UPDATE: THE NORWALK DEAL
Wed, 2006-08-23 16:56
Torco’s Competitionplus.com stands
by the story we first broke in mid-July about the possible sanction change of
Norwalk Raceway Park from IHRA to NHRA. Rumors have been wildly circulating
through the drag racing world for the last couple of weeks, so we’ll reiterate
our previous statement in an effort to stop some of the really wild
speculation: Shortly after this weekend’s IHRA World Nationals NHRA and NRP
officials will jointly turn the rumors into reality. Numerous changes are
planned for the much admired Ohio facility, some of which will make the track
unrecognizable to long-time visitors and competitors when they arrive for the
track’s first POWERade Series national event some time next summer.
Fans who’ve regularly mobbed the track to see the likes of John Force
compete in the infamous Night Under Fire show need not fear, as the show,
including its $100,000-plus fireworks display, will remain on the track’s slate
of events, albeit on a new date. We will have the complete, factual story about
this momentous development early in the week, including the plans for
another Ohio track that figures into this equation.
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