IHRA
national event won’t happen in 2009, IHRA says …
The proposed IHRA national event for Pittsburgh, Pa, slated for May
2009, has been put in a holding pattern alongside of the Mansfield,
Ohio event. IHRA officials are confident the event at Pittsburgh
Raceway Park will be contested in May of 2010.
As for Mansfield, EPA issues continue to dog the event which was
expected to be the IHRA’s answer to losing flagship facility Norwalk
Raceway Park in Norwalk, Ohio, located outside of Cleveland in late
2006. The IHRA is based in Norwalk, Ohio.
The Pittsburgh event was to be one of the new events in 2009 expected
to run on an eighth-mile strip. The decision to postpone, according to
the IHRA, was a collective one based on the current economic climate,
rising fuel prices and an election year.