Expect Delays and Detours as Westfield Serves Up Pizza Race

Runners are ready to hit the streets of downtown Westfield Wednesday as the Downtown Westfield Corporation serves up its 12th annual Pizza Race. 

Drivers should expect delays and detours as roads will be closed temporarily to accommodate runners.

Sherry Cronin, executive director of the DWC, said East Broad Street and the race course will close when the event takes place but Quimby and Elm Streets will close earlier to allow for set up, which could begin as early as 1:30 p.m. 

Participants can check in starting at 5 p.m. and the race begins at 7 p.m. On-street parking and muncipal parking lots will be free of charge starting at 4:30 p.m. Free parking is also available at the South Avenue train station lot in non-numbered permit spaces. 

The 2013 Race Course is as follows:

The race begins on E. Broad Street 
Left onto N. Euclid Avenue
Left onto Park Drive through Mindowaskin Park
Cross Mountain Avenue
Left onto Sylvania Place
Right onto Elm Street
Left onto Newton Place
Right onto Prospect Street
Left onto Brightwood Avenue
Left onto Embree Crescent
Left onto Eaglecroft Road
Right onto Clark Street
Left onto W. Dudley Avenue
Right onto Elm Street
Finish just past E. Broad Street

Race participants, and those in town to cheer them on, will be treated to live jazz as Westfield's summer jazz fest was postponed Tuesday due to an inclement weather forecast.