Quaker City

www.quakercityraceway.com

I'm going to throwup! This is like losing a family member.
Chris Gerber

 

wonder who got it?

 

This sucks , match raced there last year and the place was packed like I had not seen it since the early to mid 70's .

 

"so we will be forced to diversify and use the facility for another purpose"



What other purpose could they possibly use the place for?

 

I got alot of good memories there,it was the only place were I have ever seen an uphill burnout.I also won my first race there in 1991 in my 1970 Camaro my first car.I guess Pittsburgh Raceway Park will be packed this summer.Has anyone heard anything about them going NHRA.

 

Made my first pass there in the early 70's , I was 7 yrs old in the passenger seat and went 11:20 , been hooked since .

 

pitts, raceway park

i wish they would go nhra, but dont think so, they signed a deal with ihra for 3 yrs, we have a reserved pit spot there, its a nice place, the track got plenty of hook, they put boat loads of cash in this, extended shut down, real lighting...more pits spots, food you can eat, not bad!! my 16yr old son will be testing his tad dragster there .space#27 Ralph Greco

 

No one got it, from what I am told auction was kind of a joke. Min bid was 1 mil. They got 1.1 mil, had a meeting after it stalled there. Came back and said they would not accept bid and that was that. Sold off the small equipment. They did switch it back to NHRA sanction hoping that would help sell it. With a good owner/manager that place could do great again. Its terrible how its going to go to waste if nothing can get done for someone else to buy it.

 

Oh Man....

My mother is from Salem and I used to go there as a kid and watch my uncle race in the 70's. My aunt still lives within a couple miles of the track. A lot of fond memories of this place. I have lived in Florida for 22 years now but it still hurts to hear that it is going away. Wish I had some serious cash because I have always dreamed of owning a dragstrip....

Troy G.

 

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My brother-in-law called me tonight from Ohio to say he had talked to the owner and the word is he was clearing $180K to $250K per year. That's not enough if you have to pay debt service on 1.25 million or more. Unless of course you could come up with something else to do with the place in the winter to make some cash.
It's in the middle of nowhere with farms on all sides pretty much. Don't know what you could do to make winter cash.....
Sad to see it go

 

Maybe an indoor flea market or a snowman building competition.....LOL