I was out on the track for the "Last Formula Drift event at Irwindale Speedway" like 6 years ago. I'm really bummed its going to be gone, but it has been announced over and over again.
Declining attendance, higher costs to maintain tracks, the land they sit on is valuable, people building homes near tracks complain to the city about the noise, etc.
personally if i didnt want to hear racecars running I would do the smart thing and not move next to a racetrack because there usually tend to be racecars at racetracks
California. Where fun goes to die. Shameful.
Riverside International Raceway was shut down at the end of 1988. A mall and hundreds of homes were built there. That mall is now abandoned.
You read my mind
I was out on the track for the "Last Formula Drift event at Irwindale Speedway" like 6 years ago. I'm really bummed its going to be gone, but it has been announced over and over again.
Who remembers the old Speedway 605 right on the other side of the freeway ?
Go to Orange Show Speedway!!! It's only 30 minutes further down the 210 freeway!! It's a great little track!!
Declining attendance, higher costs to maintain tracks, the land they sit on is valuable, people building homes near tracks complain to the city about the noise, etc.
It’s really just property value, attendance was still good
I live very close by, I'm gonna miss the "noise."
More People are just going to take it to the streets.
Property is worth hundreds of millions that's why!
They are going to put another one of those ugly industrial parks on the site.
Them where will the stuff you buy come from?
Where they hide more corruption
We don’t need more industrial buildings! Just remodel all the empty ones instead…. 🤷🏼♂️
I don't remember NASCAR Cup Series even being here...... what year was that?!?
Great! Let's get rid of the racetrack to build more empty commercial buildings like we don't have enough. Going to miss this place.
Pomona is next thank you calif
Blame the mayor he attended and gave some BS speech about it being progress for the future, and I say this as a Hispanic Leftie
I believe Pomona is on the historical list so it can't be tore down. Wish Irwindale would have been declared historic.. Sucks!!!!
From Nascar to Drag racing. What about drifting? D1GP & Formula D is what put Irwindale on the map
No it didn’t it we’ll know why before drifting.
That drifting sport sucks.
@@craigpennington1251 It does now. It didn’t back when D1GP was there in the early 2000’s.
Bring back the swap meet!
Whose the new CEO? Asking for a friend
Aaaah what are they going to do with that space ?
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@@nicolewembley3093 they said it’s an industrial park in the vid
Shocking. Why?
happening nationwide
New owners see more profit from leasing the land to warehouses
We have enough industrial parks there. We need affordable housing not warehouse space
Yep and now the street racing is going to get worse now that they have no place to race in a safe environment. But hey, the land is worth more. 😆
Discusting
Good riddance to noise pollution!
You could move to the mountains. It’s much more quiet there.
Sorry your president didn't get elected
personally if i didnt want to hear racecars running I would do the smart thing and not move next to a racetrack because there usually tend to be racecars at racetracks
You hate street takeovers but close down tracks. Your, your own worst enemy