Atco closing ? - Page 3

rognelson777 · 06-24-2020, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by ken robinson

So putting it up for sale as a race track wasn't an option . There is no compromise . Nobody, not one person in the world would consider buying it as a race track . Really .....

So from rumor that i heard there was another interested party, a drag racer , and when this businessman looked at the business model said it is not worth anywhere near what auction/junkyard is talking about.

House of Darts · 06-24-2020, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by rognelson777

So from rumor that i heard there was another interested party, a drag racer , and when this businessman looked at the business model said it is not worth anywhere near what auction/junkyard is talking about.

Sounds like the description of Etown before it sold.

James Perrone · 06-25-2020, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by rognelson777

So from rumor that i heard there was another interested party, a drag racer , and when this businessman looked at the business model said it is not worth anywhere near what auction/junkyard is talking about.

Please stop the rumors. It’s done stick a fork in it.
Realize this ... you won’t get rich drag racing.
Or owning a racetrack
If you look in CarS For Sale
My STOCKER Is For Sale.
I believe the next shoe to drop is Maple Grove. It’s for sale also
This f$&@@? SUCKS

Rich Biebel · 06-25-2020, 02:08 PM

It's like a Stock Market crash......

E-town
Atco maybe/probably
Maple Grove deal fell apart for some unkown reason and who knows where that will end up...

Cars for sale....left and right...

Maybe I should get 5-10 gallons of gas and burn all my equipment/ Racecar/Motorhome/Trailer and punch myself in the face for staying in this sport for 50+ years.....

Billy Nees · 06-25-2020, 02:23 PM

http://competitionplus.com/drag-raci...r-atco-dragway

Carl Juliano · 06-25-2020, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Billy Nees

http://competitionplus.com/drag-raci...r-atco-dragway

I guess we have to pray that the Pinelands Commission does not approve the type of development the salvage yard would require. At 60yrs old, couldn't they give the track landmark status? Wouldn't that make it harder to sell and re-develop?

BILL TAYLOR · 06-25-2020, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Billy Nees

http://competitionplus.com/drag-raci...r-atco-dragway

So maybe it's not as much a done deal as it appeared when this thread started? Thanks Billy for what seems to be a glimmer of hope!

G money · 06-26-2020, 06:49 AM

James are you going to LV ? If so stop over and we can have some cocktails
GW/ 1770/ G/SA

Ed Wright · 06-26-2020, 11:41 AM

Atco was fast! Back when we all ran off National Records, instead of these very soft indexes, and the NHRA World Finals were held here in Tulsa, and Div 1 cars with National Record Holder painted on their fenders that could not qualify. Most could not even run the records they held.
Jere Stahl told me to check where they had set the record. “Probably Atco” he said.
A few years later I was invited to bring the car I race now (my daily driver then) to an EFI Shootout” that GMHighTech Magazine was putting on at Englishtown. That magazine’s office was near there. One of their writers had come to Tulsa to attend Oral Robert’s University. I had no Weather Station then. Had never gone nearly as fast as I did at Englishtown. Local guy told me “You think this is fast, you should go to Atco Saturday.
Best I had ever gone was 9.96 on a cool night at Tulsa. Went 9.88 at Englishtown. Went to Atco, unloaded with a 9.66.
I was invited to leave when they found the single layer jacket was all the “fire suit” I had, and no license to go that fast.

But, I then understood why those Atco record holders were not actually fast.

Rich Biebel · 06-26-2020, 12:23 PM

Thats not totally true Ed...

Yes Atco and E-town were pretty fast but it's more the conditions...I've seen -1000' DA at both tracks. Cecil County is another fast track even when the weather is not that great.

We are lucky around this area to have great weather in spring and fall and it makes most all the tracks pretty fast compared to may others around the country.

We set a record at Atco in 1970 and went faster than that record at Island Dragway which was nowhere near as fast as many other tracks.
We went just as fast at York much earlier that year and way more MPH....
Ran just as fast at ETown on our cars 3rd ever run......Ray Allen driving...

Cool air, good barometer and good traction.
Asphalt sucked in the hot summer and was fine in cool weather....

06-25-2020, 02:08 PM	#24
Rich Biebel VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern New Jersey suburbs Posts: 2,312 Likes: 25 Liked 543 Times in 212 Posts	Re: Atco closing ? It's like a Stock Market crash...... E-town Atco maybe/probably Maple Grove deal fell apart for some unkown reason and who knows where that will end up... Cars for sale....left and right... Maybe I should get 5-10 gallons of gas and burn all my equipment/ Racecar/Motorhome/Trailer and punch myself in the face for staying in this sport for 50+ years..... __________________ Rich Biebel S/C 1479 Stock 147R

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Billy Nees VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: On a hilltop in Pa. Posts: 4,473 Likes: 3,564 Liked 7,594 Times in 1,718 Posts	Re: Atco closing ? http://competitionplus.com/drag-raci...r-atco-dragway __________________ Billy Nees 1188 STK, SS I'm OK..........it's everybody else.

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G money Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 47 Likes: 154 Liked 13 Times in 13 Posts	Re: Atco closing ? James are you going to LV ? If so stop over and we can have some cocktails GW/ 1770/ G/SA

06-26-2020, 11:41 AM	#29
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 389 Times in 169 Posts	Re: Atco closing ? Atco was fast! Back when we all ran off National Records, instead of these very soft indexes, and the NHRA World Finals were held here in Tulsa, and Div 1 cars with National Record Holder painted on their fenders that could not qualify. Most could not even run the records they held. Jere Stahl told me to check where they had set the record. “Probably Atco” he said. A few years later I was invited to bring the car I race now (my daily driver then) to an EFI Shootout” that GMHighTech Magazine was putting on at Englishtown. That magazine’s office was near there. One of their writers had come to Tulsa to attend Oral Robert’s University. I had no Weather Station then. Had never gone nearly as fast as I did at Englishtown. Local guy told me “You think this is fast, you should go to Atco Saturday. Best I had ever gone was 9.96 on a cool night at Tulsa. Went 9.88 at Englishtown. Went to Atco, unloaded with a 9.66. I was invited to leave when they found the single layer jacket was all the “fire suit” I had, and no license to go that fast. But, I then understood why those Atco record holders were not actually fast. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA

06-26-2020, 12:23 PM	#30
Rich Biebel VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern New Jersey suburbs Posts: 2,312 Likes: 25 Liked 543 Times in 212 Posts	Re: Atco closing ? Thats not totally true Ed... Yes Atco and E-town were pretty fast but it's more the conditions...I've seen -1000' DA at both tracks. Cecil County is another fast track even when the weather is not that great. We are lucky around this area to have great weather in spring and fall and it makes most all the tracks pretty fast compared to may others around the country. We set a record at Atco in 1970 and went faster than that record at Island Dragway which was nowhere near as fast as many other tracks. We went just as fast at York much earlier that year and way more MPH.... Ran just as fast at ETown on our cars 3rd ever run......Ray Allen driving... Cool air, good barometer and good traction. Asphalt sucked in the hot summer and was fine in cool weather.... __________________ Rich Biebel S/C 1479 Stock 147R