Drag racing

After public comments and board discussion that lasted nearly two hours, the Riverhead Town Board delayed action on the Scrambul drag race event planned for June 19 & 20 until it received and reviewed the fire marshal's report and confirmed coordination with the police department, Manorville Fire Department and Riverhead ambulance.

A two-day drag-racing event on the runways at the Calverton Enterprise Park won unanimous approval yesterday from the Riverhead Town Board. A second series of drag-racing events over eight days this summer remains under consideration.

There will be town-sanctioned drag racing on the EPCAL runways over five weekends this summer, if two separate proposals for drag-racing events are approved by the Riverhead Town Board.

A drag strip on Long Island would be a “catalyst for economic development and positive growth,” according to a national motorsports group in a report released yesterday.

Faced with vocal demand and enticed by the prospect of tax revenues and an economic bump, legislators formed an ad hoc committee to explore possible locations in Suffolk.

A large crowd of drag racing fans rallied at Riverhead Raceway Sunday in support of a drag track on Long Island. Racing fans have long...