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- ...

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.

The city of Irwindale, Calif., approved plans this week to demolish the 16-year-old Irwindale Speedway. The half-mile banked oval race track and 1/8-mile drag strip will be torn down to make way ...

Drag racer Kevin Watson came to check out the Barona track after Irwindale, the drag strip closest to his house, closed. "I probably won’t race as much, to tell you the truth," he said. "And ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 final running of Thursday Night Thunder at soon-to-close Irwindale Speedway brought out about 5,000 attendees, the organizer said, and the drag racers put on a show. Dec. 19, 2024 ...

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

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.