This weekend likely marked the final regular race meet at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough, according to the Bangor Daily News.

Track owner Andy Cusack announced the track was under contract to real estate developers at the year-end awards ceremony after the races Saturday night.

The news shocked the crowd, according to several people who were there, with many breaking into tears. In the pits, drivers put on smoke shows, burning out the tires they’ll no longer need.

The nearby Scarborough Downs horse racing track, which opened in 1950, closed in 2020 after being sold to developers in 2018 for $6.7 million.

Cusack reportedly left open the slight possibility of the new owners operating the track in 2022.

Beech Ridge First opened in May 1949.