Atco Dragway, the first sanctioned drag strip in New Jersey, shut down with little warning on Tuesday night, announced on Facebook and Instagram with the comments turned off.

Street View/Google Maps The Atco Dragway, a quarter-mile drag strip beloved by the auto racing community, opened in 1960 along Jackson Road in Waterford Township. The dragway's owners announced ...

It's the oldest drag strip in New Jersey opening on Memorial Day weekend in 1960. The Atco Dragway now sits suddenly shuttered and a bouquet of roses has been placed under the track's iconic sign.

Before it was named York U.S. 30, the strip was briefly known as the South Penn Drag-O-Way. They raced in the opposite direction until it changed hands in 1960. The racing stopped after the 1979 ...