Motorsports

Our researchers have been busy digging deep to celebrate New Jersey’s rich motorsports history. Starting back in the late 1800s with beach racing, on to the early 1900s and board track racing, MLH celebrates Jersey motorsports history.

Mr. Local History Knows The Top 20 Daytona 500 Destinations to Hit During Speedweeks

Want to go to the #Daytona500 Speedweeks and feel like you know where to go? Here's 20 years of experience…

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Newark New Jersey’s Incredible Velodrome and Motordrome Racing Venues

PREVIEW RELEASE:Our researchers continue to work with this story as there are several conflicting points of view we want to…

3 months ago

Mr. Local History Motorsports Special Edition Magazine – Free!

Get all this great Jersey Motorsports History - Free Over the last few years, researchers at the Mr. Local History…

3 months ago

Lost Motorsport Board Tracks Across America – Mapping Them All

Atlantic City , New Jersey Atlantic City Speedway, New Jersey A massive 1 1/2 mile wooden banked racetrack was built…

3 months ago

Largest Antique Truck Collection in the World is in Basking Ridge, New Jersey

You wouldn't think, but in a quiet suburb of New York City, a man has amassed what is often referred…

4 months ago

Wearing Lost Jersey Motorsports Icons is Fun History

Mr Local History loves history with a social twist. In fact, it's our motto! So we thought how fun it…

4 months ago

1928 – Woodbridge Speedway – World’s Fastest 1/2 Mile Track

This is a tale about auto racing legends of the early 1920s, known as daredevils and speed freaks, who traveled…

4 months ago

1926: Atlantic City Opened One of the Greatest Speedways in the World

The year is 1926. Welcome to the "Board Bowl," which had 80,000 fans and was one of the world's greatest…

5 months ago

Lost Racetrack Series: Auto Racing’s 10,000 Seat Track In Union, New Jersey

Jersey Lost Racetrack Series We found a story in the Paterson Call newspaper on April 22, 1936, stating that on…

6 months ago

Retrospective: Auto Racing on Jersey’s Westfield-Clark Border

Jersey Lost Racetrack Series For a short period, racecar drivers from all over the tri-state area gathered just off Raritan…

6 months ago

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