Remember the old Irwindale drag strip in Southern California? Well, it's back, sort of. Groundbreaking will take place Aug. 12 on a new 1/8-mile NHRA- ...

His career began at the old San Gabriel Drag Strip in 1961, when he was just 16 years old. ... He got his first full-time job at the original Irwindale Drag Strip, which opened in 1965.

Visit the Irwindale drag strip. Engines roaring, smoke filling the air, there's a way to satisfy your need for speed in a much safer place than the streets of Los Angeles.

Go Time. I reached out to Irwindale’s track president and short-track driver Tim Huddleston, who I heard might be willing to take me down the strip in a 2019 Ford Mustang pace car.

It was a final, emotional lap for racers at the Irwindale Speedway and Dragstrip as it officially closed its tracks after 25 years of business. 24/7 Live Los Angeles Orange County Inland Empire ...

Irwindale Speedway & Dragstrip, which hosted NASCAR races, demolition derbies and drag races, is set to close Dec. 21.

The track has been limping along thanks to people like Jimmy John, the 26-year-old owner of a very fast Camaro. John was one of dozens of people who brought their cars to the drag strip on a weekday ...

The company also announced that Irwindale's motorsports legacy will continue at a site over 120 miles away. In 2025, its assets and events will transition to Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway in ...

Old-school Ford fans adored seeing the Blue Oval’s first fully electric F-150 Lightning pickup launch down the same strip as purpose-built drag cars.