Category: racetrack

Greyhound Racing Nearing Its End in the US After Long Slide

DUBUQUE, Iowa—Vera Rasnake laughed as she led a trio of barking, jostling dogs into the Iowa Greyhound Park, but her smile faded when she acknowledged that after 41 years of being around the sleek animals, her sport was teetering on extinction. After the end of a truncated season in Dubuque in May, the track here…


NASCAR Adds Gateway, Returns Homestead to Playoffs for 2022

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Homestead-Miami Speedway will return to the playoff portion of the season in 2022, while St. Louis was awarded a Cup Series race and NASCAR will race on Easter Sunday for the first time in more than three decades in schedule changes released Wednesday. Homestead hosted the season finale from 2002 through 2019 but was…


8 Injured as Vehicle Crashes Into Texas Racetrack Guard Rail

FABENS, Texas—Eight people were injured when a vehicle crashed through a guardrail and plowed into a crowd at a mud racing event in Texas. The crash happened at about 6:30 p.m. Sunday at a racetrack in Fabens, Texas, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southeast of El Paso and less than a mile from the Mexican…


Los Alamitos Horse Track Owner Threatens to Halt Operations After Licensing Vote

All bets are off at the Los Alamitos Race Course, where a contentious licensing debate prompted the track’s owner to threaten its closure. The embattled quarter horse racetrack in Cypress, California—where at least 29 horses have died from racing or training injuries this year—had sought a yearlong license from the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB). …