Manzanita Speedway Sold, Closing
ByManzanita Speedway, located just outside Phoenix, AZ, has been sold and will be ending operations after April 11, according to a report from Arizona's Family (KTVK 3TV).
Manzanita Speedway, which is located at 35th Avenue and Broadway Road, has been sold.
The company that purchased the facility, Southwest Rigging, reportedly plans to level the track.
The facility opened in 1951 as a 1/4-mile dirt track. The half-mile track opened in 1954. The speedway hosts the USAC Copper on Dirt in February and is scheduled to run the World of Outlaws sprints on March 28.
The American Sprint Car Series (ASCS), which races primarily at Manzanita, announced plans to move its remaining dates for 2009 to USA Raceway in Tuscon, AZ and Hollywood Hills Speedway in NM.
5 Comments
April 9th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
will they be building a new manzanita race track did here a big rumer it was going to be in apache junction arizona neer the moto cross trak is thet true
April 11th, 2009 at 8:42 am
Mike,
I do remember that it was reported that the owners were going to look for a different location and build a new track.
But I can’t tell if the owners are serious or just trying to placate the fans.
Maybe somebody from the area can share the latest news.
May 13th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
I’m sorry to say but they are not going to build a new location the owners were close to bankruptcy and they were on valuable land so a storage company made them a deal to tear down Manzanita but they are NOT going to build a new track. although there are plans to build a dirt track near ET motopark but they are not the same people who owned Manzanita.
May 13th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
And there also is a petition to try to keep Manzanita from being tore down at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/savemanzy?e
October 20th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Im a little late on this and just found out they were (if not already) tearing manzanita down. Why dont they tear down something that has no meaning to generations like every Walmart in the country!