Great News for Memphis Area Racers

[cobra3073]

Several months ago, the Memphis Motorsports park was closed and put up for sale.

On yesterday, the property was auctioned off with the winning bid coming from Moroso Investment Partners. The closing is supposed to take place in about 30 days. The company's (which also owns the Palm Beach International) CEO has also stated that he hopes to announce several national IHRA drag-racing events in the coming days or week.

Quite frankly, I (and I am sure many others) was concerned that I was going to have a "long haul" to the track to satisfy "THE COBRA's" need to "unlimber." With this purchase, I will have to travel less than 10 miles!

This is absolutely GREAT news for Memphis-area racers!!

BT

 

[Tnfastbk]

Several months ago, the Memphis Motorsports park was closed and put up for sale.

On yesterday, the property was auctioned off with the winning bid coming from Moroso Investment Partners. The closing is supposed to take place in about 30 days. The company's (which also owns the Palm Beach International) CEO has also stated that he hopes to announce several national IHRA drag-racing events in the coming days or week.

Quite frankly, I (and I am sure many others) was concerned that I was going to have a "long haul" to the track to satisfy "THE COBRA's" need to "unlimber." With this purchase, I will have to travel less than 10 miles!

This is absolutely GREAT news for Memphis-area racers!!

BT

Is that a 1/4 mile track? Around here everything is 1/8th unless somehow you are lucky enough to get on the track in Bristol.

 

[cobra3073]

I am not sure how they will reconfigure but I would imagine it will remain a 1/4 mile track..it also had a road course and a 3/4 mile oval track under the old iteration.

Something for just about everybody!

BT

 

[Tnfastbk]

I am not sure how they will reconfigure but I would imagine it will remain a 1/4 mile track..it also had a road course and a 3/4 mile oval track under the old iteration.

Something for just about everybody!

BT

Plenty of room to stretch the new Big Block

 

[droptop73]

That's good news. Is it staying NHRA?

 

[cobra3073]

No Jeff, it appears that it is going to be IHRA.

Does not matter to me for what I want to do.

BT

 

[droptop73]

Our local track (Martin U.S. 131) looks like it is switching to NHRA from IHRA. IHRA seems to be going downhill rapidly from a sportsman racer standpoint.

 

[Hemikiller]

Huh, just did a little searching and apparently the Moroso family sold the Florida track to these guys back in 2008. Did not know that - shame on me as the Moroso factory is 8 miles from here and the production manager is a friend of mine.

I guess Ricky and Sue had better thing to do with their time....

 

[cobra3073]

Well, Moroso has officially closed the deal!

According to the "paper", the facility will reopen sanctioned as an IHRA facility with Summit Super Series bracket racing and weekly test and tune sessions.

They are also allegedly working to book National and Regional events for the 2011 season and negotiating with several sanctioning bodies. Plans are to have the track open in April!!

Yaahoooo!!

BT

 

[droptop73]

Sounds good... we can't afford to lose any more tracks.

 

[coilwire]

Jeff, I just got my new copy of drag race review magazine. According to them they are expanding their sportsman classes for 2011. Hope this is true.

Jim

 

[droptop73]

Just as NHRA is cutting back on races with class eliminations.

 

[coilwire]

My opinion I prefer IHRA to NHRA. The NHRA tracks I've been to the sportsman is second fiddle. They would rather have the big names rather than the average racer.At any rate thats my 2 cents worth.

Jim

 

[73vertproject]

Geez, I wonder how many tanks of gas it is from Winnemucca to Memphis...

At least I can race vicariously through posted photos!

Doc

 

[coilwire]

Doc have you been to the track in Vagas or is there one closer to you?

Jim