Tag: Garden State Racetrack
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Tom Bergbauer
With service spanning 37 years at the Courier-Post, Tom Bergbauer endured retirement as he penned the “Tracking History” column for the Courier.
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Garden State Park and Racetrack
Garden State Park opened in 1942 after delays caused by raw material rationing at the United States’ entry into World War II. Due to the seizure of 30,000 tons of structural steel by war authorities, developer Eugene Mori mostly constructed Garden State Park’s ornate Georgian-style grandstand of wood. Limited amounts of steel came from the…