Muncie Dragway (2024)

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How much is the muncie dragway? ›

Regular Admission price through the Spectator gate is $10.00 for adults, with children 11 and under Free. There is no charge to walk over into the pits.

Updated Info On Auto Club Dragway. After careful consideration on the best direction forward for Auto Club Speedway, the difficult decision has been made to permanently close Auto Club Dragway.

The operators of the track attempted to renegotiate their lease on the land but were not successful – the land owner saw the potential for a large residential development, and was eager to make it available to a developer. The track closed at the end of that season, never to reopen.

Heads Up Racing: Racing where cars of equal performance leave the starting line at the same time. The driver that gets the Holeshot and/or Hooks will likely be the winner.

a) Required to pay $250 entry fee (U.S. Nationals $300). Entry fee includes a total of four (4) full event credentials (each credential includes admittance to special racer/VIP sponsor grandstand). Up to twelve additional credentials may be purchased at a special racers discount.

How much does a NHRA Funny Car cost? Today, fielding a Funny Car team can cost between US $2.5-M to US$3.0-M. A single carbon fiber body can cost as much as $70-k dollars. It's estimated that for every sponsor dollar marketed on a car, sponsors require another dollar to activate their sponsorships.

And the NHRA has suffered a significant downturn in revenue over the last 10-plus years. During that time, it's laid off a significant amount of personnel, cut the number of races it hosts and sold its beautiful 28,000-square-foot headquarters in Glendora, California.

The last NASCAR race at Fontana's speedway was held last February, and in October, construction crews began demolishing the track so that a large logistics center can be built at the location.

LOS ANGELES — Auto Club Speedway will not host a NASCAR race next year because of plans to convert the 2-mile speedway into a short track. It will mark only the second time the Cup Series has not raced at the Southern California track since first competing there in 1997.

The track opened in 1959 and closed in fall of 1996. In 1959 and 1960 the track hosted the U.S. Nationals. The U.S. Nationals were moved to Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis in 1961. The national event is still held there today.

Why did Memphis Dragway close? ›

Memphis Motorsports Park closed October 30, 2009, due to lack of finances.

The dragway eventually lost luster in the mid 1970s thanks to decreased interest in the sport and increased competition from television and other entertainment options. It closed in 1975.

Pro Boost (PB) is contested on a . 400 pro tree and is qualified based off of elapsed time, from quickest to slowest.

Pro Tree. The 3 yellow lights on the starting lights are switched on at the same time (unlike with a FULL TREE).

No Time or N/T means, as in grudge racing, no times are given out by the announcers or displayed on the scoreboards.