on I-10! I asked a few spectators about the closure, no-one there had heard anything? Cars, Boats, Bikes, You name it, the facility is AWESOME! Hopefully it will remain a racing complex

10-29-2012, 12:56 PM	#2
z28kid Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 1 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Official: Firebird International Raceway closing april 2 I'm in an organization that hosts the ASA speedtruck races and we are waiting just like everyone else on the news. only people that really know whats going on are people who are working on it directly. I see everything else are rumors and gossip. P.s I was at the event in Oct. we ran "mondo" configuration. First time for ASA to run that configuration. Just last weekend an Off Road group was running over on the east track area. NASA was running main, Proauto was running West and this weekend Drag boats If you guys would like more details check out proautosports. Lets hope FIR stays open Last edited by z28kid; 10-29-2012 at 12:58 PM.

10-29-2012, 01:29 PM	#3
Philip Saran Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Parker, CO. Posts: 728 Likes: 168 Liked 14 Times in 11 Posts	Re: Official: Firebird International Raceway closing april 2 My first house was one offramp away from OCIR in Irvine, CA back in the late 70's. Yes I could hear the funny cars coming off the line on a Saturday night, but I enjoyed it. Was sad to see it go and have business's built on the land. The track was seperated from the Marine Base by a chain link fence and a set of railroad tracks. __________________ Phil Saran Parker, Colorado