In 1971, Raceway Park became the permanent home to the NHRA Summernationals which had been previously hosted at York US30 in Pennsylvania, to be contested each July.
In 1993, the event was renamed the NHRA Mopar Parts Nationals and moved to May to take advantage of the cooler weather in NJ during that time of the year.
Sadly, in January 2018, NHRA and Raceway Park officials announced that the venue will cease hosting all drag racing events due to rising costs.
[4] On September 3, 1977, the Grateful Dead performed for a crowd of 107,019 at Raceway Park, which was the largest ticketed concert featuring a single headliner in the United States until a concert by George Strait on Saturday, June 15, 2024, at Kyle Field at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, with 110,905 fans in attendance.
The tracks provide both long, straight paths for speed and challenging obstacles such as off cambers, banks, ledges, and ditches.
Drifting is hosted by a company called ClubLoose; they have been running events there since 2002, which started off in the parking lot, but now take places only on the road course.
Raceway Park offers a series of car shows, concerts, mud runs, motocross and swap meet events throughout their season.
In the past every Wednesday and select Friday nights they had Time Trials where the track was open for anyone who would like to race their cars, bike, etc.