Bye-bye Moroso Motorsports Park, hello Palm Beach International Raceway

Following a total renovation Florida’s old Moroso Motorsports Park is no more and a new Palm Beach International Raceway has emerged. The transformation is now well under way and the completion of an all-new road course, currently awaiting FIA approval, has transformed the look and feel of the facility.

The new owners say their Wayne McMurtry-designed all-concrete drag strip meets the latest safety standards in all forms of drag racing and can accommodate one-eighth mile, Junior Dragster, quarter-mile Sportsman and Pro classes.

Testing dates for the drag strip and road course will be announced next week. [10/8/2008]

Big bucks coming to ADRL

The Agent got a call this morning regarding yet another big infusion of sponsorship cash into the growing ADRL program. According to a note on ADRL’s own website (www.ADRL.US) the whole ADRL season-ending “Battle for the Belts” extravaganza, a race within a race to determine their World Champs, will get a huge increase in the purse for all of the classes.

What isn’t on the ADRL site is who the new sponsor is. The Agent has good reason to believe that the new ADRL money will come from racers from Qatar. They are deeply involved in all forms of drag racing, especially Pro Mod-style cars, and it only makes sense that they would get involved with the ADRL. The question remaining is, if it indeed is the Qatar folks, will they invest in the IHRA and NHRA programs too? [10/8/2008]