RIP Raceway Park - no more racing.
01-17-2018, 07:15 AM
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RIP Raceway Park - no more racing.
Sad.
Bangshift has an article on raceway park renting out the track to copart for vehicle storage. The motocross operation is supposedly being expanded but racing is done there. The long time announcer also conformed this on facebook along with all the recently fired employees.
https://bangshift.com/bangshift1320/...ng-operations/
BangShift.com has learned that Raceway Park will cease racing operations in 2018. This is unhappy news to say the least. At this point our understanding is that there will not be a 2018 drag racing season at Raceway Park and an announcement regarding the track’s future, or lack thereof is forthcoming. In conversations with various parties close to the track’s operation we have learned that the Napp family who owns the facility has effectively leased some or all of the property to a company who plans to use it as some sort of vehicle storage area. We have not spoken directly to track ownership or management at this point but are confident with the information that we have gathered from those we have spoken to. We cannot speak to the other facets of the track (i.e. the motocross course, etc) but we can speak with a level of confidence that drag racing is over at one of the nation’s most well known and longest running facilities.
Bangshift has an article on raceway park renting out the track to copart for vehicle storage. The motocross operation is supposedly being expanded but racing is done there. The long time announcer also conformed this on facebook along with all the recently fired employees.
https://bangshift.com/bangshift1320/...ng-operations/
BangShift.com has learned that Raceway Park will cease racing operations in 2018. This is unhappy news to say the least. At this point our understanding is that there will not be a 2018 drag racing season at Raceway Park and an announcement regarding the track’s future, or lack thereof is forthcoming. In conversations with various parties close to the track’s operation we have learned that the Napp family who owns the facility has effectively leased some or all of the property to a company who plans to use it as some sort of vehicle storage area. We have not spoken directly to track ownership or management at this point but are confident with the information that we have gathered from those we have spoken to. We cannot speak to the other facets of the track (i.e. the motocross course, etc) but we can speak with a level of confidence that drag racing is over at one of the nation’s most well known and longest running facilities.
01-17-2018, 08:42 AM
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Burning Brakes
Another article. I don't see anything official I'm the local papers yet. That would certainly make news. Sad if it's true, I grew up in that area and have many memoires of Summer Nationals, Night of Thrills, and racing back in the early LS1 days.
https://thecapitalsportsreport.com/2...ng-operations/
https://thecapitalsportsreport.com/2...ng-operations/
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01-17-2018, 09:37 AM
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its official. posted on their facebook site 
Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, the Napp family owned and operated business announced today a reorganization of the company’s business operations. To achieve this goal, Raceway Park will no longer conduct quarter mile or eighth mile drag racing events effective immediately. Raceway Park will retain and use the “stadium” portion of the facility including the VIP hospitality tower and grandstands and continue most of its operations including the spring and fall auto swap meets, numerous car shows, both motocross racing and practice, kart racing, as well as drifting, a full schedule of road course activities, mud runs, monster truck shows, musical concerts, & festival events and more. The long standing Old Bridge Township Airport, owned and operated by Raceway Park will also continue to operate as normal.
The new reorganization reflects the company’s plan moving forward beginning in 2018 while allowing Raceway Park to still continue to operate as it has in the past with the exception of drag racing. The Napp family wishes to express their most sincere gratitude to the NHRA, and the many thousands of racers and fans, without whom would have never allowed Raceway Park to become the iconic and nationally recognized drag racing facility it has over the past five decades.
The Napp family would also like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the employees that have served our drag racing customers so well over the previous years. It is with a great sadness that the Napp family is discontinuing drag racing, however the family looks forward to continuing to provide the best outdoor events in this new era of Raceway Park.
The new reorganization reflects the company’s plan moving forward beginning in 2018 while allowing Raceway Park to still continue to operate as it has in the past with the exception of drag racing. The Napp family wishes to express their most sincere gratitude to the NHRA, and the many thousands of racers and fans, without whom would have never allowed Raceway Park to become the iconic and nationally recognized drag racing facility it has over the past five decades.
The Napp family would also like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the employees that have served our drag racing customers so well over the previous years. It is with a great sadness that the Napp family is discontinuing drag racing, however the family looks forward to continuing to provide the best outdoor events in this new era of Raceway Park.
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01-17-2018, 01:39 PM
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01-17-2018, 02:01 PM
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01-17-2018, 02:20 PM
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And with that announcement, I have no use for my car, (C5), and it's offered for sale at a significant price drop, including EFI Live tuning software and CCW wheels. PM me if interested.
01-17-2018, 02:49 PM
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What a shame. I guess it atco, lebanon valley and maybe cecil for us long island guys. I never ran at Island so might have to give it a try.
01-17-2018, 05:39 PM
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I've spent the last 3 years going to test and tunes on Wednesday night always enjoy watching this past Oct i purchase a C5 and had a blast going down the quarter mile only made 7 passes enjoyed every1 of them, going to miss it 
01-17-2018, 06:46 PM
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Sad but true... haven’t raced there in a couple years, but was actually planning to race Super Gas at the Summer Nationals. Oh well...