AS350Driver 56 Posted January 19, 2018 Just saw this, apparently there will be no more racing at Raceway Park. I guess Atco is gonna be a lot busier. http://www.etownraceway.com/mydocuments/nappfamilyrestructure.pdf Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1LtCAP 4,262 Posted January 19, 2018 when we were still running the shop camaro at atco, one thing i'd noticed was that we were slowly being invaded by tuner pos's...... it's sad to see englishtown killing this. i'd read about it a couple days ago. they're trying to say that the laws that they themselves spawned are what's doing it....yet....the track didn't spawn crap for laws....that was the dumbasses not doing research before moving in near a race track. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HBecwithFn7 296 Posted January 19, 2018 Unfortunate.... I recall their radio commercials from the 60's, etc. Them, along with "National Speedway... in Long Island. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeke 5,504 Posted January 19, 2018 That’s a bummer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
louu 399 Posted January 19, 2018 I heard they were knocking down the big MX track too and making it a parking lot just like Atco did, sucks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fishnut 2,358 Posted January 19, 2018 I saw this the other day. So sad. I spent allot of my teens and early 20s there. Even cammped out all day on the road leading in to watch every car from the hotrod power tour drive by. Good times! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krdshrk 3,877 Posted January 19, 2018 10 minutes ago, louu said: I heard they were knocking down the big MX track too and making it a parking lot just like Atco did, sucks. The press release they had out said they're keeping Motocross, as well as Road Course, Drifting, Car shows, Go Kart and Monster Truck events. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GunsnFreedom 245 Posted January 19, 2018 I heard the only thing they are closing is the 1/4 mile track. They - I kid you not - got an offer they could not refuse. Apparently like $75 million for 15 years to store cars. I guess they weren't making $5 million a year in profit from the track. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tattooo 220 Posted January 19, 2018 I heard the only thing they are closing is the 1/4 mile track. They - I kid you not - got an offer they could not refuse. Apparently like $75 million for 15 years to store cars. I guess they weren't making $5 million a year in profit from the track.Damn why would anyone pay that much to store cars ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GunsnFreedom 245 Posted January 19, 2018 7 minutes ago, tattooo said: 13 minutes ago, GunsnFreedom said: I heard the only thing they are closing is the 1/4 mile track. They - I kid you not - got an offer they could not refuse. Apparently like $75 million for 15 years to store cars. I guess they weren't making $5 million a year in profit from the track. Damn why would anyone pay that much to store cars ? It may be related to recalls (VW etc) or losses on insured vehicles due to natural disasters. I believe they stored a bunch of cars there after a hurricane a few years ago too. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
10X 3,296 Posted January 19, 2018 18 minutes ago, GunsnFreedom said: I heard the only thing they are closing is the 1/4 mile track. I guess it can no longer be used as a runway either... (The track is adjacent to, and almost parallel with, the runway at Old Bridge airport. Every few years, someone screws up and lands on the drag strip) Runway/Dragstrip 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tattooo 220 Posted January 19, 2018 It may be related to recalls (VW etc) or losses on insured vehicles due to natural disasters. I believe they stored a bunch of cars there after a hurricane a few years ago too.Oh o.k Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krdshrk 3,877 Posted January 19, 2018 56 minutes ago, GunsnFreedom said: I heard the only thing they are closing is the 1/4 mile track. They - I kid you not - got an offer they could not refuse. Apparently like $75 million for 15 years to store cars. I guess they weren't making $5 million a year in profit from the track. and 1/8th mile as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GunsnFreedom 245 Posted January 19, 2018 10 minutes ago, Krdshrk said: and 1/8th mile as well. Isn't that just the first half of the 1/4 mile strip? It's been a while since I was down there. Some old friends still went down there. They'll have to move to Atco or something. Not very happy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MartyZ 692 Posted January 19, 2018 I guess we will have to continue having the drag races on 33 then. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krdshrk 3,877 Posted January 19, 2018 31 minutes ago, GunsnFreedom said: Isn't that just the first half of the 1/4 mile strip? It's been a while since I was down there. Some old friends still went down there. They'll have to move to Atco or something. Not very happy. There's a separate track. https://gyazo.com/4445ec21ee5176e0e41932d8f9edbc1e 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GunsnFreedom 245 Posted January 19, 2018 1 minute ago, Krdshrk said: There's a separate track. https://gyazo.com/4445ec21ee5176e0e41932d8f9edbc1e Look at that! I never knew. Thanks for the diagram and everything. You're a gentleman and a scholar. