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New Jersey motorsports park event spirals into chaos, prompting emergency phone alert

Published  March 30, 2026 2:33pm EDT
Gloucester County
FOX 29 Philadelphia

The Brief

    • Thousands of people overwhelmed an unauthorized car show at a motorsports park in Logan Township on Sunday.
    • Spillover crowd began parking on surrounding roads and walking to the event, causing widespread traffic disruptions.
    • Police say there were several reports of public intoxication, public urination, lewdness, disorderly conduct, litering, and multiple fights.

LOGAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Police in Logan Township are providing new information about an unauthorized event involving thousands of people at a motorsports park that quickly spiraled into chaos on Sunday, causing an emergency alert notice to light up phones across Gloucester County.

What we know:

Officers from the Logan Township Police Department responded to Bridgeport Motosports Park around 11 a.m. Sunday for reports of people speeding, passing unsafely, racing, and riding on their vehicles.

Investigators say police soon learned about an unauthorized vehicle meet-up at the motorsports park called "Import Expo." The event "rapidly became inundated with motorists from as far away as Massachusetts and Virginia."

As the crowd at the event continued to swell, police say the park quickly exceeded its capacity, causing an estimated 25,000 people to leave their cars "wherever they chose to" and walk to the venue.

Police from neighboring departments responded to the motorsports park to help with traffic and crowd control. 

An Emergency Alert ordering individuals to disperse was sent out by the Gloucester County Office of Emergency Management. The order was lifted just before 7 p.m.

Police say there were multiple reports of public intoxication, public urination, lewdness, disorderly conduct, littering, and numerous fights. One person was taken into custody.

What they're saying:

The owner of Bridgeport Motosports Park, in a Facebook post, offered an apology for the incident and an explanation of how they responded to shutdown the event.

"The overall problem was traffic that spread throughout," they wrote, adding that they helped police shutdown Floodgate Road and turned away atendees once they realized how overcrowded the event had become.

"In just a short time we realized folks were parking elsewhere and walking their way to the event," the post continued. "At that time, enough was enough and we decided to begin the process of shutting down the event."

What we don't know:

Investigators have not commented on the origins of the event.

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