PopaHorton wrote:
In reply to friedgreencorrado:
Cars and motorcycles have to be pre WW2 period correct. Submission were taken and approved for a limited number of spots, though next years may be bigger and who knows we may be coming to a beach near you! Our last big event was The Motor Speedway NJ '09 a summer of drags and mayhem at the 1/8 mile at englishtown.
Read here if interested.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=347145&highlight=motor+speedway+nj
The thread for TROG is here
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=717724
Cool. I'm more of a sportscar guy, but if I was local I'd even consider paying to spectate what y'all are doing. Keep posting, there's probably some folks here that would love to build something to run with you.
PopaHorton wrote:
Yes absotootly! there were 3,000 spectators there,
“We had zero problems,” said Allenhurst Police Chief Robert Richter of the event. “This was the first time this town has seen anything like that. It was something new for us.”
Excellent!
I'm in NJ (Morris County) and will be there to spectate next year.
Looks like great fun and obviously family-friendly too.
Here's a really cool 9 minute video youse will dig.
http://vimeo.com/52123950
Huge thanks to Mel Stultz, The Oilers Car Club for driving this event, extra thanks to the people of Allenhurst (esp. the mayor, the chief of police and the fire department), the guys making the porkroll sandwiches (which cured the night before's pre race party, hangover) and the NJ State Police (who were very cool about it all).
From what I could tell there must have been 2,000- 3,000 people there it ran from 10am until late afternoon. The turn out and weather was amazing. It was a day I won't forget in a while.
The attached video is just the footage I picked up with my gopro2 (sorry the audio is so bad, it was in the waterproof case).
Music is Fu Manchu, Hell on Wheels and King of the Road (just happened to be listening to it and it seemed to fit) - Jon Sykes
I hope to see pics in Rodders journal next quarter. We have nothing like this here although we seem to have a good number of period cars. Looks like a great time!
