Another Track Closed (2 Viewers)

[andujar]

 

[andujar]

 

[Cliff]

Just like that?

 

[mgty3whlr]

 

[mgty3whlr]

What's up with that?? last time it was close to being shut down was when CoPart was going to buy it but the township shut that plan down because they had no way to contain the hazardous materials for going into the watershed. Love to hear what's up with the Sudden ShutDown!!

 

[mgty3whlr]

Atco Dragway announces permanent closure after 63 years in South Jersey

"We will not be open from this point on. The remainder of our schedule for 2023 will be canceled. Thank you all for your patronage and memories over the years," said Atco Dragway in a statement.

6abc.com

 

[Mike]

And nothing on their website about closing

 

[Custom Body Fan]

I guess so much for the divisional event the first weekend of August.

This is a bummer.

 

[LoPony]

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Damn. Definitely bummer.

 

[Cliff]

AFTER SIX DECADES PLUS OF SERVICE, ATCO DRAGWAY CLOSES ITS GATES | Competition Plus

competitionplus.com

 

[Notch1320]

It's not Copart or IAA, they're going to build warehouses on the property.

 

[Custom Body Fan]

It's not Copart or IAA, they're going to build warehouses on the property.

That makes sense. Rt 38 in NJ, which is not too far north of there, has a number of monster warehouses going up even tho it’s not super close to a highway interchange. Interchange locations seem to be already built-up. I think warehouse developers are now being forced to get creative with their locations and unfortunately Atco is in a “good-enough” location. It really sucks.

 

[Pete]

I guess so much for the divisional event the first weekend of August.

This is a bummer.

Hoping they move the event to another track....rumor has it they are asking around

 

[Jim]

That makes sense. Rt 38 in NJ, which is not too far north of there, has a number of monster warehouses going up even tho it’s not super close to a highway interchange. Interchange locations seem to be already built-up. I think warehouse developers are now being forced to get creative with their locations and unfortunately Atco is in a “good-enough” location. It really sucks.

Route 73 is also nearby. That gives access to the Jersey shore, NJ Turnpike and 295.

 

[Jim]

This is a sad. Atco is where I was introduced to drag racing. Back in the 1960s and 1970s, a classmate's father was one of the owners of Atco, Cecil County and Pittsburgh International. I spent a lot of time at that track, both as a kid and covering divisional events for Drag Race Central.

 

[mgty3whlr]

I think that there is a lot to the story. The local news reached out with no answer and they looked into any applications for future use and there none filed.
they had issues previously with an event that was way over capacity and people were creating havoc outside of the track.

 

[mike]

This is a sad. Atco is where I was introduced to drag racing. Back in the 1960s and 1970s, a classmate's father was one of the owners of Atco, Cecil County and Pittsburgh International. I spent a lot of time at that track, both as a kid and covering divisional events for Drag Race Central.

They were not the owners but leased those tracks

 

[Jim]

They were not the owners but leased those tracks

Who owned them? I know that Paul Jaffe was part of the group that opened Atco. I did not know someone else built the track first.

 

[mgty3whlr]

Joe Sway owed it for some time then sold it to Lenoard Capone who is the current owner. They just had the Mid-West drag and drive in which a friend was competing in and there was no indication at all However, they just had the Pan Am event and that's then $hit happened. Like I said they had an issue with law enforcement in a previous event so something had to of happen again because if the place was pending a sale, they would have notified NHRA and the Div 1 race wouldn't be scheduled. It would be easy to just cancel other local events but Not NHRA. $hit had to have went down in a Bad way! They are not talking at all being that they are getting requests for interviews like crazy right now. Also, Why would all of the news media be interested in a track shutting down? Hafa wait, I'll bet there is a police report being processed right now. Edit... I wanted to add, Why would invest a whole buch of money into Track prep equipment if they knew they were selling the place?

 

[mike]

Who owned them? I know that Paul Jaffe was part of the group that opened Atco. I did not know someone else built the track first.

P.I.D. was leased to group calling themselves Atco corp-.Cecil was leased by the same -partners would take their turn running the strips I believe Les Medvane ? ran pittsburgh