Broadway Grand Prix is a family business with a founding story, and its own marketing family tells it in this page's lead film: the Lazarus family's grandfather started the Grand Prix in 1976 on the south end of Myrtle Beach so regular people could race go-karts — pioneering the family track industry — and the business grew into today's Broadway Grand Prix (opened 2018 across from Broadway at the Beach) and sister park Myrtle Waves.

Myrtle Waves and Broadway Grand Prix: A Family Business Since 1976 | Myrtle Moments

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A Visit Myrtle Beach profile of the Lazarus Entertainment Group, the family behind Broadway Grand Prix: third-generation marketer Christina Lazarus Wachs tells how her grandfather started the Grand Prix in 1976 on the south end of Myrtle Beach so regular people could race go-karts, pioneering the family track industry — and how the business grew into today's Broadway Grand Prix (opened 2018) and Myrtle Waves Water Park, with a fourth generation already asking for a summer job.

Key takeaways
  • Broadway Grand Prix opened in 2018; the family's karting roots reach back to 1976
  • The founder's idea: let 'regular average Joes' race go-karts — a pioneer move in family amusements
  • Three generations of the Lazarus family currently work in the business

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MyrtleBeach.com's short profile of Broadway Grand Prix: the family race park across from Broadway at the Beach with its go-kart tracks, mini golf, arcade and kids rides. Loaded as watch content.

Broadway Grand Prix Go-Karts, Skycoaster & More! - MyrtleBeach.com

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Christina Lazarus, the park's marketing director, tours Broadway Grand Prix on camera (filmed in 2015, when the Pro Track was brand new): the quarter-mile Pro Track racing 24 cars head-to-head, six more tracks, seven kids rides with a 36-inch minimum, two 18-hole mini-golf courses, the arcade and bumper cars, and the 100-foot Sky Coaster — the tallest in South Carolina — with its pull-the-cord free-fall swing.

Key takeaways
  • Seven go-kart tracks, headlined by the quarter-mile Pro Track
  • Two 18-hole mini-golf courses, an arcade and bumper cars
  • The 100-foot Sky Coaster was billed as the tallest in the state

The park

The director's tour (filmed in 2015, when the Pro Track was brand new) inventories the place: the quarter-mile Pro Track racing 24 cars head-to-head, six more tracks, seven kids rides with a 36-inch minimum, two 18-hole mini-golf courses, the arcade and bumper cars — and the 100-foot Sky Coaster, billed the tallest in South Carolina, with its pull-the-cord free-fall swing. MyrtleBeach.com's short profile covers the same ground in miniature.

Raceday

The closer is a Tuesday night with a family who call this their favorite Myrtle Beach stop: the slick track, with a running lesson in how to yank the wheel and spin out, the ticket-machine arcade, and their own history with the park — it used to stand at the entrance to Myrtle Beach before moving beside Broadway. Watch content, family chatter and all: that's what a night here actually sounds like.

Sources: the 4 videos on this page, filmed at Broadway Grand Prix.

Watch: Broadway Grand Prix, guided

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Myrtle Beach, SC @ Broadway at the Beach Grand Prix ~ Racing Cars

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Good Life Detected spend a Tuesday night at their favorite Myrtle Beach stop: racing the slick track (with a running lesson in how to yank the wheel and spin out), the ticket-machine arcade, and the family history with the park — it used to stand at the entrance to Myrtle Beach before moving beside Broadway at the Beach. Loaded as watch content; the family's narration is race-night chatter, so no transcript is stored.

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