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Trenton Speedway
I am not straying away from writing about the Groveville area, but I have had this brochure for some time and wanted to post it somewhere.
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This is a brochure that was mailed out on March 12, 1968, to all registered race fans. This is advertising the Pre-Indianapolis Race on April 21, 1968 (My Birthday, age 24). I was fortunate to grow up with and be friends with Tom and Claire Dwier, whose father was Hamilton Township Mayor Ray Dwier, one of the perks of being Mayor is the Mayor’s Box at the Fairground and track, which meant free entrance and seats, sure am glad they thought to drag me along, because I loved it. One of the best times was when during a race was the time Tom and I were at a race and the concession stand caught fire, which just happened to be under the Mayor’s Box, we had great seats for two events that day, till the seats got warm.
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Admission, Cheap seats, Grandstand $6.00 and The most expensive seats, Box seats $8.50. I don't think you could get a Hot Dog at Indy or a NASCAR race for $8.50. Children on race day $!.00 and Parking $.50, fifty cents for parking, amazing and they made a profit at this.
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This was not mailed to me, I acquired it at a much later date.
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The track roughly followed the oulines of the current day existing lake.1888 - NJ State Fairgrounds built, 1900 to 1945 1/2-mile dirt oval, 1946 to 1956 - 1-mile dirt oval, 1957 to 1968 - 1-mile paved oval, 1969 to 1980 - 1.5-mile kidney oval with the Trenton Speedway being completely demolished in 1983 (Now the NJ Grounds for Sculpture).Kidney-shaped oval; width: 65', turns, 55', straights, 80' wide. Banking: turns 1 & 2 - 10°, dogleg - 4°, turns 3 & 4 - 15° with a radius of the dogleg - 20° and a 2200' front straight. Trenton Speedway was a 1.5-mile paved track.
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Trenton was one of New Jersey's first tracks built in 1900 as a 1/2-mile dirt track. The track was increased to 1-mile in May 1946 and paved in 1957. Many Indianapolis type races were run at Trenton. In the 1960's and early 1970's, NASCAR also held races at Trenton.
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Trenton's NASCAR winners include Richard Petty, Fireball Roberts, LeeRoy Yarbrough and David Pearson (who holds the all-time Trenton track record). Bobby Allison won the last NASCAR race held at Trenton July 1972.
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The track roughly followed the oulines of the current day existing lake.1888 - NJ State Fairgrounds built, 1900 to 1945 1/2-mile dirt oval, 1946 to 1956 - 1-mile dirt oval, 1957 to 1968 - 1-mile paved oval, 1969 to 1980 - 1.5-mile kidney oval with the Trenton Speedway being completely demolished in 1983 (Now the NJ Grounds for Sculpture).Kidney-shaped oval; width: 65', turns, 55', straights, 80' wide. Banking: turns 1 & 2 - 10°, dogleg - 4°, turns 3 & 4 - 15° with a radius of the dogleg - 20° and a 2200' front straight. Trenton Speedway was a 1.5-mile paved track.
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Trenton was one of New Jersey's first tracks built in 1900 as a 1/2-mile dirt track. The track was increased to 1-mile in May 1946 and paved in 1957. Many Indianapolis type races were run at Trenton. In the 1960's and early 1970's, NASCAR also held races at Trenton.
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Trenton's NASCAR winners include Richard Petty, Fireball Roberts, LeeRoy Yarbrough and David Pearson (who holds the all-time Trenton track record). Bobby Allison won the last NASCAR race held at Trenton July 1972.
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