Old Bridge Township Raceway Park , originally known as Madison Township Raceway Park , is a quarter-mile dragstrip near Englishtown, New Jersey, just off of Route 18. It opened in 1965 and hosts the NHRA's Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals. It has a seating capacity of 85,000 spectators.

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History

When Raceway Park opened in 1965, a local newspaper said its "isolated location, bordered by acres and acres of untouched woodland makes it ideal for the noise-making business of the science of speed". ^[1]

Accident

On June 21, 2008, the death of NHRA driver Scott Kalitta occurred at Raceway Park during the qualifying races of the NHRA SuperNationals. ^[2]

References

1. For Fans Around Raceway Park, What's Loud Is Not Always Noisy
2. Scott Kalitta, Drag Racer, Dies in Crash