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4 days ago
- Sport
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Layne Riggs: 'Out of breath' after victory celebration at IRP
Layne Riggs breaks down his dominating victory from Indianapolis Raceway Park as he catches his breath after a big celebration.
The Drive
16-07-2025
- Automotive
- The Drive
A New Jersey Racing Institution Could Be Destroyed for Housing Development
The latest car news, reviews, and features. We see it all too often these days, but yet another local racing institution is under threat of being dismantled for housing expansion. This time it's Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey. Due to the state's affordable housing directive, the township must identify sites to develop new homes, and one of them is a southeast tract of the 534-acre Raceway Park venue. A plan under consideration would raise as many as 600 units on the property, which first opened in 1965 and is historically best known for drag racing. Raceway Park ceased drag racing in 2018 due to rising costs, but still operates a road course and motocross track, and holds karting and drifting events, including a round of the Formula Drift championship. Just 50% of the land is considered viable for development due to environmental factors, MyCentralJersey reports, and the proposal would supposedly leave behind space for some kind of motorsport facility, as well as other commercial and retail uses. This is not Raceway Park's first brush with redevelopment. Back in 2023, the Old Bridge Township Council attempted to move forward with a plan to rezone a portion of the land for single-family homes. The track sued the town, with Raceway Park's attorney at the time telling MyCentralJersey that the 'ordinance is looking to rob them of their use of that property and basically zone it into disuse.' A small public airport also sits beside the track. A scene from Raceway Park 20 years ago, when the track still held drag racing events. Krissy Krummenacker/Reading Eagle via Getty Images The two parties have been in negotiations since to reach a new agreement, which brings us to the present. At a meeting last month, the township planning board voted to 'begin the process of determining whether the raceway qualifies as an 'area in need of redevelopment,'' according to . New Jersey's Fair Share Housing Development Plan calls for 146,000 'affordable housing units' across the state over the next decade, whether through rehabilitation or new construction; Old Bridge is tapped to contribute 673 homes. It's worth noting that the township doesn't appear to be excited about the task of finding the room. Board members called the obligation 'unfair,' per , and one was quoted as saying, 'If it were up to me, I'd put up a 'closed for building' sign in this town. It's disgusting. If we don't comply, we get sued. So in the end, we really don't have a choice.' Perhaps even more frustrating, under New Jersey guidelines, only 15% to 25% of units within an 'inclusionary' residential development are typically designated as 'affordable,' according to MyCentral Jersey , while the rest may be sold at market rate. In 2023, Atco Dragway, another long-running drag racing venue in the state about 50 miles southwest of Englishtown, closed after a 63-year history. The Drive has reached out to Raceway Park for comment, and will update this story if we hear back. Got a tip? Send it our way at tips@
Yahoo
27-06-2025
- Automotive
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Joey Logano Reveals Terrifying Moment at Track Before Pocono
Joey Logano Reveals Terrifying Moment at Track Before Pocono originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Joey Logano finished 16th on Sunday at Pocono and The Tricky Triangle. Through 17 races, the three-time Cup Series champion has recorded 11 top 20s, four of them inside the top 10, including his win at Texas Motor Speedway in early May. Advertisement On Tuesday, the Team Penske driver made his regular weekly appearance on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio for his "Behind the Wheel" segment. He recapped his mediocre weekend in Pennsylvania and also brought up how he was invited by RTR Vehicles to attend their Formula Drift event at the Raceway Park in New Jersey — his first time being hosted at such an event. "And speaking of car culture, that's a cool car culture that's different from what NASCAR is," the 35-year-old said. "It was fun to see because they had all other types of cars that they were drifting. The atmosphere is quite different, but fun to see." Joey Logano during practice for NASCAR Championship race at Phoenix J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Recalling the event, however, he revealed the horrifying moment when what he described as a tornado hit the racetrack—his first experience of this nature. Advertisement "A tornado went through there," he said. "That was wild while I was there. A tree fell on top of one of the race cars or drift cars. I don't think they call them race cars because they're not racing. A tree fell right on the roof. Crushed it, crushed the car. It was a pretty wild event. I can't say I've been in the middle of something like that before. "But it was like, you know, when a storm's rolling in, you're like, 'Oh, it's just a storm.' Then, all of a sudden, you see things flying through the air, and you start looking for the cow that's flying. I'm like, 'Oh boy.' The billboards were flying. Like the billboards flew onto the racetrack - all of this stuff," he described. Understandably, he was greatly concerned about his family during the chaotic storm. "I'm sitting in this suite, and I'm like — step back from the windows, let's go to the corner over here, get the kids kind of corralled," he explained."This is no longer a safe place. Advertisement "Then, when you walk back outside after the storm rolls through, you see trees down. And as I said, billboards were on the racetrack, and it was crazy. It was pretty wild," the Penske driver concluded. Despite his claims of a tornado, the National Weather Service office in the area suggested that the damage was caused by dangerous straight-line winds exceeding 60 mph. Related: Joey Logano Warns NASCAR It Is Flirting With Disaster at Certain Tracks Related: Denny Hamlin Pauses Interview to Deliver Somber Post-Race Tribute at Pocono This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 27, 2025, where it first appeared.
