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East Windsor Speedway

East Windsor Speedway was a 1/2 mile semi banked dirt oval located near Hightstown, New Jersey.

As of the spring of 2006, conversion of this track into a high end housing development appears to be very close.

New: 1997-01-13  Last Updated: 2006-03-30

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Elevation: 115 feet Latitude: 40.255105 Longitude: -74.538074 Time zone: EST/EDT (-0500/-0400)

Historical Note

The site was originally the home of Hightstown Speedway, a 1/5 mile dirt oval which operated from 1950 to October 17th, 1951, and in paved form, operated from May 3rd, 1952 through 1960. The original track also operated as Central Jersey Speedway and Airport Junction Speedway (it was built on the site of the old Hightstown Airport.) The original track was torn down in 1965. Wally Dallenbach Senior's racing career started here in 1952.

East Windsor Speedway, the 1/2 mile dirt oval, opened on June 11th, 1965, and operated through 2002. It also operated under the names East Windsor Fairgrounds and Acella Speedway.

References

Allan E. Brown, The History of America's Speedways: Past & Present. Comstock Park, Michigan: Brown, 2003 , ISBN 0931105617 , pp. 460,462. Order from National Speedway Directory

Track Office

East Windsor Speedway
Airport Road
Hightstown, NJ 08520

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Getting There

From the junction with US 130, travel 3/10 mile east on SR 33. At Airport Road, turn south for 2/10th mile.

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