For Capt. Donna Nicholas of Browns Mills, the event took on more human terms because of the crowd's size.

Notable current and former residents of Browns Mills include:

From here, the road enters forested areas of the Pine Barrens with a few homes before turning northeast and reaching the community of Browns Mills.

From 2002 to 2004, he was editor of Community News, a weekly newspaper in Browns Mills, New Jersey.

He settled at Browns Mills, Pennsylvania, at the close of the war and engaged in the practice of medicine.

One of them, Rose White of nearby Browns Mills, said she earned $20,000 a year, including overtime.

Uncles and cousins served in volunteer fire companies that provide small communities like Browns Mills with social outlets as well as fire protection.

Ernie Bozarth, a barber in Browns Mills for 30 years, says he has lost 50 percent of his business.

But Jean-Luke, a resident of Browns Mills, N.J., also has to go to school.

Word of the new course spread quickly through the racing community, and racers from all over the country began arriving in Browns Mills to test their skills against the competition.