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Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, originally known as Madison Township Raceway Park, is an American auto racing facility located in Old Bridge Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, (with an Englishtown ZIP code), in the New York metropolitan area.

History

Raceway Park was founded in 1965 by Vincent Napoliello and Louis Napoliello.^[1] The site was originally 308 acres on 230 Pension Road, just off of County Route 527 (now Englishtown Road). Since then it has grown to 500+ acres with multiple motorsports activities. The track opened with a single 1/4 mile dragstrip. Raceway Park offered 2 dragstrips, 3 motocross tracks, a {{convert|1.3|mi|km|adj=on}} road course track, competition go kart racing track, autocross track, ride and drive site and adjacent Old Bridge Airport.

Their radio and television commercials featured the slogan: "Ah ha ha ha ha ha Raceway Park!" and "Rrrrrrrrraceway Park! ... Be there!".^[2]^[2] Raceway Park "is one of the most fabled drag strips in America, and it ranked among the country's top five tracks".^[3]

Raceway Park previously hosted the SuperNationals of the National Hot Rod Association for Funny Car and Top Fuel competitions, as well as other drag racing events. In January 2018, NHRA and Raceway Park officials announced that the venue will cease hosting all drag racing events due to rising costs. Areas specific to drag racing will be converted to outdoor concert space. All other areas of the facility will remain operational, such as the drift track, go karts, motocross, etc.^[4]

Racing events available

As of January 17, 2018, the two dragstrips on the property are closed, and Raceway Park no longer hosts drag racing events of any type

The 1/8-mile track was the host of junior dragsters and "trophy" classes. The 1/4-mile track was the host of everything from street-driven vehicles to the quickest in the sport, the top fuel dragsters.

NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series

Motocross

The riding surfaces on the practice motocross tracks are mostly soft loam, which is known to be one of the best surface for a nice ride, and are slightly angled to allow for drainage. The tracks are also regularly maintained to keep the jump faces, bowls, and whoops from rutting and cupping out. The tracks provide both good length straight paths for speed as well as challenging obstacles like off cambers, banks, ledges, ditches, and more.

Drifting

Drifting is hosted by a company called ClubLoose; they have been running events there since 2002, which started off in the parking lot, but now take places only on the road course. With different classes ranging from introductory, intermediate, and the top level which allows tandeming with other drivers on the track simultaneously. Both the car and the equipment being used by every driver get inspected prior to being allowed to participate. Rear-wheel-drive cars are the only cars that will pass ClubLoose technical inspection.

Event schedule

Raceway Park offers a series of car shows, concerts, mud runs, motocross and swap meet events throughout their season. In the past every Wednesday and select Friday nights they had Time Trials where the track was open for anyone who would like to race their cars, bike, etc. for practice.

Incidents and accidents

References

1. ^{{cite news |author= |title=For Fans Around Raceway Park, What's Loud Is Not Always Noisy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/08/nyregion/our-towns-for-fans-around-raceway-park-what-s-loud-is-not-always-noisy.html |quote= |newspaper=New York Times |date=August 8, 2004 }}
2. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Raceway Park commercial |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kqm67gqOIk |quote= |newspaper=WABC (AM) |date=1969 }}
3. ^¹{{cite news |author= |title=Raceway Park; In These Lanes, 200 M.P.H. Is Slow |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/23/nyregion/summer-places-raceway-park-in-these-lanes-200-mph-is-slow.html |quote= |newspaper=New York Times |date=August 23, 1999 }}
4. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2018/01/after_52_years_of_burning_rubber_drag_racing_ends.html|title=After 53 years burning rubber, drag racing ends at Raceway Park|work=NJ.com|access-date=2018-01-18|language=en-US}}
5. ^{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Fuller Wins Top-Fuel Event |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/19/sports/othersports/19sports.brief2.ready.html |quote= |newspaper=New York Times |date=June 19, 2006 }}
6. ^{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Scott Kalitta, Drag Racer, Dies in Crash |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/sports/othersports/22driver.html?mtrref=query.nytimes.com |quote= |newspaper=New York Times |date=June 22, 2008 }}