FAIRFIELD, Ohio — The Worldwide Scorching Rod Affiliation introduced it has entered right into a lease settlement for the Pulaski County Motorsports Park in Radford, Virginia.
the landmark venue lengthy identified to racers and followers because the Motor Mile Speedway, marking a significant step in IHRA’s mission to revive grassroots motorsports and reinvest in legendary group tracks.
“This observe is a part of the racing cloth of Virginia — and the type of place the place generations of households have made reminiscences,” mentioned Darryl Cuttell, Proprietor of IHRA. “Leasing Pulaski County Motorsports Park permits us to place racing again the place it belongs: in the neighborhood, accessible to native groups, and thrilling for followers.”
First opened in 1952 as a dust oval, the ability advanced into one of many area’s most recognizable racing locations. The oval was later paved and developed right into a 0.416-mile asphalt observe, and the advanced expanded over time to incorporate a drag racing venue, serving to set up Pulaski County as a real motorsport’s hub.
Beneath IHRA’s lease, Pulaski County Motorsports Park will as soon as once more change into a year-round heartbeat for aggressive racing, particular occasions, and group engagement — with fast deal with restoring a constant schedule that brings followers again via the gates and helps the native financial system.
Pulaski County Motorsports Park will function a cornerstone venue for the newly launched IHRA Inventory Automobile Sequence, a national-level program designed to convey inventory automotive racing again to its roots via cost-controlled competitors and a racer-first method.
The 2026 IHRA Inventory Automobile Sequence will open at Pulaski County Motorsports Park on March 21, with a second cease on the observe on July 25.
“Pulaski County is happy to welcome IHRA in such a giant technique to our group, and to companion with them on the Pulaski County Motorsports Park to convey world-class drag and oval observe racing again to the New River Valley”, acknowledged Jonathan Candy, County Administrator. “We really feel that IHRA is a premier skilled racing group, and their deal with an array of motorsports functions intently aligns with the County’s general sports activities and leisure imaginative and prescient, in addition to shared emphasis on community-centric occasions.”
