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Old 06-02-2008, 09:00 PM
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Free Track time at Raceway Park Old Bridge, NJ!

After a couple of years of trying Raceway Park finally is getting ready to open their road course and is letting people drive on it for FREE this weekend. I plan on going there this Sunday. Driving the twisty’s is what the RX-8 was made for and how can you beat free! I think they are doing this to get the word of mouth out because Thunderbolt Raceway in south Jersey is going to open up this summer and is getting all the attention of most of the clubs. The track at Englishtown is smaller, but it is in a better location, why not??

Raceway Park Brings Chris Winter On-board, Director of Operations at the Facility’s New Road Course
Old*Bridge*Township*Raceway*Park*has*partnered*wit h*Chris*Winter,*our*new*Road*Course*Director,*just *before*the*
scheduled*public*unveiling*of*the*track.*
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Englishtown, NJ May 20, 2008 – For road racing enthusiasts, the long wait is finally over, and Old Bridge
Township Raceway Park is ready to officially unveil their new road course to the public. The road course is
1.35 miles, and a minimum of 40' wide, save for the 1,400 ft straightaway which measures 50' wide. Some
highlights of the track include a 90 degree right turn, a 16 degree banked left turn, and a mini corkscrew.
To oversee operations at the road course, Raceway Park is proud to announce that they have hired longtime
instructor, and former Nascar Craftsman Truck Series racer Chris Winter. Chris has been an instructor for
various road racing series since he was 18 years old, and now has the privilege of being the mentor for new
instructors with the Performance Drivers Association.
“I want to thank Michael Napp and Kevin Markland for the opportunity to provide New Jersey with a premiere
road racing circuit. Raceway Park has been recognized as a world class drag racing facility for over 40 years,
and with the addition of the new 1.35 mile road course, Raceway Park will continue to be one of the top multi-
motorsport facilities in the nation,” remarked Chris Winter, the facility’s new Road Course Director.
The new road course is now available for track rentals, driving schools, and more. It makes for a great
corporate team building event, track time for a car club, or simply a group of friends that want to hone their
driving skills.
To celebrate the official opening of the road course, Raceway Park will be opening it to the public for free lap
time over the course of three days, June 6th, 7th, and 8th. For more information on how to be a part of this
special event, please stay tuned to our website at www.racewaypark.com. See you at the road course!


http://www.etownraceway.com/
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hmmm, bear mtn meet sunday, e-town saturday......no cat on my 8 w/hks hi -power.....denied.

I'm waiting for delivery of my mazsport baller midpipe. I shouldn't have a problem to road race then.
Old 06-02-2008, 09:31 PM
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Hmm, tempted to skip work on Friday just to go. i'm 5 mins down the road from it. Def will be packed on Sat and Sun for sure......Good info Expo1.
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hmm, if i can get a few friends together, i'll consider this.

gd! no i wont. my car is in the shop. that blows.
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Thanks for posting!

Any idea if you can go solo on the track? Or it will be a fun run of sorts together with other cars? I'd rather do solo runs (or at least have 20 cars length difference from other cars) so I wouldn't deal with rock chips, possible contact, and having to forcefully go faster and stressing the car (yeah I'm picky).
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Originally Posted by gundarx
Thanks for posting!

Any idea if you can go solo on the track? Or it will be a fun run of sorts together with other cars? I'd rather do solo runs (or at least have 20 cars length difference from other cars) so I wouldn't deal with rock chips, possible contact, and having to forcefully go faster and stressing the car (yeah I'm picky).
oh come on Jake, take it through its paces! make it screammmmmmmm!
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sweet! I'll be there all day sunday getting in as many laps as i can
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this is badass

edit: sorry that was the ad right below the free track time one and i thought it was cool
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dorifutoooooooooo
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Originally Posted by kersh4w
hmm, if i can get a few friends together, i'll consider this.

gd! no i wont. my car is in the shop. that blows.
hahahahhahh mine is at the shop too getting the tranny rebuilt

I thought the same though
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hmm considering this even is free it might attract more "newbies" than a normal track day.. anybody concerned?
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i'm interested...do we need helmets?
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DAmn this is on like every fourm accross the board. The day to go is friday. the first 250 will race a day and thats it. Anyone want to go friday?
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i'm gonna go tomorrow.
you need helmets:
Minimum requirements: helmet, shirt with sleeves like a t-shirt not a tank top, long pants and closed shoes like sneakers not sandles.


i think they will put instructors in EVERY car and space them out with only like 6 cars on the track at a time.
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i just bought a helmet on the way home from work - this better be worth it i'm driving 2 hours to get there...
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nyc drift come out tomorrow....it'll be fun...
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instructors in every car? kickass!
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i instructed like 3 people. at the end, we instructors had it to ourselves. only like 4 instructors on the track. the car felt great even though it was on street tires. videos tonight.
the track is interesting. like a big autocross. too many places to hit a wall. big dip in pavement at the end of the straight. every single turn is a late apex. very very very late apex. but any day on a track is a good day!
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i went today and saw 2muchpower's sick swap...the track was a blast, my first time doing anything like this, it was hot but worth it, a few exotics too.
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I will be skipping the PR parade. And i will be going SUNDAY to this event .................................................. .................................................. ............ HOLLER
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this is crazy

how much they will be charge for next weekend ??
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Originally Posted by 2MCHPWR
too many places to hit a wall.
That's what it looked like from the vids.. Ah well. That's downhill turn looks vicious

I'll be there tomorrow gonna change to some 10W40 or something tomorrow morning
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I'll be there in the morning.

Although its going to be a hot day for our engines, I just put in syn. oil today for my engine and will be premixing rich tomorrow too
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where are the videos?
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i got a very short one, camera was running out of batteries... will put on youtube later


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