Keystone Motorsports Park in New Alexandria is being sold, and the people who run the nearly six-decade-old drag strip say they don't know who's buying it or what happens next. The uncertainty lands just as the track heads into its 20th Annual Ghosts, Goblins & Gearheads event, a Halloween-themed bracket race running from Friday through Sunday this week.
Track Officials Left Guessing About Buyer
Park officials confirmed the sale is happening but say the details are still a mystery to them. According to community.triblive.com, officials stated plainly, “we do not know the buyer, or the buyer's intention for the property.” That same report notes the track's 2026 schedule included a test-and-tune on October 10 and this weekend's Ghosts, Goblins & Gearheads event, which the 2026 Keystone Motorsports Park Schedule lists as running October 23 through October 25. The supplied schedule lists the SBRA Bracket Finals at Mason Dixon Dragway from October 14 through October 18, not the Headless Horsepower Shootout on October 16–17.
Track officials say they're hoping to work something out so racing doesn't simply stop. Per the same report, they hope “to negotiate an arrangement with the buyer, if possible, for another season via lease agreement, but there is no guarantee.” As reported by Drag Bike News, Keystone racers have said they hope to keep racing at the facility for generations to come.
A Track With Roots Going Back to 1967
Keystone's drag racing legacy at 538 Stone Jug Road runs deep. The track's history dates back to 1967, according to Drag Bike News, with its grassroots racing tradition spanning nearly six decades. The park's own site echoes that timeline, noting that “Since 1967, this track has been a staple in the local racing scene,” per keystonemotorsportspark.net, which also describes the facility as running weekly racing programs, test-and-tune sessions, and professionally managed events.
Ownership changed hands once before, when Michael Tedesco of Tedesco Racing purchased the park in 2002 and replaced the track surface while upgrading other parts of the facility, the outlet notes. Drag Bike News reports that this most recent sale has the raceway being sold by the Tedesco family, and that Gregory Shuniak sent a statement about the situation to the outlet.
Data Center Rumors Remain Unverified
Social media chatter has tied the sale to a possible data center project, but nobody has confirmed that's actually the plan. The community.triblive.com report describes “rumors circulating on social media that the drag racing track was being sold in order to make way for a data center,” while stressing that no buyer or intended use has been verified. Drag Bike News similarly frames the data center scenario as something many are reporting rather than a confirmed outcome.
The uncertainty comes at an odd moment for the track competitively. Keystone Raceway Park returned to the NHRA Member Track Network in NHRA's North Central Division this year, according to nhra.com, marking a comeback after 25 years away from NHRA competition. The track's 2026 opening day was set for April 11, with racing scheduled to run all the way through November — a calendar now shadowed by the pending sale.
Championship Team and an Osprey Colony in the Mix
Drag Bike News reports that Keystone racers describe the park as a premier training ground for world-class bracket racing talent. The outlet also reports that Keystone racers have been pitching a different kind of story to national and local media: an osprey colony that has, according to their statement, used a spectator parking lot light pole as a summer breeding territory for several consecutive years. Per the same account, the racers say the ospreys remain unbothered by track operations and crowds, and that the park coexists with local ecological systems and habitats. Ospreys are protected in Pennsylvania under the Game and Wildlife Code and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
Drag Bike News reports that Keystone racers have highlighted the osprey colony. The racers framed the stakes in terms of heritage, saying that preserving historic drag strips protects a 60-year sporting legacy along with an established ecological habitat, per the outlet's reporting.
For now, Keystone's fate hinges on a sale whose buyer and purpose remain unknown even to the people who run the track day to day. Whether this weekend's Ghosts, Goblins & Gearheads event marks the final chapter for drag racing in New Alexandria or simply another season under new ownership is a question officials say they can't yet answer.
