The other key events include the American Drag Racing League, the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, the Geezers Reunion at The Grove, the Super Chevy Show, Mopar Action, Fun Ford Weekend and the NHRA Pennsylvania Dutch Classic.
Local drag racers can compete in the Sunoco Race Fuels Money Trail, a points program that crowns champions in Super, Pro, Street and Top Bike eliminators.
To cut down on number of rocks kicked up by the motorcycles, Stauffer paves starting line with concrete, a racing first.
Alfred Stauffer and other family members visit Cecil Country Dragway for ideas and it is decided to expand the track again for the ’64 season.
[2] 1968 – Marvin Schwartz makes Top Fuel pass of 6.91 seconds and Ron Rivero hits 204 mph.
1969 – Maple Grove returns to the NHRA[2] and receives one of five Northeast Division World Championship Series events.
1971 – Maple Grove gets its first Northeast Division points meet; First Pennsylvania Dutch Classic and Money Trail season series.
1978 – Another close call at the Dutch Classic as Gary Burgin defeats Ed McCulloch (6.14 to 6.15) for the Funny Car title.
Paul “Dodger” Glenn dies of injuries suffered during semifinal Funny Car accident at the Winston WCS meet.
Don Garlits wins the final Dutch Classic Top Fuel championship with a record run of 5.96 seconds.
Winners of the event include Joe Amato (Top Fuel), Dale Pulde (Funny Car) and Frank Iaconio (Pro Stock).
Connie Kalitta runs an ET of 5.61 on new track surface to provisionally break don Garlits’ NHRA Top Fuel record of 5.63 set in 1975, but it was not official because he could not back it up.
Amato and Iaconio repeat as Super Stock Nationals winners, while Frank Hawley wins in Funny Car.
Rain forces postponement of Super Stock Nationals and another storm moves the Top Fuel and Funny Car finals to Englishtown, which are won by Connie Kalitta and Dale Pulde, respectively.
1985 – First NHRA Nationals; winners of the inaugural event were Don Garlits (Top Fuel), Tim Grose (Funny Car) and Bruce Allen (Pro Stock).
Facility improvements are made, including a second reserved-seat grandstand, expansion of the pit area and 2,000 feet of fence to speed traffic flow.
1989 – Mike Lewis leaves MGR to take a position with NHRA, George Case is promoted to vice president/general manager.
The $1 million expansion program is completed with the opening of the VIP Hospitality tower, new grandstands and track lighting system.
First side-by-side four-second Top Fuel pass is accomplished by Joe Amato and Shirely Muldowney at the NHRA Keystone Nationals.
1990 – To raise money for Darrell Gwynn's medical bills after the racer is paralyzed in an accident, a benefit softball game is held between drivers from the NHRA and NASCAR at Reading's FirstEnergy Stadium in cooperation with Dover Downs, where the NASCAR Cup Series Delaware 500 was being held.
1991 – New return road that brings racers directly into the pits is complete as is a 3,200-foot concrete guardwall down the length of the track.
1994 – Mike Dunn and Blaine Johnson make first side-by-side Top Fuel pass in which both drivers eclipse 300 miles per hour at NHRA Nationals.
2008 – Lex Dudas is named vice president/general manager and Mark Dawson joins staff as director of racing operations.
2015 – Maple Grove Raceway's concrete racing surface was extended in 2008 to the 770′ mark of the quarter mile track.
[4] 2020 – Motorsports Developers of King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, sign a sales agreement for Maple Grove Raceway.
[1] However, the purchase of the race track fell through with Motorsports Developers, due to the timing of the COVID-19 pandemic and the mandatory changes of schedule and operations.