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Fort
Dix Speedway - Plumsted Twp., NJ
(aka:
Central Jersey Speedway)
Fort
Dix Speedway (aka: New Egypt Speedway) was built as a dirt track in the
1950's and paved in the 60's. The Fort Dix name gave way to New Egypt
Speedway, then later Central Jersey Speedway before continuous yearly
action stop in the
1980's. The track would open back up occasionally, lastly for a short
season in the early 1990's.
Rick
Grosso bought the old New Egypt paved track from the Grabac family in
the mid 90's. At first many East Windsor Speedway racers would make the
drive down route 539, as New Egypt now once again offered area fans two
nights of dirt track racing as the Flemington Fair Speedway was paved in
1991.
The speedway was enlarged and reconfigured three
times under the Grosso family, to end up a small 1/2-mile "D" shaped clay speedway that
would once again be in continuous operation since 1998.
Bill
Miscoski & Fred Vahlsing then purchased the speedway from
the Grosso's, and after their second season, put down new red clay and
widened the speedway. New Egypt is currently a 7/16-mile speedway. New
Egypt Speedway was the last dirt speedway in New Jersey that featured DIRT Modifieds,
and both of the World of Outlaw touring series.
Many
great drivers have competed over the years at New Egypt Speedway, such
drivers included: Ray Evernham, Jimmy Spencer, John Blewett and Tony
Siscone to name just a few. Some
of the speedway's paved
records are now
being posted.
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