Irwindale Event Center

The Irwindale Speedway & Event Center (informally "The House of Drift") was a motorsports facility in Irwindale, California, United States. It operated from 1999 to 2024 with banked, paved 1⁄2- and 1⁄3-mile oval tracks and a 1⁄8-mile drag strip. It opened on March 27, 1999, as Irwindale Speedway. From 2008 until 2011, its official name was Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. The track was primarily used for NASCAR races such as ARCA Menards Series West and Whelen All-American Series events until 2011, when NASCAR dropped the track from its schedule. The company that managed the track, Irwindale Speedway LLC, filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy on February 13, 2012. In 2013, the track re-opened as the Irwindale Event Center, and hosted a Whelen All-American Series venue. Starting around 2015, the Formula D Championship Series held sold-out events at the venue. In 2015, plans were made to demolish the racetrack and build an outlet mall on the site. On August 9, 2017, Team 211 Entertainment CEO Jim Cohan announced plans to stop operating the track in January 2018. On December 29, 2017, track operations were taken over by Tim Huddleston, a former Irwindale Late Model driver and track champion, and K&N West team owner Bob Bruncatti. On October 29, 2024, it was announced that the speedway and the drag strip would close the following December 21.

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