Editing Trenton, New Jersey (section)

==Sports==
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[[File:Mercer County Waterfront Park.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|[[Arm & Hammer Park]]]]
Because of Trenton's near-equal distance to both New York City and [[Philadelphia]], and because most homes in Mercer County receive network broadcasts from both cities, locals are sharply divided in fan loyalty between both cities. It is common to find Philadelphia's Phillies, Eagles, 76ers, Union and Flyers fans cheering (and arguing) right alongside fans of New York's Yankees, Mets, Nets, Knicks, Rangers, Islanders, Jets, Red Bulls and Giants or the New Jersey Devils.<ref>Fitzpatrick, Frank. [http://articles.philly.com/2009-01-11/news/25278893_1_eagles-and-giants-north-and-south-jersey-nfc-east "Jersey's split sports personality Great Divide: Eagles and Giants fans"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412233558/http://articles.philly.com/2009-01-11/news/25278893_1_eagles-and-giants-north-and-south-jersey-nfc-east |date=April 12, 2016 }}, ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', January 11, 2009. Accessed October 12, 2015.</ref>

Between 1948 and 1979, [[Trenton Speedway]], located in adjacent Hamilton Township, hosted world class auto racing. Drivers such as [[Jim Clark]], [[A. J. Foyt]], [[Mario Andretti]], [[Al Unser]], [[Bobby Unser]], [[Richard Petty]] and [[Bobby Allison]] raced on the one-mile (1.6&nbsp;km) asphalt oval and then re-configured {{frac|1|1|2}}-mile race track.<ref>Huneke, Bill. [http://www.nj.com/times-sports/index.ssf/2013/07/trenton_speedway_lives_on_at_p.html "Trenton Speedway lives on at Pocono"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113114308/http://www.nj.com/times-sports/index.ssf/2013/07/trenton_speedway_lives_on_at_p.html |date=January 13, 2016 }}, ''[[The Times (Trenton)|The Times]]'', July 6, 2013. Accessed October 12, 2015. "As Indy Car racing returns to Pocono this weekend after a 24-year absence, only a few of the drivers competing were even alive when Trenton's last event was run in 1979."</ref> The speedway, which closed in 1980, was part of the larger New Jersey State Fairgrounds complex, which also closed in 1983. The former site of the speedway and fairgrounds is now the [[Grounds for Sculpture]].<ref>[http://www.groundsforsculpture.org/fairhist.htm History of State Fairgrounds] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210194142/http://www.groundsforsculpture.org/fairhist.htm |date=February 10, 2012 }}, [[Grounds for Sculpture]]. Accessed March 16, 2012. As horses were replaced by automobiles for transportation, cars became the main attraction on the fairground's racetrack. 'Lucky' Teter and his Hell Drivers made the headlines in the 1930s; in the sixties it was midget car races and a 200-mile race for Indianapolis cars and drivers."</ref>

The [[Trenton Thunder]], minor league team owned by [[Joe Plumeri]], plays at 6,341-seat [[Arm & Hammer Park]], the stadium which Plumeri had previously named after his father in 1999.<ref>McGeehan, Patrick. [https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/17/business/private-sector-a-wall-st-son-at-nasdaq-s-table.html "Private Sector; A Wall St. Son at Nasdaq's Table "] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811184135/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/17/business/private-sector-a-wall-st-son-at-nasdaq-s-table.html |date=August 11, 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 17, 2000. Accessed January 5, 2015. "Mr. Plumeri, who owns a minor league team affiliated with the Red Sox, the Trenton Thunder, has even drawn Mr. Simmons to the team's stadium, Samuel J. Plumeri Field, to watch his beloved team play exhibition games."</ref><ref>[http://www.littleballparks.com/Stadium/2002/Trenton/Trenton.htm Arm & Hammer Park Trenton, New Jersey] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409012757/http://www.littleballparks.com/Stadium/2002/Trenton/Trenton.htm |date=April 9, 2015 }}, Ball Parks of the Minor Leagues. Accessed January 5, 2015. "The playing field was named in 1999 in honor of Samuel Plumeri Sr., one of the driving forces in bring baseball back to New Jersey's state capital."</ref><ref>Pahigian, Josh. [https://books.google.com/books?id=1DaQ8oNXuE0C&pg=PA45 ''The Ultimate Minor League Baseball Road Trip: A Fan's Guide to AAA, AA, A, and Independent League Stadiums''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001194846/https://books.google.com/books?id=1DaQ8oNXuE0C&pg=PA45#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=October 1, 2023 }}, p. 45. [[Rowman & Littlefield]]. {{ISBN|9781599216270}}. Accessed January 5, 2015.</ref> The team was previously affiliated with the [[New York Yankees]], [[Boston Red Sox]], [[Detroit Tigers]], and, before moving to Trenton, the [[Chicago White Sox]], but became an unaffiliated [[collegiate summer baseball]] team of the [[MLB Draft League]] beginning in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.milb.com/trenton/news/trenton-thunder-continue-affiliation-withmajor-league-baseball-in-new-mlb-draft- |title=Trenton Thunder Continue Affiliation with Major League Baseball in New MLB Draft League |website=Trenton Thunder |publisher=Minor League Baseball |date=November 30, 2020 |access-date=November 30, 2020 |archive-date=November 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130150548/https://www.milb.com/trenton/news/trenton-thunder-continue-affiliation-withmajor-league-baseball-in-new-mlb-draft- |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Trenton Freedom]] of the [[Professional Indoor Football League (2012)|Professional Indoor Football League]] were founded in 2013 and played their games at the [[Sun National Bank Center]]. The Freedom ended operations in 2015, joining the short-lived [[Trenton Steel]] (in 2011) and [[Trenton Lightning]] (in 2001) as [[indoor American football|indoor football]] teams that had brief operating lives at the arena.<ref>Foster, David. [http://www.trentonian.com/general-news/20150826/sacked-trenton-freedom-indoor-football-team-folds "Sacked: Trenton Freedom indoor football team folds"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008065213/http://www.trentonian.com/general-news/20150826/sacked-trenton-freedom-indoor-football-team-folds |date=October 8, 2015 }}, ''[[The Trentonian]]'', August 26, 2015. Accessed October 12, 2015. "The Trenton Freedom is the latest professional sports team to shutter operations in the capital city, following the same doomed path of several other organizations at the Sun National Bank Center.... The Trenton Freedom, a member of the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL), became the third indoor football team to fail at the Sun National Bank Center, lasting one year longer than the previous two. The Trenton Steel called the 8,000-seat arena home for six games in 2011. A decade earlier, the Trenton Lightning lasted just one season."</ref>