Englishtown Rumor (1 Viewer)
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vegasnitro
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I know, in theory, ETown could go back to drag racing after the 5 year contract is up, but NHRA knows for all practical purposes, a 5 year absence is a death sentence for that track. There is no way the NIMBYs are going to let that noise or the crowds back into their neighborhood after 5 years of relative peace (even though the MotoX and drifting events will continue). Buying ETown at this point would be prohibitively expensive because that contract will have to be satisfied first, then you would have to work out a purchase price on top of that. The way I see it, it doesn't matter that no cars have been parked there yet, as long as they pay (and that contract is in force) they can park whenever they want.
stitcherbob
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I know Don Schumacher is on this site occasionally, if you see this Don...take care of the "E"
In order to turn E-Town around, They need to buy out the High End home owners out first. That is the reason why they went low key. Sucks but it's the truth and it hurts. What gets me is the home owners complain about high taxes, but when you have a big event at E-TOWN, It offsets the costs. look at how much revenue that place make on 1 single event...
nedannouncer
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Absolutely and unequivocally false.
Professor Dave
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NASCAR, NHRA, and F1 don’t have a race track in the country’s largest market. WTF?
Polish Hammer
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No, but Pocono, Watkins Glen and Maple Grove aren’t that far of a drive from the city.
Yea but No Pro Mods at Maple Grove.
justafan
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Not the NHRA Pro Mod Series, but the Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association will be at Maple Grove on 6/28 & 6/29 and on 8/10 & 8/11. Also at Atco on 5/11 & 5/12 and 9/14 & 9/15. Some of the regional series are taking off. The Midwest Pro Mod Series has had 30+ cars at both events this year.
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They all must know something?
Z28LT1
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Damn. How cool would that have been though?
Hey, you never know...
https://thecapitalsportsreport.com/...y-returning-old-bridge-township-raceway-park/
https://thecapitalsportsreport.com/...y-returning-old-bridge-township-raceway-park/
onfire
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The Napps kind of badmouthed NHRA in that article saying they take too much of the pie for a national. We all know you don't badmouth the "Organization". They don't take too kindly to such criticism. Would NHRA forgive and forget? What if they come back to the national circuit? What would happen to VMP and their national after all the improvements?
Even if they couldn't get a National, still would be GREAT to have it back for specialty races and also Regional/Divisional events. Also, I'm sure local racers would be pretty happy to have their track back, it's not just about a national event. My guess is, if they're not parking cars there, somehow they're not spending 5Mil/year as well, so it would only make sense to open the track again, and let revenue start to flow again.
Z28LT1
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Interesting, the story has been retracted.
https://thecapitalsportsreport.com/2018/05/03/retracted-drag-racing-old-bridge-raceway-park/
