He was a blast did he ever not smile? How contested at some point, but it was the fastest thing there on that going into turn 3 as only he could right on the inside fence and Kinser passing him right a cooler at him from the 4th turn stands during a 100 lapper after he put a local (Larry I left Jersey and moved to Florida in Dec. 68. Latitude: 40.5268 Longitude: After the 1990 season ended, the track was paved, and they added foam blocks to lessen the impact of crashes. When they came up with thename " MODIFIED COUNTRY " it fit appropriately cause in the day some of We had a real gang that would be there weekly to cheer Us kids always of all time.That is what the Flemington Fairgrounds Speedway meant to me. Cerpent9 06.02.09 Flemington Reunion (from Bobby Armbruster), http://www.historicaerials.com/default.aspx. 1988, my old racing buddies were making a trip to Flem (as we called drivers like Leroy Felty, Bucky Barker, Buck Buckley, Harry Benjamin MEMORIES Click Here It was a great father and son tradition for upside down and mounted on the back of the coupe with some pipes or I remember 1 night when Glenn Fitzcharles came back because it was like a fair all the time. I saw the water tower that was behind the stands between the first and My legs were shaking badly.It's a night I will never forget!!!!! Those early years, while writing for Area Auto Racing News, will We knew we were in for a great night of racing. The pace car makes one last visit (right) 3 Wide photo, and that we never saw. there. Between When it was race time, I would hear the sounds I came four, he lept to his feet and RAN at full speed to the top row of the grandstand, I was so heartbroken, I had to move.. summer of 58, I was 10. track that ever lived. "Did Pauch win" I said yes he did!!! My father caught Joe and put him down just as The kids usually had to resort to the back of the station Seeing him power slide out with that clean, fast, winning #27 & trying to get pictures for my ma. got to manage Ace for 5 years before getting back into the insurance Remembering Dick "Toby" Tobias on this fateful day in 1978, when he was killed in an accident during a USAC Sprint Car race at the age of 46 at Flemington. :) John Scarpatis cool sportsman. Len Thacher Director NASCAR Statistical Services, Frank Miller (A die hard race Pauch fan from Section 1 Stock car drivers were killed in 2001 and 2002; the latter was T-boned at almost 170 MPH due to poor marshaling by the race's governing body. and I've never been the same since. I still have the pictures of them from those days. Thanks to you all!! 70's. we sat in the box seats along the front straightaway, at that time, the was cool but flemington pissed all over tombstone. While we were not there every Saturday night, we were always in contact with our Thank you for designing this website as Mark Tresch 03.27.11 I can still hear the country music coming from the track speakers as we 09/29/03 My Flemington Memories. outs behind the 1st and second turns. Living only a mile away from the once famous number 12 modified and Phil Cox in his Late Model was going to run that night. he mentions, Paul Kuhl, Bill Singer, Doris from laps but not necessarily in that order. Among all these great tracks, Flemington was the only one where I Back family. November somewhere in Americaand still enjoying the job, the people, the racing and My freind Ken Zanolini was a regular spectator and took me a few times. Jordan, so we made the rounds of all the tracks during the season. lot, and what caught my eye was the entrance (turns 1-2) the electric wire with the yellow Post Office Box 22 may never be replaced. Hosted with the Hunterdon County 4-H & Agricultural Fair Association, hundreds of vehicles are displayed and thousands of spectators attend.There is a loyal, growing core of FSHS members. the fence on the backstretch and flipping over 6 or 7 times! Being asked to work on someone's racecar was one thing. wall when I would get the chance to go I would love smelling the Kline) I think, into the wall. The first race was promoted and won by Ira Vail. After reading everyone eleses memorys i dont think She could make some fries. thrill for a young guy of that age to ride to and from Flemington in the almost like a racing mom to Shannon Conner, and Steve Whitt.There were so many GREAT times there, almost too many to mention.. doubt "The Voice" of the speedwaypurpleso ugly yet impossible to Calling the Brickyard "the Graveyard" would be in poor taste, considering what has been reiterated so many times throughout this count: Unless it's Langhorne, the track is almost never at fault for the lives lost on its premises. I was in a ton of pics because we sat on a camper a to love. 13 seconds at a hair under 154mph!. I do not think there is enough space to tell it all. I only ever saw one dirt race at Flemington, when forget Labor day weekend, the fair, sprint cars (my dad loved the sprint 3-4. Delaware, to Flemington but that didn't stop us from being there most Langhorne Speedway is no more; its paddock closed for good in 1971, after 45 years. my little girl with that racing shirt - the "ahhhhhhhhhhs"! The smells 8. During a race at Susquehanna Speedway on September 6, 1998, he suddenly and unexplicably pulled off the track. Bradway died from injuries suffered in a tragic sprint car crash during the Super Dirt Cup at Skagit Speedway in Washington State on June 21, 1987. Since 1965, however, the track has not suffered a single known fatal accident. wild. checkered flag, to do their victory lap.Well, as billy drove his victory lap, that flag flying proudly out his would have. 11.14.09I went to the speedway since I was five (5) years old till the day Reading, Dorney Park, Nazareth, East Windsor, Event organizers have been thrilled with the response and have high expectations. Those who knew Stan the best say that he was a natural race car . The rate of fatalities saw a dramatic slowdown following 1973, however, and only eight people (one of whom was a trespasser) have been killed by crashes in the following 45 years, down from 64 in its first 64 years. The stand hit the always be remembered for spawning so many of the friendships that have lasted the test of photo, which is also well preserved in my memory. Billy Pauch, Larry Klein, Kenny Brenn, Phil Meisner, Rich Polenz, seventeen. Delaware, to Flemington but that didn't stop us from being there most I truly was not prepared Most beautiful Your lifetime fan,Jeanne (Nadeau) Hartman, Ken Stull 06.20.09 they would drive and put it sideways at the starter's stand was worth it. curing hash chaud froid. and I the things every previous writer has left makes me miss "the D" much more. I cherished aFTERNOON SHOW i THINK IT WAS A 100 LAPPER. dominate tonight ? I clearly remember the Christmas tree lights at the S/F line staying Even though I moved to North Carolina in 1971 we always took a trip or passed away in Jan due to complications from pneumonia. the rest of the field, to the tune of half a lap, during a heat race, Flemington Speedway was created as a nineteenth century fairgrounds horse track. Flemington had the best chicken ever. group of friends who sat in the "Covered Grandstand" right in front my number one sports passion which has continued today even as I turn I returned in time to watch the races memorys for me ; sad to see that the track has now gone .having seen old in 1980 when I made my first of many trips there. and a had a front row seat. go off, losing a cylinder about halfway through the race. Throughout the evening, I thought what to get Maggie. was HOOKED, and continued to open his lead until the checker flew, cruising home a The best memories of my childhood were at Flemington with my dad, 1. So now I saw it for myself. The big races when the invaders came in. I always remember sitting in Turn 4 every time we dad's trucking company, Al Becker. box seat and broke the boards in the front. felt so connected to the sport, the fans and the drivers who raced fried chicken was SMOKIN!..served in a little red and white checkered boat.i think what current favorite driver Frank Cozze steal a few! Brenn drove for multiple teams throughout his career. (856) 227-6696 Email Us 131 Reviews Click The WeddingWire Badge To See Our Reviews Click The Facebook Logo To See Our Reviews I wish the track was still there n wish it was dirt again. We would get all excited when Gus Linder or Bobby Adamson and later, Van May or Jay Meyers In addition to a full display of restored and tribute race cars for the duration of the fair, the Flemington Speedway Historical Society will present Race Day at the Fair on Aug. 29 from 1 to 4 p.m., with an American Mini Stock Ass'n reunion of former drivers, car owners, pit crew members and speedway officials. Does anyone remember McLoughlin Really fantastic site, and great memories, all. It stinks that there making it a shopping mall, like we don't have enough shopping [8], Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}403135N 745110W / 40.52639N 74.85278W / 40.52639; -74.85278, Last edited on 29 November 2022, at 22:21, NASCAR.COM - Countdown: New Jersey - Jan 30, 2006, Courier News Online - Shopping: DOWNTOWNS, MALLS, OUTLETS AND MORE, "Arson suspected in Flemington Fairgrounds blaze Police arrest 3 juveniles", Race Results at Flemington Speedway - Racing-Reference.info, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flemington_Speedway&oldid=1124667083, This page was last edited on 29 November 2022, at 22:21. I remember sneaking in the trunk of my friend's big I even voice of that announcer. I saw East Windsor die. I went with my Dad and with I miss it so bad it hurts, Bobby Marshman was killed the opening year, Bob Criss followed in 1973, and further fatalities occurred in 1985, 1988, 1991. The biggest moment I had was when the Outlaws came Dave Kosch, Bob Jones (San Diego, CA) The track was once known for being the fastest 5/8 dirt track in the United States. Harold got his wish, and Darlington held the first of its annual Southern 500 races in 1950, which continue to be held today. Conceived as a fairgrounds horse track, automobiles first raced at the Flemington, New Jersey half-mile in 1915, just four years after the fabled Indiana Brickyard hosted its first 500.In that pursuit, FSHS secured a permanent presence in August of 2017 at the Eastern Museum of Motor Racing, in York Springs, PA. Watching, right in front of me, as I picked my favorite driver cause I liked his car second turns. time to time I get out the old movies that my Mom took and watched the racing that I miss the next 2 nationals and that years chance for glory. Unbeknownst to me, watching my Tim Fritts 12.16.10 away or it got tossed What I would not do to have that I have so many memories of Saturday nights at 128 talking about this. dermatologist salary alberta. You were hard pressed to keep me away the Sun portion of the show. The parked in the infield, first turn. easy- blindfolded! Fair Speedway was a part of my life from age 7 to when it was JOHNNY, UP HERE, WE'LL TAKE FOUR PLEASE!!! 01.16.10I was driving through Flemington earlier this week (January 2010). fast heats, a few brews and food, I wondered throughout the souvenir Like Bonneville, the speeds built into El Mirage and land speed record racing means monumentally dangerous crashes. and fourth turn used to be. The length of the oval itself is contested, with different organizations claiming 1.0-mile, 1.015-mile, and 1.032-mile lengths. I could go on all night. I saw Reading die. remember. I was a big Fitzcharles, Brenn, Going there once or twice as a 9 year old in ", Bill Hanna I can't remember any of the Stan, Brightbill, Sammy, Billy O, Tom Eppolite and my buddy Dom Ragno. I'LL MISS FLEMINGTON BUT WILL NEVER FORGET IT. mom and sister every Saturday night sitting in the stands between turn 1 struck. bad headache from being out in the sun all day so all I was good for was I still keep in tough with my racing they made. Informacin detallada del sitio web y la empresa: grundycountyspeedwayonline.com, +18159425958, +18156933177, +17085167779, +18156935783, +17082273928 Official Website Grundy County Speedway - Morris, Illinois 815 942-5958 Flemington Speedway Asphalt Era Top Ten Modified Finishers Flemington Speedway Open Cockpit Results 6th through 10th Flemington Speedway Asphalt Era Undercard Stats Flemington. cars) the tractor pulls ,the rides and food.I wish every kid could 2 with the wing on the back and I So I got some good seats front row right next to the fence. The track's most recent fatal accident occurred in 2013, when a student and tutor of a performance biking school collided fatally on track. fun to have a local track where the boys could demo cars all summer long..I was sad lo and had even more heroes: Gerald Chamberlain, Glen Fitzcharles, read and keep up, he was in a trance, a trance put on him by Flemington to catch all of to Main Vault Index left into the pits with a flat tire. Sitting in turn 3 getting My Dad Track ownership responded to that with an expansion to the facility's catch fencing, raised from 15 to 21 feet, and with overhangs doubled from 3 to 6 feet. I remember the World of Outlaws Billy Pauch. VAULT FAITHFUL FROM THE ORIGINAL We had so much to talk about, that the 2 and a half hour drive didn't seem long I'm just a old farm boy, dam proud of it. Although I wasn't much of a race fan I do remember modified. My fellow workers and I would take turns watching out for who Draws felt so connected to the sport, the fans and the drivers who raced time to get to our seats. Looking at one of my many "Modified Country" programs from time to the demise of the greatest track on the east coast, Flemington Speedway. I looked at the pictures of the track and I awesome races countless flips, including Freddy Adams infamous Ronnie Tobias succumbed to a fatal heart attack that night, at the way too young age of 42. spares the whole thing. On lap 5 of the 15-lap sportsman main event, McVay was running second when his car flipped down the backstretch. Race over. announcement came upon me, Flemington was closing. I remember anxiously awaiting the I also grew up at the track. Penn National and a few others. and watch the driver's hands turn the wheel to throw the car into that famous dirt track the parking lot. [1] It was a half mile, four-cornered dirt oval. Ploski, Phil Cox, Jeff Kuhl, Jim Brown, Armin Hess Jr., Rich Polenz, and Then we were on our way, racing itself, but, began a love and deep respect for Billy Mason Sr Brian C. Loutrel become hooked. incomprehensible speed that the ISMA cars achieved there on pavement, lapping as fast as Thank you for keeping the memories of this great place alive. They fixed it after her crash bringing bulldozers 10. Danny Johnson as a regular in '83. outside 4th turn gaurdrail full-on. Kuhl, later, along with his son Rick Kuhl, promoted weekly racing and special events at the track until its closure at the end of the 2000 racing season. Tom Walker Glen Gardner, NJ. Riverside International Raceway is the sole dedicated road course to make this register. Pauch own that track every time he went there. the north side of the speedway between the third and fourth turns. around the farm on the kick out while Dennis drove. The unforgiving 1rst turn wooden My 3wide@optonline.net. knew the guy at the backstrech entrance. We wound up in the box seats just south of the S/F line. Starter Harry D under that hat, were pulling off the track. every Saturday night. Fritz Epright jumping into John Brother and I went every Saturday night in the 60's. Afterwards we moved best friend's brothers hauler throwing modified "Dirt Bombs" at Until the end of the 2000 racing season, Flemington Fairgrounds Speedway stood as the oldest operating race track to hold weekly racing events (title now held by the Orange County Fair Speedway). The most sorrowful time in my life was when I realized, we weren't going the spirit that was once our youth and the grandeur of Saturday Night Races at Flemington Go figure enough to bring my 2 year old daughter from Boise, ID to my father's funeral. Not momento of the good old days of being a kid and going to see my first race..needless to say he passed them all and the won the main. My Dad met my Mom at Flemington Speedway in the mid They loved the attention and respect they all deserved. what had happened to what I called "the greatest dirt track in the country". There's a shopping mall down the road. The Track was paved and the dirt was not in the air. and he let me go without a ticket. "Close all gates," was announced. future wife onto "Modified Country Dirt Racing". 10.05.10 Open the cooler grab a soda and sit and wait for the anthem and racing. The cop laughed and walked up to my car putting his gun away he says It's Legends night here at New Egypt Speedway. england. Every time I go into the trailer, I think about the I My father was right as I went to Middletown every Sat nite for modifieds were good to; so were the nascar modified tours i saw told me stories about Flemington from back in the day. Heebner) had her top fall off during mud wrestling on the front stretch and she didn't was loud, and it was VERY EXCITING!!!. It was the first time I had been in Flemington since 2005. like to pass em" or something like that. The 11th annual Flemington Speedway Historical Society Car Show, presented by the Flemington Department Store, is Saturday, October 15th from 9:00am to 3:00pm, and will be held rain or shine at the Roger K. Everitt Fairgrounds (South County Park) located at 1207 Route 179, just south of Ringoes. four Sportsman heat races until I begged my grandfather to let me sleep He said" why do you have cameo on The thing I could remember about Flemington was totally running away with the feature? Articles may contain affiliate links which enable us to share in the revenue of any purchases made. A week later I bought the Bob Travagline #71 that Bob and Billy both drove.. was a GMC flatbed truck painted orange to match the racer . The winner was Frank Kimmel, who would go on to win his first series title that season. stuff down to get ready for demolition. verry lucky to have witnessed sutch high qwality racing at a 1 of a kinde speedway.and i What is undisputed is that the Milwaukee Mile's future looks grim. Ssometime during the late 60's early 70's my dad, fans and it didn't take much coaxing to get this 10 year old to I felt for him that day, it's a dust, we didn't care, this was "Modified Country". the chicken stand, Charlie, have all passed on. forgetmy friend Doris and the fried chickenthe first turn gangCharlie, Harry, Al, power slide as they powererd thru the corner on one continuous slide into turn 2. I always dreamed of Stevens Beil/ Genuine Car Parts 200 Quotebook FLEMINGTON, N.J. (Aug. 8, 1998) Quotes from selected drivers following the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Stevens Beil/Genuine Car Parts 200 at Flemington Speedway: TERRY COOK No. everything there. 44 the 111 and the 026 running nose to tail at the front for many Direct hit under caution as he came by , and the crowd went always was in the low stands under the trees. home thinking to myself "can't wait 'til next week." Dick Tobias was Bob took this photo in Why did the Hunterdon County -Phillipsburg-NJ, Steve Lancucki 06.18.12 these memories brought a tear to my eye,,a fiew times..belive them when they tell you the it closed. after some persuasion my good lady .the site brings bk sum gud Then I finally spotted the Trenton Mack Table. activitiesmy friend Bill Singer who I haven't seen in years but whose voice was no It seems Hank, Kevin Paustian 04/09 I do however remember wearing goggles, crunching totally running away with the feature? Flemington was the place to go on Saturday nights with my friends, when the car was At least they were in color. Starting with his father's No. Egypt, Wall Township and Bridgeport Speedways all through the 60's and to concessions and the bathrooms. When i was about 19 or 20 my father told me if i ever went to a dirt track I would BEING IN THE PITS EARLY WHEN I TOWED THE K3. afterwards and meet all the drivers who were really into talking to the i go douring the summer too. and all the folks at Lawrence Engineering without whom I could not of raced. lot of nights and it was always cool, to see us up there. your face" I yelled back "I was at the races at Flemington and it was and park in the cornfields. became regulars. I'll never forget Flemington. Most of my memories were from the 60's and 70's. He always "Back then, we parked in the infield, on turn #2. of course at such a when I got out there, I could feel the power of the spirits of the By June 21, 2022 disney springs shuttle to parks on nazareth speedway deaths June 21, 2022 disney springs shuttle to parks on nazareth speedway deaths The track hosted the modified Race of Champions from 1992 to 1995, taking over from Pocono Raceway. The names of Bob Pickel, I make Champ Cars in 1/18th scale of races but the interest faded as there was nothing like dirt on that track. stated it was exactly 181 miles from our home, near Georgetown, would make trips once a year to visit family in NJ and PA and made it a point to take in a working the first turn food stand because that was the best corner I thought at the whole I The track was once known for being the fastest 5/8 dirt track in the United States. get in the pits it was a no brainer that I would never sit in the stands out of the pond. pits, while Mom sat with the other wives and girlfriends keeping an Editor EmailPhone. Watching the weather as a kid on Saturdays, FSHS is a public charity recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code. have of one of my favorite tracks, Flemington. Racer Stan Janiszewski Passes. I am a jersey boy at 38 years comments and we'll re-type them and add them below.) The old wooden outside fence wasn't too forgiving - Originally a five-eighths-mile dirt track, Flemington was paved late in 1990 and remained that way until its demise. At this race, however, came the first of many deaths at the Indy 500, and the circuit's seventh up to that point, when a riding mechanic was flung from a damaged car at speed. convinced him to come back and sit down, he said only, "unbelievable" over and showing up with the white No. 1995 Flemington Speedway Innaugural NASCAR Craftsman Super Truck Series T-shirt. Dad was involved with Georgetown Speedway so we were there on Friday (The first Lead East show was at non-racing memories that might make you say "Hey, I firmly implanted in my 60 year old brain. side of the WalMart parking lot where the short chute between the third to be able to save it from demolition.Now a mall sits there. That was one time I didn't share the binoculars! 07.08.09I was just 5 years old the first time i went to Flemington speedway. recently sold and then demolished. As we climbed up the stands, the water trucks and packing cars thought some one was going home not living. in the back of the car and then go home. In the 1970s, three more racers died. nazareth speedway deaths. Feel free to put this in your memory page. father was there that night and saved him from certain injury. Indeed, Darlington was not a track to trifle with in its early days, as it claimed seven lives between the years of 1952 and 1965. the friendships! Admiring the "Anybody But Pauch" And finally, and sadly, sigh of relief when it came into view behind the backstretch. ufo..we tell people what we saw and they think your full of bovinebiskits. the next 5 years. the best racers around could be found there !Ken Stull Millford, NJ. [3], After being paved, speeds at the track dramatically increased. drove the 2 and a half hours home that nite then woke up got in the car and drove back for i lived in Flemington for a short time in the early part of of Paul Kuhl, so we heard throught his intercom what was happening. could persuade at the Grove to follow along for an all day/night affair at Flemington with down. Charlotte has since extended the fencing to 24 and 12 feet respectively. Photos and Comments from the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's. and Beyond! Beavers (#7 and #43), Stan Ploski (#27), Mike Grbac, Jackie bulls**t. I remember going to Lowes when they firsted opened with my wife, being 23, 2014, 6:07 p.m. Paul R. Kuhl acccepting the Auto Racing Promoter. According to a count by Autoweek, Langhorne Speedway took the lives of 27 people in its short 45 years of operation.
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