Barry85Iroc

Just wondering if there is any update on the purchase of Lonestar Raceway by Hennessy Motorsports....................

Zap Racing

hhhhmmmmm..........maybe go to Hennesy Motorsports web site and send them an email?

Zap Racing

Reply to my email from the MAN himself! By the way it was very interesting looking around at their website--even if itis pretty much Viper oriented!

HI CRAIG,

WE HOPE TO RE-OPEN SOON. NOT SURE IF THATS DEC. OR JAN.
WE WILL HAVE THE TRACK WEBSITE UP AND RUNNING BY NEXT WEEK I HOPE. CHECK IT OUT AS WE WILL HAVE MOST INFO POSTED THERE.

www.lonestarraceway.com <http://www.lonestarraceway.com>
www.lonestarmotorsportspark.com <http://www.lonestarmotorsportspark.com>

I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU AT THE TRACK. HAVE A GREAT CHRISTMAS!

John Hennessey, President
Hennessey Performance Engineering
www.HennesseyPerformance.com <http://www.hennesseyperformance.com/>
TEL: 713-466-3420
FAX: 713-466-3270

StevenK

iTrader: (1)

What is Lonestar Raceway?

From what I can gather on google its a 1/2 mile clay track?

Zap Racing

I think there IS a roundy round track somewhere called Lonestar Raceway, but the one we are talking about here is what is commonly referred to as the Sealy drag strip. Was an 1/8 mile IHRA track in Sealy about 30 miles west of Hou. Rumor is Hennessy is going to go 1/4 mile with it. He sis not indicate if he was going to convert it , in his email, just that it would reopen soon.

StevenK

iTrader: (1)

Ahhh, ok.

Well, 1/4 mile anywhere near Austin is a good thing in my book. Doubt I would go if it were 1/8 though, I would just go to SAR instead.

What I REALY want, is a road race track. Someone decently close, that I can take my car on and run laps. If only I had been old enough to run in the IROC series

TexasLT1

Motorsport Ranch in Dallas or Motorsport Ranch Houston if you want a road course track. Unless you can get into some kind of club day at Texas World Speedway in College Station.

Larry Dunlap

Wow that is great news. I hope they do a 1/4 mile, but 1/8 is still good for practicing and getting benchmarks after making mods.

Sealy is so convenient for me and Barry, its a tranquil 30 min cruise down I10 starting at Katy with No traffic.

We should definitely have the next strip meet there, I guess after the HRP freebee. By the way, what is happening with that.?

Larry Dunlap

Checked their website and they will be reopening Jan 6 still as a 1/8 mile track. Thats cool. They have plans for a road course, ATV course, and Kart track too. Maybe the will expand to 1/4 mile in the future.

esc

iTrader: (6)

We should ask if they aregoing to revive the Car Club Bash (CCB).

Back in the day Houston-F-Body(HFB) used to have anywhere from a dozen to over 30 cars show up every month. We would have a BBQ on the side lines. It was a lot of fun.

When I was with HFB I ran into a TGO contingent a time or two, but they never had enough people there to compete with the big clubs (West Side Mustangs, Houston Area Lightning Owners (HALO), the Impalla SS club(who's anme escapes me), and the Grand National club (whose name I don't remember either).

Anyway, if they revive the CCB (I hope they do) we should make it a regular event every month. You may recall this was one of the options on my poll

xtremeirocz

i dont think ccb will ever be again because bracket racing was the biggest downfall off the old track. car clubs are not as strong anymore after all the street crackdowns. HSRA used to do good too

esc

iTrader: (6)

What do you mean?

Zap Racing

HERE IS THE NEW WEBSITE FOR THE TRACK.

John Hennessey, President
Hennessey Performance Engineering
www.HennesseyPerformance.com <http://www.hennesseyperformance.com/>
www.LonestarMotorsportsPark.com <http://www.lonestarmotorsportspark.com/>
www.HennesseyWheels.com <http://www.hennesseywheels.com/>
TEL: 713-466-3420
FAX: 713-466-3270

esc

iTrader: (6)

I e-mailed asking about the CCB...here is the reply.


I THINK THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF FUN. I JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT FAIR SO THE LIGHTNING GUYS DONT SCARE EVERYBODY OFF!

WE WILL BE LOOKING AT ALL RACE PROGRAMS AND WILL TRY TO DO THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO GET THE MOST RACERS AND SPECTATORS TO THE TRACK!

THANKS VERY MUCH FOR TAKING TO TIME TO EMAIL US. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT LONESTAR SOON!

John Hennessey
www.LonestarMotorsportsPark.com

TexasLT1

Lightning guys scaring us off?! not this cat

Larry Dunlap

I went to a few of those Car Club bashes before. One time I ran with the Houston F body guys. there were like thousands of lightnings, and they did pretty good, they usually won. Also a lot of Mustangs from Westside mustangs. It was sort of fun, but really, Im not a big fan of Bracket racking. there were a ton of cars and you made few runs.

Barry85Iroc

EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

xtremeirocz

january 6th

Wheel Spin

Looks like they opened. Any one make it out there?

February 4, 2006 Update

WE - ARE - OPEN! LONESTAR re-opens for its first racing event of 2006 and we did it with a huge event! With over 115 racers and an incredible 700+ total visitors, LONESTAR had a huge turnout of both racers and spectators. Many thanks to the loyal fans of LONESTAR and also huge props to the track employees, EMT's and Dee & Glen Brabham for helping to make this great event happen. So what's next? Well let's do it again next Friday nite - February 10! See you at the track!

Zap Racing

www.LonestarMotorsportsPark.com