New Egypt Speedway owner looks to sell as another NJ racetrack closes Dan Alexander Published: December 3, 2025 Sign along Route 539 outside New Egypt Speedway (Google Street View)

✅Owner Fred Vahlsing says the track won’t open for racing in 2026

✅Vahlsing, who has owned it since 2006, shared no specific reason for the decision

✅Fuel sales, leasing, and the quarter midget track will continue operations

NEW EGYPT — The owner of a longtime New Jersey race track says it will not open for racing in 2026.

New Egypt Speedway, first opened in 1946 as a quarter-mile dirt track along Route 539 will remain closed as owner Fred Vahlsing tries to sell the now 7/16th mile D-shaped clay oval track he has owned since 2006. No specific reason for the decision was given in the announcement.

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