Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Irwindale Speedway to Close?

The LA Times, as well as many other sources have indicated that Irwindale Speedway, the home for the Annual Turkey Nite Midget Grand Prix has both cancelled their 2012 season, and may be closing, for good.

LA Times article here:
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-irwindale-closing-20120214,0,5376299.story

Speculation leads to believe that Turkey Nite may relocate to the 1/2-mile dirt oval at Perris Auto Speedway, the 1/3-mile Dirt Santa Maria Speedway, 1/5-mile Dirt Ventura Raceway, 1/3-mile Bakersfield Speedway in Oildale or the soon-to-open 1/2-mile Bakersfield Speedway.

To note - Midget car counts have dwindled since the highly fames race moved to pavement years ago.

Both Ventura and Bakersfield have hosted Turkey Nite in the past.


Thursday, February 2, 2012

Chili Bowl on TV Update

According to the Chili Bowl offices, April 14, 2012 is the date the Chili Bowl will show on your local CBS station (not CBS Sports). The time has not been released as of yet.