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  1.   Chriswo posted:
  06.14.2018 - 2:15 pm
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Track was demolished in 1933.


  2.   RaceFanX posted:
  07.22.2020 - 10:35 am
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This track was built in 1926 and joined the AAA schedule right away, the
Champ Car race on May 1, 1926 was its first event. It's last races were
held on May 30, 1928, only just over two years later, as it hosted
separate races for stock cars and motorcycles.


  3.   RaceFanX posted:
  07.22.2020 - 10:39 am
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Atlantic City Speedway had a colorful location since it was built on the
former site of the community of Amatol, New Jersey which made the
titular explosive for use during World War I; the community had a large
factory and a town two miles away (for safety in case the factory blew
up) of more than 10,000 people to house the workers. When the war ended
the plant closed with it and almost all of the community's buildings,
always intended to be temporary, being torn down. The track was built on
the site a few years later. Famous steel magnate Charles M. Schwab was
one of the lead investors behind this speedway and apparently hoped it
would become a rival to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The track
required 253 railroad cars filled to the brim with lumber to build.
Because of its location this track is also sometimes called the Amatol
Speedway or Amatol Racetrack (in an already dangerous era for racing I
bet the drivers "loved" that given the meaning). After racing ended, and
Schwab lost interest in, the track was used as an automotive test track
for a few years before its demolition.

While Atlantic City Speedway had little in the way of longevity, like
all the board tracks really, unlike most of them there are still remains
of it despite its demolition nearly 90 years ago. The outline of the
oval is still visible in satellite photos, all of the wood is gone but a
sandy path remains. Today the site is an undeveloped wooded area known
with three-quarters of the track being on public land in the Hammonton
Creek Wildlife Management Area. Some like to hike in the area on the
path of the former track to see the site and the few remaining "ghost
town" reminders of the community of Amatol.


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