New Jersey Motorsports Park

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Coordinates: 39°21′22″N, 75°03′52″W

New Jersey Motorsports Park (Thunderbolt road course)
Location Dividing Creek Road, Millville, New Jersey, USA
Major Events ARCA Re/Max Series, Rolex Sports Car Series, Atlantic Championship[1]
Thunderbolt Raceway
Surface asphalt
Circuit Length 3.62 km (2.25 mi)
Turns 14
Lightning Raceway
Surface asphalt
Circuit Length 3.06 km (1.9 mi)
Turns 10
3/4 Mile Oval Track
Circuit Length 1.21 km (0.75 mi)
Turns 3

New Jersey Motorsports Park is a motorsports facility located in Millville, New Jersey, in the southern tip of the state. It is presently under construction and is scheduled to be completed in June 2008. It is scheduled to hold a Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series[2] event on August 31, 2008 and an ARCA RE/MAX Series[3] stock car race on September 28, 2008.

Contents

[edit] Tracks

Lightning Road Course
Lightning Road Course

[edit] Lightning road course

The Lightning Circut is the northern road course circut at NJMP. It is a 1.9 mile 10 turn course connected to a 1.1 mile karting facility, which can run many races simultaneously.






3/4 mile Tri-Oval
3/4 mile Tri-Oval

[edit] Tri-Oval

The tri-oval is a ¾-mile short track similar to Richmond International Raceway. This is expected to host mainly stock car races, such as the ARCA race mentioned above.


[edit] Thunderbolt road course

NJMP's signature racetrack, Thunderbolt is a 2.25 mile 14 turn road course with a half mile straightaway. This racetrack will host the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype Class. It is foreseeable that the Prototypes will run Thunderbolt and the GT class will run the Lightning Circut, as it is possible to run both road courses simultaneously.

[edit] Karting circuits

The 1.1 mile karting facility features eight different configurations. All can be run either clockwise or counter clockwise.

[edit] Off-road course and training facility

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Autoweek, Atlantic Championship announces 2008 schedule 04/04/08
  2. ^ Grand-Am Event Information, homepage
  3. ^ ARCA RE/MAX 2008 Race Schedule

[edit] External links

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Circuits of the Atlantic Championship
Current circuits (2008)
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