The problem isn’t that Pitt Race is closing, It’s how.
Listen, I get it. Race tracks close and none of us like it. In fact, it seems like they close all of the time these days. This time just happens to be our home track here, Pittsburgh International Race Complex. I am echoing the sentiment of many, many, people when I say how much this track has meant to all of us. The idea of seeing it going is almost unimaginable. The idea of there just not BEING a turn 5, 14, 16? I can’t process it. It’s only been one day since finding this information out, and confirming it. So what the fuck happened? Why are we losing one of the best facilities in the country, in an area with tons of open land, when they just put so much money into new additions? I’m not an insider, I’m not a reporter, but I can pretty reliably guess it can really be one thing. Money. The prevailing rumor is that this area will be reclaimed for a data center, some AI nonsense that no matter what happens will never have a fraction of the impact this track did. In a ...
