This reminds me of hearing they were closing one of the 3 ATM's in ANTARTICA ! It rings the same, "Wow, I didnt know they had a track there" kinda thoughts.....
If the NHRA wasnt doing right by them, then they should move on.
How far is BC and this track from the US border ? Dosent travel to Canada now require a passport as well ? Maybe this was part of the reason. Just curious......
Canadian racers are some of the downright most determined group I have met, one drove 5000 Miles to run at Gainesville from some crazy north place in Canada Id never heard of west coastish but waaaayyyy north, and if memory serves right he lived 400 or so miles from the nearest track, nice guy, crazy but nice guy and not one to let anything come in the way of his fun.
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Originally Posted by Dinsdale
Eagle Motorplex in Ashcroft BC has been a longtime NHRA track. Several years ago, NHRA took away their Divisional event and recently cut them out of the Summit ET finals rotation. In an effort to remain viable and due to a lack of support or communication from NHRA, they decided to run 3 AHRA races in a points series with Race City in Calgary. The dates had no conflict with anything NHRA but as suspected NHRA took exception and today finally told the track they would no longer be NHRA sanctioned. As of right now, the track is Outlaw with 3 AHRA events happening in 2010.
The above is the information as I know it and is all second hand so don't shoot me if some isn't 100% correct. This will have no effect on me but may for others on this site. Personally, I think the track did the right thing for their own survival. Time will tell.
More info on their website in the Forum section.
http://www.eaglemotorplex.com/ |
03-18-2010, 02:09 PM
Re: NHRA Looses another racetrack
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