# The Race of Gentlemen **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [October 13, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-race-of-gentlemen/204246 "2025-10-13T13:47:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-race-of-gentlemen/204246/1 "2025-10-13T13:47:24Z")
… took place a couple of weeks ago, on the beach at Wildwood, NJ, with the usual turnout of old hotrods and motorcycles. Surprisingly, it didn’t get very much publicity this year. Enjoy! [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/4/1/41d0c555bb4fbc2f09f6003611c51d802c4f98e4.jpeg "🏁TROG The Race Of Gentlemen 2025 | Full Video Recap") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-K-Te9Pdfk) ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-race-of-gentlemen/204246/2 "2025-10-13T14:34:31Z")
I think this event was featured on Chasing Classic Cars a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-race-of-gentlemen/204246/3 "2025-10-13T14:44:51Z")
Yes, it’s taken place every year since 2012… with the exception of one year when it was pre-empted by a hurricane. Here is a bit of history: > **[TROG - The Race of Gentlemen - Pure Jersey History Right in Front of Your Eyes...](https://www.mrlocalhistory.org/the-race-of-gentlemen/)** > > Known as The Race of Gentlemen, the event has been a resurrected event dating back to the 50s by a local club called the Oilers of New Jersey. For one weekend in early October, racers, gassers, and fans gather on the beach in Wildwood, New Jersey for... ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-race-of-gentlemen/204246/4 "2025-10-13T15:40:16Z")
The Race of Gentlemen has been featured on many bike and car TV shows, I have seen many builder type shows either building a vehicle or a motorcycle (bike) or both, to race in it… ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-race-of-gentlemen/204246/5 "2025-10-13T15:45:02Z")
May I please have the woman with the checkered flag? ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-race-of-gentlemen/204246/6 "2025-10-13T16:56:24Z")
> [@old\_mopar\_guy](#): > > May I please have the woman with the checkered flag? Only if it pleases her…😃 ---
**Author:** ![ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/christhetirewhisperer/32/34798_2.png) [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-race-of-gentlemen/204246/7 "2025-10-13T21:18:57Z")
I miss that place so much! I stayed in the Crest section with my folks for ten years every August, then many more times later on as an adult. No place on Earth do so many different types of activity (every type and cost bracket of lodging, the beach, amusement rides, fireworks, bike rentals, boardwalk shops, miniature golf, restaurants, jet skiing, classic car and bike events, fishing charters, sightseeing boat rides, night clubs, on and on) exist within a 5 square mile area. (Sorry, if you want to gamble, there’s a place for that, accessible by car or coach, 25 miles north of the island) The Wildwoods put even the Kissimmee Disney complex to shame. Every day you spend down the shore can be different from any other, or exactly the same, it’s up to the individual. If one gets bored in the Wildwoods - Crest, Wildwood, West or North Wildwood - they need therapy. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![hsn\_19](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7bcc69/32.png) [@hsn\_19](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hsn_19)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 6:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-race-of-gentlemen/204246/8 "2025-10-23T06:28:04Z")
It looks like a perfect day for such racing.