MOTOR SPORTS: IRWINDALE RACING ON.Officials at Irwindale Speedway Irwindale Speedway is a motorsports facility located in Irwindale, California. It features banked, paved 1/2 and 1/3 mile oval tracks. It is mainly used for USAC sprint car and regional NASCAR races. , as with other sports officials, struggled over whether to proceed with events this weekend, so soon after terrorists attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. The decision made by Irwindale Speedway to continue racing was not an easy one, but it was one it took great care in making. The following is their explanation for their decision. An Open Letter from Irwindale Speedway: The management, employees, crews and drivers of Irwindale Speedway join with the rest of the reasonable people of the world in expressing our deepest condolences to the families, friends and loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl of the victims of Tuesday's horrible attacks on America. We have been faced with making a difficult decision. Would it be appropriate to hold a sporting event of seemingly insignificant importance in light of the suffering that is taking place in our country this week? After serious reflection on this, we have decided that the best way to thwart the efforts of those who seek to destroy our American way of life, a life of peace, freedom, hard work and play, and the best way to honor those who have died while innocently going about their lives, is for us to not yield to their wishes, but to preserve our way of life as best we can. Saturday night is Fan Appreciation Night at the Speedway. General Admission is $5 and hot dogs are only a buck. We hope you can come out and join us so that we may express our gratitude to you, the race fans, who have made weekly auto racing in Southern California a success. We hope you will join us in celebrating and participating in the American way of life. Sincerely, Robert A. DeFazio Vice President/Chief Operating Officer Irwindale Speedway < Irwindale Speedway, the home track to many Santa Clarita drivers, including NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Super Late Model champion Sean Woodside of Saugus and Modified 4s points leader Guy Tripp of Saugus, also will be donating all of tonight's proceeds to the American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. and the Fireman's Relief Fund. A candlelight vigil also is planned to take place after the races. ``We asked ourselves how we could help and we feel that this is an appropriate response to the situation,'' DeFazio said. ``We had thought about canceling or postponing the event but an empty race track on a Saturday night can't do anyone any good. Racing is a community. The fans and the racers who come here week in and week out will be doing something positive that they can feel good about. ... We all need that.'' Super Late Models, American Race Trucks, Grand American Modifieds, Mechanix Wear Speed Trucks and MSRA MSRA Microsoft Research Asia MsrA Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase MSRA Microsoft Security Response Alliance MSRA Minnesota Street Rod Association MSRA Manitoba Street Rod Association MSRA Mississippi Restaurant Association MSRA Maryland State Retirement Agency Pro 4 Modifieds are scheduled to run tonight. Gates open at 4 p.m. Racing starts at 7. CHANGE OF PLANS NASCAR New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). 300 Loudon, N.H. Rescheduled for Nov. 23 INDY RACING LEAGUE The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. The League consists of two series, the premiere IndyCar Series Chevy 500 Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. Rescheduled for Oct. 6 NHRA NHRA National Hot Rod Association NHRA Northland Human Resource Association NHRA National Human Resources Association NHRA Nursing Home Reform Act NHRA National Hospice Regatta Alliance NHRA National Heritage Resources Act (South Africa) Keystone Nationals Reading, Pa. Rescheduled for Oct. 4-7 CART The American Memorial Klettwitz, Germany Time: Today Course: EuroSpeedway, 3.255-kilomoter oval. CAPTION(S): box Box: CHANGE OF PLANS (see text) |
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