Shoppers browsing the businesses along East Lincoln Highway in Middletown Township are walking across the former site of one of America’s most famous, and most dangerous, racetracks, though a Pennsylvania historical marker is often the only clue.
Long before the property held Sam’s Club, CarMax, Restaurant Depot, parking lots, warehouses, and storage facilities, it was home to Langhorne Speedway.
The speedway opened on June 12, 1926, under its original name, Philadelphia Speedway, on 89 acres of Bucks County swampland…