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Sucks!

Victoria has said on her FB page that the tribe and NHRA have agreed to a 2014 race..

We'll see..



Chris..

Oh great.... another Pomona. Brain dead drag strip on life support that blinks its eyes once a year so all think it's alive.

That's interesting. I was talking to Paul and Mike yesterday and to thier knowledge until the improvements NHRA wants happen there will be no racing at Firebird. Hopefully they will do what NHRA wants. Word was Charlie is 70 and is not looking to do this again.

Since we are dealing in rumore I also heard that there is an individual up here that has some land and the money and is thinking of getting his feet wet in the dragstrip business.

Got mt "official" notification today. I'm betting someone else picks up the "new" lease. It's obviously over for Charlie Allen.

really nice track just to be mowed over for another Casino

Wow,that really sucks,,at least there's a chance it will re-open,with the improvements,,,,when LACR closed up here about 4 years ago,it was dug up within a week or two,and is now a big hole where the track was.
Good luck and hope it re-opens for you guys.

Was driving back to Tucson today and on the Radio I heard that you better enjoy some racing because the Tribe isn't renewing the lease.

Anyone up that way going to make the trip down to Tucson to run from now on or just hit up Speedworld instead? I was just thinking about heading up to Firebird for a change of pace from SIR, although that may be out of the question at this point from the sounds of it. I hope SIR changes some of the crap they pull. Speedworld is a long trip for me.

I hope that a new track is built in Phoenix area and the Vegas track is used as a model to build the new track. They should put the cooling tubes under the track like they have in Denver.

on another site i go on it was said Charle Allen is out!!the bonderont driving school now has there own 7 year contract with the indians. Lucas oil sighned a simular deal for the drag strip,lake(drag boat racing)and off road track.can any one confirm this?

That's what Chuck has said.. The Tribe was negotiating with Bondurant for a new lease.

Actually a good sign.. They (the tribe) won't be building hotels etc. on the property if they leave that track there, and the Lucas Oil stuff too..

Seems likely that they just wanted Charlie gone.. Seems NHRA felt the same way..

My gut feeling is they are going to lease it to someone else, or run it themselves..

But there must be improvements that NHRA has requested for years..

Charlie didn't want to do them, and is taking the money and running..



As for the Havasu deal.. It's all about $$$$ to start it up.. The city gave them the land and their good graces.. Now it's put up or shut up.

I know someone who was on the board, and he said too many chiefs..

BTW Walt Austin is/was part of this deal..


Chris..

Taken from LHDRA "club news" on their web site:

"LONDON BRIDGE RACEWAY PARK"

The London Bridge Raceway Park Development Group is in the process of a Reorganization. This became necessary because one of the partners could no longer be involved in the project. The remaining partners are still in place and moving forward with both the proposed NHRA "Tribute" Museum and Motorplex project. While the unforeseen event delayed the November ground breaking and ribbon cutting that we had looked forward to, it has not dampened our enthusiasm and dedication in establishing a first class racing facility in Lake Havasu City. We are aggressively looking to replace the partner and hope to have news soon. We knew from the very first day, a little over eight months ago, that there would be many ups and downs in introducing a state of the art Motorplex to Lake Havasu City, but this goal was never based on it being easy, because we knew it would be worth it. We want to thank the Lake Havasu City Council members and the Partnership for Economic Development (PED) for their support, plus all of the LHDRA members for their willingness to help and their continued encouragement. As the reorganization is completed, and new target dates established you will be informed. London Bridge Raceway Park Development Group & National Museums of America, Inc.


I know what you're all thinking.......Banning!!

Yay a track in Havasu, becuase we need another place to race when it is 120 out Maybe a nice indoor stadium venue to race at out here in the desert

A friend in Phoenix that is keeping me sort of informed, on both Firebird and Speedworld, sent me some information that indicated Lucas was trying to act as a go-between (negotiator?) with the Tribe and NHRA. That information indicated that Lucas did not want to go into the Drag Strip business unless all else failed. I had not heard of any track in/near Havasu on the drawing board. Racing at 120°? Try it at 20°. Studded slicks just don't work........

I talked with the NHRA guys at the SEMA booth. They said Charlie was out, the Tribe was going to hire a track manager and they were trying to make a go of running it themselves. The improvements would happen and there would be racing in 2014. Who knows? Such a rumor mill.