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krdshrk 3,877 Posted January 19, 2018 Just now, GunsnFreedom said: Look at that! I never knew. Thanks for the diagram and everything. You're a gentleman and a scholar. I wouldn't have known either except I've actually run the 1/8th mile at a Scion car event. We had bracket racing for the 1/8th. Tended to have our events down on that side of the lot as well - away from a lot of the crowds. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisJM981 924 Posted January 19, 2018 3 hours ago, 1LtCAP said: when we were still running the shop camaro at atco, one thing i'd noticed was that we were slowly being invaded by tuner pos's...... it's sad to see englishtown killing this. i'd read about it a couple days ago. they're trying to say that the laws that they themselves spawned are what's doing it....yet....the track didn't spawn crap for laws....that was the dumbasses not doing research before moving in near a race track. Same for people that buy houses adjacent to rail tracks near a road crossing, then complain about the trains blowing the horn as they go through. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1LtCAP 4,262 Posted January 19, 2018 3 minutes ago, ChrisJM981 said: Same for people that buy houses adjacent to rail tracks near a road crossing, then complain about the trains blowing the horn as they go through. and airports and gun ranges. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
louu 399 Posted January 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Krdshrk said: The press release they had out said they're keeping Motocross, as well as Road Course, Drifting, Car shows, Go Kart and Monster Truck events. There's 2 MX tracks there, they are keeping the little practice track open but the big one is going. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeke 5,504 Posted January 19, 2018 1 hour ago, louu said: There's 2 MX tracks there, they are keeping the little practice track open but the big one is going. What???? No mo KROC? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CageFighter 236 Posted January 19, 2018 looks like Island Dragway better be looking to get an upgrade! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
67gtonut 847 Posted January 19, 2018 It is being leased to CoPart to store cars for their auction houses...... Shame, kids who now own the place went for the easy money.... Lot of memories ...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
louu 399 Posted January 19, 2018 4 hours ago, Zeke said: What???? No mo KROC? Nope, no nationals at all in this state now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
45Doll 5,874 Posted January 20, 2018 Never mind all that car crap. I remember in the 80's when we and another couple went to the track. It was 'Bikini Day'. All women wearing Bikini tops got in for free. My wife, my daughter, and my friend's wife acquitted themselves nicely. $0 entry fee. And the Whoo Hoo factor was second only to the Top Fuel Funny Cars. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex V 99 Posted January 20, 2018 The 1/8mile in yellow was typically used for JrDragsters. I guess when the ricers were there they used it as a spill over. I have a love and hate relationship with ETown. My car always ran better at Atco. Better traction 100% of the time. ETown kicked me out several times and one of the guys working there was a total dick. He left a few years back to race drag bikes professionally. Fuck I hated that guy. A lot of the other workers have become my friends since I started racing in 2001. It's sad to see them loose their jobs. I met some of my best friends through drag racing. A bunch of us are getting together tomorrow after years of not seeing each other because we all started talking about ETown closing this week. So maybe there is a silver lining My car was shot for GM High Tech magazine at ETown. I had to install mufflers just so I can run there for the photo shoot lol. Atco never busted my balls about noise. Old Bridge slapped ETown with a huge environmental tax. That, coupled with the offer from the car storage company was too much for the Napps to continue running cars down the strip. Sad. At at the end of the day Atco is better. So as convenient as ETown was, being 10 minutes away, fuck em. I'll go to Atco anyway. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stonecoldchavez 92 Posted January 20, 2018 This sucks. I went to two nostalgia drags races with gassers and rails last summer there. Had a great time. Atco will be jamming with Friday night drags now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sota 1,191 Posted January 20, 2018 On 1/19/2018 at 8:24 AM, 1LtCAP said: when we were still running the shop camaro at atco, one thing i'd noticed was that we were slowly being invaded by tuner pos's...... Pretty much why i stopped going circa 2008. It got really old spending 2 hours round trip driving, plus prep on both ends, plus $40 (or whatever it cost) to make 3 passes in 5 hours, because fucksticks with overboosted hondas would blow up and oil down the entire track. multiple times the owner came over the PA system and said the next person who oils down the whole track will cause the track to close for the night. I bought in to a test-and-tune private track rental day down at Atco once. 39 runs in 1 day for $125. Best day ever. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1LtCAP 4,262 Posted January 20, 2018 18 hours ago, louu said: Nope, no nationals at all in this state now. maybe they'll bring them to atco....but the guy that bought that traxk a few years ago screwed the previous owner bad.....so we don't know what's gonna happen there either..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites