(2) Dallas International Raceway
April 26, 1970
The Trans-Am race scheduled for for Dallas International Raceway for April 26th was a wash, canceled due to heavy rainfall. By the time its indefinite postponement was announced at 10:45 Sunday morning. If there hadn't been any rain at all over the weekend, there would still have been plenty of problems with the new track - dirt and gravel from the loose shoulders, mainly, but also with the minimal distances an off-course car could go before either getting into guard rail or going over a bank. The rain simply mad it impossible.
Entry fees were refunded to the competitors, as required by the SCCA rule book, and the Dallas International management offered cash refunds to spectators if they would mail their tickets in.
The race was not rescheduled and the Trans Am series never returned to Dallas. The track management asked the NHRA for financial assistance to help recover, they declined.
Only after 4 years the Dallas International Raceway was closed due to mismanagement.
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