There’s something about “the truth.” There’s no doubt about it, facts can be painful and/or sad, especially when something that’s been dreaded for a long time finally comes to fruition. For Los ...

Encroaching civilization has claimed another race track, as Southern California’s Irwindale Speedway held its last stock car tire rubbin’ and door-bangin’ Saturday night amidst equal parts tire smoke ...

It was a final, emotional lap for racers at the Irwindale Speedway and Dragstrip as it officially closed its tracks after 25 years of business. It was a final, emotional lap for racers at the ...

IRWINDALE, Calif. (KABC) -- Sad news for local race fans: The Irwindale Speedway and Dragstrip will be closing at the end of the year. The closure, planned for the end of the 2024 season, was ...

The Irwindale Speedway & Event Center, which has been the home to NASCAR races, demolition derbies, festivals, and is the go-to place for Southern California's street-legal racing scene, will close ...

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ...

Back in 2022, Tim Huddleston had no idea what the future would hold. That's when the promoter of Irwindale Speedway, which included a paved oval track and eighth-mile drag strip, got the news that his ...

Stacey Kent saw Irwindale Speedway built literally from the ground up. She worked for the team that helped construct the short track circuit in the late 1990s. Next weekend, Kent and the entire ...

Every Thursday, Irwindale Speedway has an open drag racing night, where anyone can bring any car and race it on the drag strip. Robert Roth has an old, full sized van that he's decorated like an ...