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Houston Raceway Park, rebranded for a short stretch as Royal Purple Raceway, is where four-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders began her career, one that included the Disney movie Right On Track about her and sister Courtney’s Junior Dragster days.įive million square feet of warehouse space at Baytown, Texas, wasn’t enough for Katoen Natie, the Antwerp, Belgium-headquartered international logistics service provider and port operator.Not only will that mark an end to an era in Texas motorsports history, but it also will mean the disappearance of a fourth prominent drag-racing facility since 2018.The venue and the NHRA jointly announced Wednesday afternoon that the home of its SpringNationals-a staple for the past 35 years-and host of two annual events from 1997-2000, will close following the April 22-24, 2022, race.The intent of that meeting was to start the process, and think through how we develop the individual categories to race. “EVs would not race against existing categories. “Let’s make sure we understand the critical takeaway from the meeting among the OEMs and the performance and safety manufacturers is not to replace any existing class or category,” Walliser said. Representatives from Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) Ford, Dodge, General Motors and Toyota joined electric-oriented speed merchants, teams, drivers, fans and broadcast crews – as well as safety representatives-in a discussion of whether electric racing should remain at the grassroots level with OEM electric cars, or include the possibility of purpose-built electric dragsters.īefore we, or the NHRA, go any farther, let’s make one thing clear: We won’t be going to a national program and have the roar of Top Fuel be replaced by the hum of Top Electric. Ford Mustang Cobra Jet 1400 Takes to the Track.In fact, the NHRA already has a set of rules in place for electric bracket and junior racing this meeting was all about the next steps.įord Gives Us a Peek at Drag Racing's Future It isn’t a matter of will it happen, Walliser said, it’s a matter of when.
The response? “Overwhelming,” Walliser said. While at Gainesville Raceway in Florida for the Gatornationals in March, the 70-year-old National Hot Rod Association held a panel discussion as part of a meeting to gauge interest in all-electric racing, led by Ned Walliser, vice president of competition for the NHRA. Right now, the question seems to be when, not if, EVs are coming to the NHRA. Expect more meetings soon, especially as OEMs involved in electric power learn how committed the NHRA is.Representatives from Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) Ford, Dodge, General Motors and Toyota joined electric-oriented speed merchants, teams, drivers, fans and broadcast crews in the meeting.The National Hot Rod Association held a panel discussion at its recent race stop at Gainesville as part of a meeting to gauge interest in all-electric racing.
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