Staff Articles

An Intern’s Take on New Egypt Speedway

Saturday Night’s Alright for Racing: The Dirt on what it Takes to Manage a Racetrack By: Bill Romba Six Flags Great Adventure is one of the biggest attractions in the Monmouth County area and it’s located on County Road 537. However, there is another destination for people in the area to spend time with their families and friends just up the road from the popular theme park. If you drive past Great Adventure, make a left turn onto County Road 539 and drive a few minutes, and you will see a large open field on your left. Located in front…

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10 Questions with 358 Modified Driver Danny Bouc

  If you were to look up the Point Standings from New Egypt Speedway this past season you would find that Danny Bouc finished 10th in the season long standings. But what you wouldn't find is how his season fell into place. After taking the 2013 season off due to funding and securing a ride for the 2014 season just a few short weeks before the season was scheduled to start he found himself on the outside looking in again after him and his car owner parted ways, Danny was able to put something together at the eleventh hour to…

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Would a “Chase” for the Championship Work at the Short Track Level?

I’m sure many of you, like me, have been glued to you television screens for the last month and a half waiting to see who the next driver(s) to be eliminated from contention for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase For The Cup will be. Do you think that type of championship elimination scenario would work at your local short track? I came up with a few pros and cons to why I think this could or couldn’t work. Pros: It would certainly intensify the on-track product as drivers would have to race harder as the latter stages of the championship…

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New Wingless Sprint Division NEWS Can Use Already Sealed Motors

New Wingless Sprint Division NEWS Can Use Already Sealed Motors Pan Conversion Legal with Tech Official Present   New Egypt, NJ--                       The newly formed NEWS wingless sprint division is making an already economical class even more so. Drivers who already have a New Egypt Speedway or Accord Speedway sealed 602 crate engine can convert their pan with a tech official present that will be legal to run in the division. As the rules for the NEWS division state, a driver can convert the pan of their previously sealed New Egypt or Accord 602 crate motor while a technical representative from…

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2014 Proved the Future of Sprint Car Racing is in Good Hands

When the 2014 Sprint Car season kicked off down in Florida everyone knew that Steve Kinser would be retiring as a full-time Sprint Car driver delivering some sort of blow to the fan base of the Sprint Car community. Since then Sammy Swindell has also hung his helmet dealing another blow to the Sprint Car community. Fast forward 9 months and those fans that were looking for a new hero to follow may have found what they are looking for. While no one will ever be able to compare to King Kinser or Slammin' Sammy’s record book careers, the future…

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The World Finals – Why This Needs to be on any Race Fans Bucket List

The World Finals - Why This Needs To Be On Any Race Fans Bucket List Every race fan has a bucket list of races they want to attend in their lifetime. I constantly add to mine as the years progress, but there is one race if I had to make sure I get to each and every year, it's The World of Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway. With the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Cars, the World of Outlaw Late Model Series, and the Super DIRTcar Big Block Modified Series, it truly is the…

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