The problems for the yet completed Mansfield Motorsports Park, site of an upcoming IHRA Knoll Gas Nitro jam event in September, continue. MMP President and General Manager Chris Mize resigned his joint position on Monday morning. This is another blow following EPA-mandated delays in construction.

"I'm just tired," Mize told the Mansfield News Journal. "A lot of this stress is starting to catch up with me. It's affected me personally. I know my health has taken a toll and it's affected my family."

Mize’s tenure with the track dated back to 1999 where a safety worker position enabled him to climb the ladder to General Manager in 2004.

The problems for the yet completed Mansfield Motorsports Park, site of an upcoming IHRA Knoll Gas Nitro jam event in September, continue. MMP President and General Manager Chris Mize resigned his joint position on Monday morning. This is another blow following EPA-mandated delays in construction.

"I'm just tired," Mize told the Mansfield News Journal. "A lot of this stress is starting to catch up with me. It's affected me personally. I know my health has taken a toll and it's affected my family."

Mize’s tenure with the track dated back to 1999 where a safety worker position enabled him to climb the ladder to General Manager in 2004.

MMP owner Mike Dzurilla was surprised with the resignation.

"Chris is excellent. He helped the organization and was very good to it. He did a good job," Dzurilla said. "But this organization isn't based on one person. I have it set up that if I'm hit by a bus, the doors of this place will still open the next day. We're all just one spoke. The organization is bigger than me and it's bigger than Chris.

"Everybody has been fine, the IHRA, NASCAR, elected officials, everybody. There's no drama going on here," Dzurilla said.

For more information on the situation, read the Mansfield News Journal article .