Taking advantage of a beautiful day, Tom Kinsella and Ken Tompkins drove from Stockton down Moss Mill Road toward Hammonton and took a walk at the site of the old Amatol Raceway.
Ken checking our location. We are standing on the track!
Saving the ruins of the shell-loading site for another day, we tried to envision what the 1.5 mile oval looked like in the late 1920s when it was the fastest raceway in the world.
Flying down the track at unheard of speed, Frank Lockhart set a lap record of 147.7 mph in 1927
The track was constructed of 4.5 million board feet of lumber, and though we found no visible remains, the track is still easily walked and is visible on Google maps.
Standing on the south eastern curve of the track
We saw some dumping in this protected area, but not much. The site looked pretty well preserved.
An unfortunate dump site
For more information about Amatol, try the Amatol Home Page.
Rick F. has provided some excellent photos of the site.
