San Felipe, NM (May 11th, 2009) - The 30th running of the Buddy Taylor Memorial will draw a close to the era of Hollywood Hills Speedway.  The closing of the facility was unexpected by track and casino officials and is a tragedy for New Mexico motorsport fans and participants. 
 
Officials met in Phoenix, AZ to discuss the future of the speedway as it was revealed that the facility would be closing due to unsafe conditions of the masonry structures at the track.  The main entrance and concession building have been deemed unsafe by engineers in an inspection prompted by track and casino officials.  This building will be shut down immediately and temporary ticket locations will be established in order to proceed with the final 2 races at Hollywood Hills.
 
"The closing is unfortunate as it seems that great things were beginning to happen at the speedway" commented Ron Brown of Casino Hollywood "The speedway has some issues and we felt it was too much liability to keep it operating.  This is really an unforeseen turn of events and is truly a sad day for Casino Hollywood and the speedway."
 
"We had big plans for Hollywood Hills" stated Benji Lyons "We were caught off guard by the news today and feel badly for the racers of New Mexico.  We truly wanted to give them a place to call home but this is out of our control.  We will work hard to make the last two events at the speedway very special and let Hollywood Hills go out with a bang."
 
The Barnett Harley Davidson UMP West Modifieds will headline Armed Forces Appreciation this Saturday May 16th with a full card of racing action.  The Modifieds will be joined by Hobby Stocks, Street Stocks, Cruisers and Dwarfs
 
The final curtain will fall on Hollywood Hills Speedway as the ASCS Sprint Cars and AMRA/RMMRA Midgets take to the track in Honor of Buddy Taylor.  Sprint car and midget drivers from all over the southwest will be on hand competing for more than $30k in purse money.  The Discount Tire ASCS Sprint cars will set their sites on the $2500 to win grand prize while the AMRA/RMMRA Midgets will shoot for a $1500 winners share.
 
Mini Sprints will also be in action completing an open wheel trio that fans will not want to miss.
 
Hollywood Hills Speedway is located between Albuquerque and Santa Fe off of Interstate 25 exit 252, just 10 miles north of Bernalillo.  For more information please, contact the track at 505-242-6484 or additional information regarding Hollywood Hills Speedway can be found at www.hollywoodhillsspeedway.com