Thread: Heartland Park Topeka

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How many owners have there been? The first trip to Topeka was in 95 when they held the race in September. That worked fine until there were a couple of rain outs in a row. They moved to Memorial Day weekend and that worked much better until someone new took over and about run the place into the ground. He eliminated most of the camping and moved the pit side parking in the grass by the tower and after that I quit going.
I was there last year, but missed this year
Sorry to see it go.

Originally Posted by NTFDAY

How many owners have there been?....

Ken, I don't know who built it for the '89 opening, but it was the first new track in 20 years and had a road course that could be arranged several ways, a clay oval, an off road course and the drag strip. That was probably too much, too fast because after several years the place was becoming neglected and needed help. A guy that owned another big facility, Ray Irwin, bought it in '03 and put a bunch of money in it. He sold to Chris Payne & Tim Crossley, who were Shelby Development LLC, in 2015 and Chris Payne became sole owner in 2017. Chris Payne also bought KCIR and I70 Speedway several years ago. KCIR was sold to real estate developers, and the speedway was renamed I70 Motorsports Park, adding the Flying H Dragstrip. So 3 owners, with Tim Crossley falling awayl leaving Chris sole owner.