Vineland Speedway
1/08
Vineland Speedway lies virtually forgotten just off the road.
Now a popular paintball area, this was once home to a half-mile oval track,
a quarter-mile dragstrip, and a 1.5 mile road course. Supposedly bleachers
can still be found at the far end; I did not look for them. The speedway was
open from 1955 until 1965.
Not much is left today - just cracked asphalt. If you have 4x4, the track
seems to still be drivable. I didn't want to risk getting my Yaris over the
bumps, but if I had my Blazer, I'd have had a field day. I walked around for
a bit, but there really isn't much to see. I didn't have the daylight or care
to go searching for the bleachers.
On my visit, I came across a group of paintballers who seemed pretty nervous
that I was there. I don't know why they were nervous; I was the outnumbered
and unarmed one.
