A lot less than 15 year lease.....

so atco or island now? sucks

at least summer nationals are still going?

No, cancelled

https://www.nhra.com/news/2018/nhra-...ummernationals

I heard 5- 15.

they stripped drag racing off their site except on the main menu bar across the top.

I don't think I would have ever raced there again when I can just go to Island and not wait three hours for a run, but I have a lot of old memories there. This does make me sad.

Totally Sucks! I grew up in Old Bridge and I remember the first time I went there, I was hooked.So many memories at that track. My friends dad used to work for Lee filters back in the 70's and he would get free tickets every year to the summer nationals. The van shows, party's, swap meets with my sons,test and tune nights. What a lost treasure. I made it to the night of thrills this year, my last show. Here's to all the great memories!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26xg9wUKNwg

Now where will i get used toilets and rusty bicycle frames twice a year?

they say swaps meets are still on!


Besides, you probably have extras in that garage of yours somewhere buried

Krap - this affects me in 2 bad ways, 1 is the track itself - Island is stuck in the 60's and Atco is a haul and 2 - majority of my big events to sell etailing product are there: Waterfest & Bimmerfest in July. So I'm pissed.

Good news is that the McMansion owners are now going to have less traffic during "big weekends" - but are now going to have 18 wheelers moving cars in and out of there constantly. Roads will look like the road to Baghdad airport within 2 years.

The owners took the easy way out turning the property into an annuity vs operating it as a drag race track.

will NHRA ever go to Atco? i think atco is way too small for that :( sad really I always had a blast at the NHRA finals

i heard it was a 50 year lease... but whatever it is this is terrible i live 2 mins from there i would go race every week sometimes more than once.

might sell my car

This is going to have a few unintended consequences: Other 'local' tracks are going to be crowded now. Machine Shops / performance oriented businesses in that area are going to take a hit/close down. There will be a bunch of race cars up for sale, when locals that won't/can't commute to further away tracks bail out of the hobby.

I think the way they went about doing it was just ******. Had many events scheduled for 2018, The Nationals and all the other events that people travel to see. And what about all the money people spent for the up coming season. Not talking the test n tune guys, the guys that actually run points and race Jr dragsters ect. I think little heads up would have been the right way to do it, plus one last hurrah would have been an awesome event to be at. I understand the money thing... and think they are smart for leasing and not selling yet, but you had many loyal fans and employees at least do right by them and give some type of notice. Plus I have $300 in Gift Cards left, guess that’s just wasted money now.

I'm sure they have tons of t shirts and hoodies left:-P

I know people are upset about how and what they did. It was an easy business decision in my eyes. Money changes everything and for millions of dollars they could care less about feelings and one last hurrah. If you won the lottery would you still work for one more year so everyone else could be happy? :mrgreen:

I keep reading about everyone USED to go and so on. That is part of the issue. Drag racing is dying and so is their fan base. Points days are ridiculously low numbers and a lot of their events were suffering. Even the national was low on numbers. We go almost every Friday night (to the national)and stay until 10 pm at least. This past year racing was done by 7-730 pm and it was very light on spectators. My dad went to the modern muscle or efi event they have. He pulled in , walked around and left. NO ONE WAS THERE.

Including me, I would say 80% of my friends race less now than they did 10 years ago. A lot don't even race.

Yeah this was a big blow. One of the main reasons why the wife and I chose to stay in Old Bridge when most of our friends and family went back to NYC and Long Island. I'm actually considering moving back to New York now, especially if Long Island gets its' wish and opens a drag racing track. Old Bridge seems very empty with just the thought of no drag racing in e-town and it's only been a few days since the announcement. Very sad...

With the rising cost of fuel, tires, insurance and other expenses of speeding from a standstill to more than 200 mph on a 1,000-foot track, drag racing has become too expensive for the mostly amateur racers who drive on weekends and Wednesday nights at what is officially known as Old Bridge Raceway Park, said Steve Mamakas, executive officer of the Old Bridge Township Mayor's Office of Economic Development.

Saw this on NJ.com. I don't know if I buy this explanation.

Sure....(insert all the political related finance topics in NJ).

In the midst of all the uproar, I find the online petitions pretty hilarious.

Does that dumbass not know a 1/4 mile is 1,320 feet?

The really fast guys only race 1000ft bro.

Ironically, because of what happened at raceway park

is it wrong i want to boycott anything there like swap meet?

No. Funny thing is I'm not sure where there will be parking with all those auction cars in the lots.....

I have a feeling they may be in for a bit of a shock. I feel for some of the local businesses, too. Racers also bought food and fuel in Old Bridge.

And go faster than 200mph, **** that ******* :rofl: