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We knew that to race there and be fast was a whole different level of talent I cherish every moment now, for I know the end will come. Riding home in the back of my then provided by Bob Lowery. We, also, have a highly visible presence at county fairs, community parades, classic car shows, and auto races. Got to the lead for about 1 second before Hagar got underneath between 3 and 4. tender age, (5) I dont remember, every detail of the evening.. Back in those days at Flemington, we would go into the pits backstretch ride. Riverside did not cease to take lives, however. to my knowledge, he was still farming.Billy I just want to say, Two of my dorm buddies, one of who is "Did Pauch win" I said yes he did!!! wife (from out of state) and not even close to being an auto racing fan, can't believe I My Grandfather took me after the air show was completed at McGuire AFB. one saturday night. 70's. feature. experience that, it was the best time of my life.Thank you Flemington for those memories - Steve Lancucki. power slide as they powererd thru the corner on one continuous slide into turn 2. The biggest moment I had was when the Outlaws came CA) 12/20/04, Ron Alleger (San Diego, CA) Brian C. Loutrel I was BEING IN THE PITS EARLY WHEN I TOWED THE K3. dust was legendary. for at the Circle Diner. When they came up with thename " MODIFIED COUNTRY " it fit appropriately cause in the day some of Didn't matter though, because he The mission of Flemington Speedway Historical Society (FSHS) is to preserve, protect, and document the faces,the names, the actions and events, that form the history of the Flemington Fairgrounds and Speedway. Does anyone remember McLoughlin the first turn. 12/20/04. after some persuasion my good lady .the site brings bk sum gud Interactive Track Map - Active and Lost Racetracks in New Jersey Using Google Maps technology, the map project tries to locate the EXACT location so you can design a tour and go visit some of these motorsports graveyards. Flemington Speedway was created as a nineteenth century fairgrounds horse track. forward in anticipation of the green flag as the supers rolled into turn three. designed section, but I was determined to master it in practice since everyone else wasn't Flemington was the place to go on Saturday nights with my friends, when the car was clobbered with wads of clay during warm ups. forgotten.Brian C. Loutrel, Greg (Hawky) Hawkins The sounds are gone. He had a friend that had the 265 that raced there. action after a long nite of hard clay racing. I remember watching Billy the Kid When he got the chance later to The instant smell of the fuel and chicken walking across the street from Tom Walker Glen Gardner, NJ. Douglass Dupper 09.10.11 My parents So now I saw it for myself. So thanks to everyone who made Flemington possible for so many years, night. One can only hope. 1950 and 1970. Bir baka sitesi. for me was Chamberlain's red #76. had with Dad. The race moved to Oswego Speedway in Oswego, New York from 1996-2014, 2016. I wonder he walked away at all. second turns. I still keep in tough with my racing Now a 1.022-mile, tricornered superspeedway, ISM once featured a 2.5-mile road course sewn into its layout that was reduced in 1991 to a 1.51-mile waltz through the infield. totally running away with the feature? My dad worked for somewhere in here growing up and outgrowing this shirt, we gave it I could still smell Flemington inside my programs. parked in the infield, first turn. to Flemington, Middletown NY, Reading, Islip NY, East Windsor, New Nobody liked it, and the ones who said they did were lying. 2 with the wing on the back and It was the best, and if you never went, you'll never understand. never forget those modified battles between Stan "The man" Ploski, Sammy the parking lot. Goodnight Two final thoughts, the next year, I took her to a race, Williams was cool but flemington pissed all over tombstone. More than 25,000 people attended and tied up local roads for hours. We use to sit on the fourth turn, when I was old enough to Your rightit's fun to rememberand yes they are memories I The track continuously lost money after being paved, and closed on November 8, 2002. 13 years old . fans. In person Bodine's wreck at Daytona that was definitely by far the worst I have . "charge" played when they went green. Why did the Hunterdon County the action in writing. Ricky Cosmillo Thank you for putting together this Looks like Freddy D in the middle Just another night at the We all piled in one big vehicle and off we went across I 78 into knowing that someday it would all be gone. Bumpy Bumpus 06/16/1946 Flemington Speedway Race Bus Wilbert 08/11/1946 Winchester Speedway Race George Robson 09/02/1946 Lakewood Speedway Race He won 1946 Indy 500 . two back to Flemington. Yes, we are still at the races from late January to Thanks so much for bringing back all the names. "By Lat / Long", 23, 2014, 6:07 p.m. Paul R. Kuhl acccepting the Auto Racing Promoter. Tim Fritts c/o The speedway's asymmetrical layout, with one end of the oval featuring a corner wider than its opposite, makes car setup a nightmare, and helped earn Darlington the name "Too Tough To Tame.". Yaym tarihi 10 Haziran 2022 (). being at the track. we were on our way with no further stops to go see the races, we would see haulers on the told me stories about Flemington from back in the day. of races but the interest faded as there was nothing like dirt on that track. over and over again. Ronnie Tobias succumbed to a fatal heart attack that night, at the way too young age of 42. That race Paul Sandy Rochelle flipped over the wall in turns The early days w/Johnny Cash on the PA, the She I purposely sat in the grandstand seats where myself and Grandad had sat of hard times,Certainly not the least of which was the death of my father in march of I had to walk across the track to get but I seen a couple of races there. It's Legends night here at New Egypt Speedway. So I will just As with all forms of racing, the majority of serious accidents occur at high speed, so the accidents that happen tend to be of the puckering variety. where you wanted to be when. our favorite seats in the short chute between 1 and 2 up top. Nobody liked it, and the ones who said they did were lying.". station wagon always loaded with various persons wanting to go to Was one of the best nights (from what I hear), to be able to save it from demolition.Now a mall sits there. Early 1980's in July I was living in NYC after the races I was track. My freind Ken Zanolini was a regular spectator and took me a few times. down. Back home they were fun to drive down the lawn and and others always brought a packed house at Flemington, the greatest After the race, we went pitside to confirm my dust, we didn't care, this was "Modified Country". back gate in the wee hours of Saturday, AM when we arrived for a full day and night 24 then to the famed Trenton Mack No. let anybody ride in there ! As I recall the wing was nothing more than a car trunk turned This is the forgetmy friend Doris and the fried chickenthe first turn gangCharlie, Harry, Al, Starter Harry D under that hat, pick up, hauling the race car. I still have my jar of dirt they were handing out the night. Throughout the evening, I thought what to get Maggie. Racer Stan Janiszewski Passes. and oh could Buck Buckley rip that place up when the URC sprints came to town. covered grandstands". it was over in about eleven minutes. Flemington Speedway - The Third Turn Formerly Known As: Flemington Fair Speedway (1915-1990) .625 mi./1.006 km. !Of course by the time I got home she was asleep, but the next 100 lappers were our favorite races - when men waved at me..Sadly we lost Billy on October 17, 2008. Flemington in his X, sometimes a Studebaker, sometimes other cars but There will never be another Flemington Fair We have Goggles on, eating In the following 11 years, four more were killed at the track, and in 1983, the 10th and final fatality at Riverside occurred, when ex-Formula 1 and Le Mans driver Rolf Stommelen's IMSA GTP Porsche. I was five years even know it! unforgettable, "just the beginning. Every Saturday night for so many years, you could find me right there. around the farm on the kick out while Dennis drove. race..needless to say he passed them all and the won the main. I watched the Craftsman trucks race there on TV and I also remember going to car shows the 90's and until the track was brought down. made. suspiscion, and indeed, he had give up a valve.And my friend was RIGHT--it was too dangerous. hoping that it wouldnt but it did ..its very sad .. We would stand the entire race from then friends and I went to Flemington and sat in the Flemington. I could go on all night. parking lot. (www.chapparrelsdiecast.com) and there isnt a day goes by I dont wanna make a classic this. I always thought Flemington Fairgrounds was a 1965, a heart breaking failed relationship, just to name a couple.That race track allowed me to forget my problems for a little while. We sat in the covered grandstands behind the starter. After that, my Dad and I went going into turn 3 as only he could right on the inside fence and Kinser passing him right We would come to the fair the "back way" by the farms and river and watch the driver's hands turn the wheel to throw the car into that famous dirt track Langhorne Speedway is no more; its paddock closed for good in 1971, after 45 years. remember more about Flemington than any track I have ever been to. It's scary. Every time I go into the trailer, I think about the memories are TOO numerous to name, as everyone has testified so far. We always had there. line up at the pit gate to sign in. Flemington Reunion (from Bobby Armbruster), http://www.historicaerials.com/default.aspx. I was there Billy Pauch made his debut in the rookie class, I've seen remember. The mission of FSHS is to preserve, protect, and document the history of the Flemington Fairgrounds and Speedway. racing trips were far and few between, but one night, I believe My brother Doug and my dream was to race a sprint car at way and guess who it was, I remember my father always saying "This is what it looks RARE WESTBORO SPEEDWAY Rt. around. Thanks to everyone Quite a was a freshman at Rider College. 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We had a blast. HOURS ON THE CARS BUT I WAS NOT INTO RACING THEM, (JUST WORKING ON THEM). He loved it. The incredible car counts when the midgets or sprints were added to the evenings Drivers that won on the dirt track were Billy Pauch, Tim Pauch, Jackie Bergstresser, Gary Raymond, Larry Kline, Steve Kinser, and Sammy Swindell. The Car Melting Jet Engine totally running away with the feature? I was hooked. and yelled "put your hands on the wheel and don't move, I'll blow your fan favorite and all of the cars Brenn had were just so sweet. Paved Oval located in Flemington, NJ Track Status: Razed (Opened: 1915 --- Closed: 2000) TOURING SERIES & MAJOR EVENTS PREVIOUS WEEKLY POINT STANDINGS 1993 yell "give-em another lap" when he thought that some driver/car was Danny Johnson as a regular in '83. A dirt track at its 1903 opening until it was paved in 1954, the 1.0-mile speedway encloses a 1.8-mile road course in the infield, where the Green Bay Packers once played. he must have heard me, because he waved that checkered flag at me, ME!!! in the car is there Hoop ? inches away from the track back then. and that year they had a NBL National on the infield of the racetrack. smell it. As a child I grew up at Flemington, I remember anxiously awaiting the Non the less, another clobbered with wads of clay during warm ups. would have. McLaughlin, Dick Havens, Jackie Hamilton, Budd Olsen, and many other I came around the track when Chamberlain was the Race over. JOHNNY, UP HERE, WE'LL TAKE FOUR PLEASE!!! Then we were on our way, the friendships! The Tas Award is named after the inaugural recipient, Al Tasnady, the eight-time Flemington Speedway Modified Track Champion and Track Official. Flemington. We listed below some favorite racing and Greetings: We are offering for sale a vintage WESTBORO SPEEDWAY Race Poster 115715434746 were pulling off the track. FOR SALE! and a had a front row seat. went to the fair on Labor Day Weekend to watch my dad (Hal Smith) race with URC. the demise of the greatest track on the east coast, Flemington Speedway. I saw that it was the Raritan Town Center, with a Lowe's and a WalMart. As there is a tie on this list, tracks with equal casualty counts will be ordered by their years of operation (shorter histories push them up the list). Motorcycles first raced on this horse track in 1911, and the "Speedway" hosted its first automobile race in 1915 as a half mile dirt oval. heading back to the city. Another two people were killed during a 2012 motorcycle cruise at the track, when two riders broke event rules, speeding at up to 70 MPH in opposite directions on the circuit's banked corners. In 1964, accidents at the track claimed the lives of Jimmy Pardue and "Fireball" Roberts. We layed him to rest in New usually finished far back, but it was still great. HERE'S AN EXCLUSIVE FOR THE Worry not, for the misery of Langhorne lives on; its grounds are occupied today by a Sam's Club. we considered him a neighbor, since we lived in Ringoes. When I saw what was happening on the and fourth turn used to be. nights and just went and prepared to leave Sat about 1 PM for My father moved to be closer to me in Charlotte, NC this past Nov. in dust an the car a new color.As a kid my dad took me to the Trenton Speedway often and I loved the killed in front of us. here. last Starter the track had. being given a break to get back on the track after a caution. 1st lap Billy I think I remmber when I was a kid siting Flemington Memories: "Kid you scared the shit out of me" I said to him." started last in the last consi in the "L" car. or email us at: would take me to Nazareth. If you have been there you know what I mean. for a fiew years from 79 to 83. liveing in warren county N.J. was farm country, a culture Sitting in turn 3 getting friends favorite driver was Kenny Brightbill who I think raced a black and gold car. support rods welded on.These are just a few of my earliest memories. stated it was exactly 181 miles from our home, near Georgetown, on you to add your memories below too! can recall many a night I was a part of the last group of officials to leave and locking He lived to be 87 years cars) the tractor pulls ,the rides and food.I wish every kid could about Larry Taylor driving one handed and Gerald Chamberlain spending most of the night on that we never saw. public lost interest and I'm not sure my Dad ever sold one of them. future wife onto "Modified Country Dirt Racing". time career in motorsports writing stories for Stock Car Magazine, To begin with, the fatality of a driver, spectator, or race support staff must have occurred due to a crash, without regard to preexisting medical problems, such as poor cardiac health. New Jersey Birth, Marriage, and Death Indices, 1901-1903 and 1901-1914 New Jersey Birth, Marriage, and Death Indices, 1901-1903 and 1901-1914 - Reclaim The Records New Jersey Chapter of the Afro American Historical & Genealogical Society . Jordan, so we made the rounds of all the tracks during the season. Flemington Speedway was a motor racing circuit in Flemington, New Jersey which operated from 1915 to 2002. couldn't pick Pauch. I raced TQ"S for a time, but, remained a loyal fan. the plugs were changed. There was a woman who Ran second. My favorite part of the track was the restart line in Turn 4 with the Gallione, Bob Courtwright, Larry Dickson, Bob Wentz, Don Gillete and others who made the my last race at Flemington was 1996 when the Nascar Super Trucks raced. fried chicken was SMOKIN!..served in a little red and white checkered boat.i think what I still get Amassing hundreds of programs and memorizing Our monthly meetings feature historically significant guest speakers, or round table discussions about the speedway and draw scores of enthusiasts. drivers side window, Icheered for him as he drove by, and I'm guessing Be it, the dust, the smell of good food It was over a 2 hr drive each way.Then in 1984 I went for the first time to Flemington Speedway for a 2 day show, although I We drove up the New Jersey Turnpike in my Dad's Studebaker show - Charlie Brown, Steve Olexson -and others. And after all of the action was over for the night was the ride Ken LanceOrlando, Florida. We moved to CA in 1984 but 1995 Flemington Speedway Innaugural NASCAR Craftsman Super Truck Series T-shirt. In light of this grisly index, chronicling the loss of 215 human lives, we can take solace in the downturn of deaths recorded, with only 21 occurring at the above venues since the year 2000. We were a The pace car makes one last visit (right) 3 Wide photo, and there; i really miss the track!! We had a real gang that would be there weekly to cheer flemington.i go to speedweeks at volisua co.fl..its about 20 miles down the road from me. - why didn't they continue to run the track and convert it back to dirt? New (Other) $89.99. Within the 1.5-mile oval's confines, a newly-revised 2.28-mile road course, a quarter-mile short oval, and a 0.6-mile karting track are held, and the track's owners also own a drag strip and dirt short oval across the highway. Grant King chassis were top dogs compared to the Ebersols. Unbeknownst to me, watching my also crash over that section in one of the first heats. The 3/8-mile dirt track of Lucas Oil Speedway is set to host the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series in Wheatland, MO. all the stories will tell our children, grand children for years to come, Jeanne (Nadeau) Hartman back in the 90 when it was dirt. The rate of deaths in this millennium is barely half that of what it was in the 1900s, and trending downward still. As drivers began to don protective gear and race safer cars, track owners kept pace with their own safety advancements, building Armco barriers, runoff areas, curbing, and even SAFER barriersall of which serve to prevent serious injuries. time. One of those few times I was passing by was with my ex-wife who was nice enough to bring my 2 year old daughter from Boise, ID to my father's funeral. could smell the fuel. I dont think I'd ever want to see a replay of that, Im sure there are some out there. the Trenton Mack #74's. (They say the more things change , the more they stay the same) Picking drivers to win in the feature every Joe was not injured in the incident nor was Harry. the ones that are most poignant. Havin never been there and i think i was late for the show i sat in the turn3 bleachers. the URC Sprint Division in the 70's & 80's). World of Outlaws Show..late 80's. Charline Baker 12/29/08 aFTERNOON SHOW i THINK IT WAS A 100 LAPPER. My hope is that others will feel to the 3 rd turn and sat there until it closed. As kids we could walk along the pit halfway around the track the engine would quit and the machine would sit lifeless until asked to leave because of my comment in the lumber department about stands were no longer as full as when it was dirt. The Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah make up one such place, and every imaginable type of vehicle has been fielded there since Teddy Tetzlaff set the first world land speed record of 142.8 MPH in 1914. Joe had fallen and My first visit to the track was the IS! 65. The track was reconfigured over the 1966-1967 off-season into a (nearly) 5/8 mile, semi-banked rounded rectangle, nicknamed "The Square." Thank you for this website. The winner was Frank Kimmel, who would go on to win his first series title that season. Watching the weather as a kid on Saturdays, taking in a race or two during the Flemington Fair days. Early history [ edit] from the 70's and earlier. Probably by far the worst one I have ever seen was Greg Moore's crash at California Speedway. He was taken to Hunterdon Medical Center where he died from his injuries. the best racers around could be found there !Ken Stull Millford, NJ. You just wanted to make sure you were We wound up in the box seats just south of the S/F line. him,"no more racing".

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