What is your New Jersey town's claim to fame in sports? We have the answer!
The Jersey Shore has given our state one of the nation’s busiest horse racing tracks in Monmouth Park (Oceanport), a NASCAR champion in Martin Truex Jr. (Stafford) and one of the greatest U.S. Little League teams of all time (Toms River).
But did you know the Shore also gave New Jersey — and the world — the term “birdie” in golf (Northfield), New Jersey’s first paved drag-racing tracks (Woodbine) and a basketball coach who made history for losing games (Margate)?
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