Atco is done

[CMcAllister]

Originally Posted by Todd Hoven

Some good points there. IMHO that guy bought the track to flip the land. It didn’t work the first time and got a lot of pushback. So he told everybody he was going racing and got the support of everybody so they would pay his bills and his taxes why he figured out an end run around the opposition and was able to grease the local politicians to get it rezoned. Kept his plans silent and then acted when everything was in place.
Business wise it’s a good move . As a racer, i’m not applauding or supporting it, nor do I have to. Personally if I knew the plans, I would’ve never set foot back in that place or given that guy a dollar of my money.

For decades as Division I racers, we have been spoiled by the close proximity of tracks and events. There are other divisions that have a lot more travel to go to races. It looks like that will start to change more rapidly. New Jersey is a dead area for drag racing. At this point the land is worth too much money and most of the people and politicians don’t want it here.

From here on, we need to support the race tracks that want to stay open and keep racing. It would be nice if the NHRA could maybe get US 13 to take a division race back or something. That place was a lot of fun to go to back then and was fast for setting records. Or even Budds Creek. A conversation for another time.

One has to wonder...how many drag racers do business with Coparts, or whomever bought the track, and if they do, would be willing to tell them to go pack sand because of their habit of taking over drag strips?