"Just seeing my old friends ... is tough," said Irwindale Speedway President Tim Huddleston. The iconic motorsports venue put on demolition derby, drifting and street legal drag-racing that ...

All followed by fireworks. Across the paved parking lot Irwindale’s 1/8th-mile drag strip probably got more action than the oval, with weekly Thursday Night Thunder races on a night picked as ...

The impending closure of Irwindale Speedway brought hundreds of gearheads to the venue this month for the chance to race down the drag strip and bid it farewell.

When the Irwindale Speedway opened on March ... thanks to people like Jimmy John, the 26-year-old owner of a very fast Camaro. John was one of dozens of people who brought their cars to the drag strip ...

The final day of racing at Irwindale Speedway was both a party ... boasting half- and third-mile mile banked oval tracks, a drag strip and a 6,500-seat grandstand. And its location in the armpit ...

and the 1/8 mile drag strip was one of the few places near Los Angeles that car enthusiasts could legally drag race. It looks like Irwindale Speedway won't be hosting events any time soon ...

NASCAR driver Ryan Vargas was 9 years old when his dad took ... dictate your own runs and Irwindale is that.” In addition to the track, the speedway’s drag strip provided an opportunity ...

“It’s devastating,” said 26-year-old Evelyn Vega, who has been making the 10-mile drive from San Dimas to Irwindale for more than half her life. “It's just so close that we would come as a ...