DINWIDDIE, Va. — Darryl Cuttell and IHRA have added one other race monitor to its rising portfolio of motorsports venues.
Tommy and Judy Franklin, who’ve owned Virginia Motorsports Park for the previous eight years, introduced the sale of the 500-acre monitor, which is situated south of Richmond.
With a concrete floor on the drag strip, the multi-purpose facility joins different tracks bought by Cuttell Motorsports in Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania and different places.
“We’ve actually loved the tenure of time that we’ve had at this facility,” Tommy Franklin mentioned in an announcement. “After we got here in right here, we had boots on the bottom to replace and improve it to the perfect of our talents and means. The gratitude and assist that we obtained from all of you was an awesome motivator for conserving us making an attempt to enhance a facility that’s close to to our coronary heart.
“We’re passing off the baton in hopes that that is only the start of much more thrilling occasions within the historical past of Virginia Motorsports Park. It is extremely evident that Mr. Cuttell has invested deeply within the drag racing neighborhood and we’re anxious to see the power proceed to gro and enhance in quite a few methods.
“It’s our perception that the power will proceed to placed on nice occasions within the years to come back for racers and households alike to affix and make unforgettable recollections.”
The Franklins plan to proceed to personal and function the PDRA Drag Racing Collection.
IHRA issued an announcement relating to the acquisition on social media: “IHRA is proud to welcome this iconic facility to the household and proceed its legacy of nice occasions for racers, followers, and households, whereas working carefully with Tommy and Judy Franklin as we transfer ahead collectively.”
