Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ...

The final day of racing at Irwindale Speedway was both a party and a wake, one that began just after high noon Saturday and ended just before Sunday started. There were funereal speeches — eulogies, ...

Encroaching civilization has claimed another race track, as Southern California’s Irwindale Speedway held its last stock car tire rubbin’ and door-bangin’ Saturday night amidst equal parts tire smoke ...

The Irwindale Speedway & Event Center, which has been home to NASCAR races, demolition derbies and festivals and is the go-to place for Southern California's street-legal racing scene, will close ...

There’s something about “the truth.” There’s no doubt about it, facts can be painful and/or sad, especially when something that’s been dreaded for a long time finally comes to fruition. Like a cat ...

IRWINDALE, Calif. (KABC) -- It was a final, emotional lap for racers at the Irwindale Speedway and Dragstrip as it officially closed its tracks after 25 years of business. The speedway celebrated with ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Stacey Kent saw Irwindale Speedway built literally from the ground up. She worked for the team that helped construct the short track circuit in the late ...