In case you had not heard, the IHRA cancelled its season back in July. Now 15 tracks are going up for auction. Ugh!

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Ok, so Aussie Drag Racing that I'm able to watch. Runs under the IHRA banner. Does this include them too? They have a number of new or upgraded tracks. Street Outlaws showed us the tracks they ran on. I was impressed.

did someone need a write off? this makes no sense to me. Lapeer was self induced. Milan though? and all the rest? something is really wrong here

The issue stems from IHRA owner expecting $600M from Elon Musk to subsidize the tracks. Musk has cut ties with the owners parent company and that triggered the default.

As for Australia and New Zealand, this article addresses it.

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Ten months after it was folded into a U.S.-based ownership group, IHRA Australia and New Zealand is stepping back from the deal. In a statement issued this month, IHRA Australia and New Zealand CEO Ma

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did someone need a write off? this makes no sense to me. Lapeer was self induced. Milan though? and all the rest? something is really wrong here

Lapeer’s issue is definitely self-inflicted. The track owner is a convicted felon. He was caught possessing firearms, which is illegal for convicted felons to own in the US. So this a new federal felony he’s facing.

Writing is on the wall, it takes too long to charge electric racecars.