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Tulsa Raceway Park --closing ? #1088341
10/04/11 03:39 PM
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Is the rumor true, last race 10-23-11 ?

Re: Tulsa Raceway Park --closing ? [Re: bigdad] #1088342
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On the facebook page as of 9-29-11 it says its not true

so ??

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tulsa-Raceway-Park/55548893062

Re: Tulsa Raceway Park --closing ? [Re: bigdad] #1088343
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Saw a post on another forum today that said the track is sold.

Re: Tulsa Raceway Park --closing ? [Re: hemiiroc] #1088344
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Well from looking a the TRP website it doesn't look good for racer's or fans. It's a shame too. Dan has turned it into a top five track. Just the economy killing us all slowly I guess. Just some faster than others.

Re: Tulsa Raceway Park --closing ? [Re: rt66jim] #1088345
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From FB:

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Yes, it is true. Some investors are trying to get the new owners to let them lease it and keep it open as a drag strip but probably won't know about that until the 24th. Dan is working on a statement and will be posting that tonight or tomorrow at the latest.




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Re: Tulsa Raceway Park --closing ? [Re: BBR] #1088346
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This sucks, I need to hurry up so I can get some passes in this year!


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Re: Tulsa Raceway Park --closing ? [Re: Bad340fish] #1088347
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It's sold. The next rumor on the block is that Oct 24 is the last race.

I dunno (I presume) this means the last points race and hopefully not the last race period. I'd like to see Mopars at the park on Nov. 5.

Re: Tulsa Raceway Park --closing ? [Re: bigdad] #1088348
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Re: Tulsa Raceway Park --closing ? [Re: forphorty] #1088349
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I'll never attend or participate in any race at this track, however I hate to see ANY of them close!


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Re: Tulsa Raceway Park --closing ? [Re: daniel_depetro] #1088350
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Bummer

I went to my first national event there in 67

Highlights:

George Hurst put up $10,000 for the winner of SuperStock. Real big money back then.
Jerry Stahl's Hemi running Grumpy's small block
The Freight Train qualifying on its' last pass
Almost run over by the Snake in the pits
Sky opened up right after the last car went down.
I caught a disease that day that I'm still trying to get rid of.

Re: Tulsa Raceway Park --closing ? [Re: bigdad] #1088351
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From Dan Gutterman's post on the TRP website

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It is with great sadness that we announce the closing of Tulsa Raceway Park, effective October 24, 2011. When Tulsa International Raceway was purchased in 2003, the decision was made to tear down and replace the existing facility with the hopes of restoring the drag strip to its glory days. With the help of many hard working employees and loyal racers and fans, we grew year after year. Unfortunately, the economy over the last three years has taken its toll.

I appreciate the many people who helped me along the way make Tulsa Raceway Park one of the finest race tracks in the Midwest and hope that someone is able to continue the drag racing tradition that Tulsa has embraced for 46 years. For those racers who achieved success this year, we are planning the Champions’ Banquet for early November so they can be honored by their fellow racers.

We’re not done yet, either. Besides the Throw Down in T-Town race scheduled for October 14-15, the Diesel Drags and Mod vs. Rod race on October 22 and the Duck Drags on October 22, several of you have asked for one last bracket race. We are looking at having that race on October 16.

I wish each one of you success in the future, whether it be on the track or elsewhere, and look forward to the opening of the next, new drag strip.





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Re: Tulsa Raceway Park --closing ? [Re: Bad340fish] #1088352
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Sad news. Dan had done a very nice job with the track. So that's two oval tracks and one 1/4 track to close around here within the past few years.

Re: Tulsa Raceway Park --closing ? [Re: gtx4406pak] #1088353
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Guess I will have to scratch "Mopars at the Park" off the list. I was really looking forward to coming back there for a new best and two rounds further this year.

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sad of it being closed, but , there is plans for a new state of the art dragstrip to be built by hot rod fuller next year,

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Re: Tulsa Raceway Park --closing ? [Re: dennismopar73] #1088355
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Re: Tulsa Raceway Park --closing ? [Re: kissmyaspen] #1088356
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Don't give up hope yet, there is a strip down here that a gravel co. has been trying to buy for years. I talked to the gravel co. owner one time and he said he will buy it when the price is right, but he also said that he will lease out the strip for someone else to operate. He said the sand and gravel under the strip and pits has 50 years of oil and other fluids spilled on it, the EPA would require him to remove something like 40 inches deep and dispose of it, then any material below that would have to be washed before selling. So he would do better to lease out the track and dig gravel out of the property along the river, there is 40 acres there.

It said in the article that the Tulsa track has been there since 1965, so they may have the same situation.

And good luck to Mr. Fuller, local governments and the EPA have killed the last 3 mega-tracks planned in Ohio, Mansfield, Spitzer's, and Engel's.

Re: Tulsa Raceway Park --closing ? [Re: cgall] #1088357
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This is really bad news for us in Tulsa, we have had the luxury of a racing surface that was second to none.

Sadly for every 100 drag strips I have seen announced of the years only a few ever got built.

Looks like we will have the same problem many of you have big fuel bills just to get the the races.

I am not sure what this means in the death notice, "and look forward to the opening of the next, new drag strip." Speculation that there will be another strip built within sixty miles.

I attended the first race at this track in 1965 I think, unless they do change their mind and run the Mopar race I won't be at the last.

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Re: Tulsa Raceway Park --closing ? [Re: cgall] #1088358
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While we can only guess as to why it was sold if something like the above post is true then maybe there is a chance it stays open.

I work 1.5 miles from TRP and APAC owns the large parcel of land behind us and leases it for pasture.There are also other large undeveloped parcels of land advertised for sale around here so to me it doesnt make sense to by TRP other than it was really cheap.

I can only guess that APAC only bought it to hold the land and may decide to lease it if somebody steps up.

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You would have thought that Dan would have leased it back himself it that was going to be an option.

Of course and this is pure speculation on my part, if he is going to be involved in another track he might be planning on taking the new grandstands and the Musco lighting on the way out the door.

Bill

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As I reccall the orginal purchase price was about 1.2 mil. And the resurface was another 1.1-1.2 mil. Then figure in the new tower, restrooms, maintaince barn, lighting and bleachers. I don't he he sold it to get rich. My guess is the overhead is killing him. I'd bet his taxes are more tham Mokan's operating budget for a year. He built an awesome race track. It will be a sad day when it is no longer in use. I can see where it might be cheaper to build a new one 60 miles in any direction from Tulsa. I don't think a new one will ever be as nice as what is being lost. And that's the depressing part of the whole deal. Alot of the racer's in Tulsa have done nothing but bash TRP since it's rebirth. Maybe now they will realize a quality race track is not a right, it is a very nice choice. JMO Jim

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