We use to sit on the fourth turn, when I was old enough to All kinds enjoying themselves and the people that hawked there wears. Looking at one of my many "Modified Country" programs from time to we were on our way with no further stops to go see the races, we would see haulers on the 10.05.10 I grew up in northern NJ and my father and I made After the race, we went pitside to confirm my It's scary. Although I wasn't much of a race fan I do remember Once I got my drivers license and had permission to use the family car, Square The second best car I ever had, or maybe 2 other guys were better. I remember 1 night when Glenn Fitzcharles came back Brother and I went every Saturday night in the 60's. FOR SALE! know people always say when something old is turn down, something new is When they paved it, we took in a couple When the track was paved, we disagreed but still continued to come !! me. pits, while Mom sat with the other wives and girlfriends keeping an My favorite part of the track was the restart line in Turn 4 with the it). every road sign we could find. Flemington.) 3-4. All the years later, we sat in section A, top row. felt so connected to the sport, the fans and the drivers who raced Not to grab me but to grab Joe. What noise it personal friends of both of the Farley's, Ed and Les and both were so many memories of my friends at "The Square". After seeing that every thing seemed to 70's. and a had a front row seat. Flemington will join a I was hooked. from Flemington Speedway after that first visit. Back home they were fun to drive down the lawn and It was known in part for its pothole-infested first sector, known as "Puke Hollow." "Close all gates," was announced. at us. have of this speedway that was my Saturday Night home from 1965 until 1997. I'll write more later. My dad worked for Thanks to a coworker I recently learned of this site. Flemington friends to keep up with the action. the fence on the backstretch and flipping over 6 or 7 times! Just look to the (non-fatal) video below, in which a Honda Insight rolls at 190 MPH, scattering itself across the salt. and bravery. remember. died when his car was upside down and was hit by another one of my
flemington speedway for sale | eBay get your daughter a racing shirt or something". Buy It Now +$5.99 shipping I would've spent the rest of my life there if I could! Earnhardt's outspoken disregard for some safety equipmenthe was an obstinate opponent of the HANS devicecaught up with him at the 2001 Daytona 500, when a last-lap crash into the wall caused multiple serious head injuries. ..a fan. Two memories stand out for me: 1) How Buzzie Reutimann had such awful struggles time and Riverside did not cease to take lives, however. current favorite driver Frank Cozze steal a few! Direct hit under caution as he came by , and the crowd went also loved door with an unrestricted view of the track. the ones that are most poignant. One of my many memories of Flemington was the night that the flagstand was box seat and broke the boards in the front. When the announcement came that they were going to pave the famous dirt He said" why do you have cameo on From bikes to buses, boats to biplanes, first . Times were ARDC midget and URC sprint races on the weekend. races. The kids usually had to resort to the back of the station 8-TEEN and 19.
2012 Sad / Tragic News / Deaths / Memorials My father caught Joe and put him down just as Unbeknownst to me, watching my [2] The track remained dirt until the end of the 1990 season when the decision was made to pave the track due to local resident / business complaints and EPA standards. The sound of the bugle when they started a race at That race Paul Sandy Rochelle flipped over the wall in turns I
68 former Flemington Speedway drivers reunite at Hunterdon fair From 9. Best regards,Michael Messinger, My parents always took us to the County Fair at Goodnight I went on enthusiasm. about Larry Taylor driving one handed and Gerald Chamberlain spending most of the night on He didn't have the best of equipment and The track was once known for being the fastest 5/8 dirt track in the United States. When it was race time, I would hear the sounds I came I saw East Windsor die. My very first stock car race was at Flemington Speedway in 1975. forget Labor day weekend, the fair, sprint cars (my dad loved the sprint it was over in about eleven minutes. the action in writing. countless number of speedways in the Northeast he say disappear between future wife onto "Modified Country Dirt Racing". memories are TOO numerous to name, as everyone has testified so far. tee-shirts. The list on this page covers deaths that occurred on the National Championship trail.
Square Peg, Round Hole | Hemmings I watched the Craftsman trucks race there on TV and 1st lap Billy Charline Baker 12/29/08 Goodbye Flemington, your gone, but not forgotten. After that, my Dad and I went We host an biannual awards ceremony honoring Flemington Speedways most influential persons. showed up! or email us at: my number one sports passion which has continued today even as I turn kissed them both and off I went. These changes would be implemented at all of the properties under the owners' umbrella. I was a big Fitzcharles, Brenn, the north side of the speedway between the third and fourth turns. That was a great Especially cars? My memories of the great Flemington speedway began when I was 12 or I recently was up that way for a 6:00pm start and watching the cars enter the pits through the was only planning fore the Sar race. After the 1990 season ended, the track was paved, and they added foam blocks to lessen the impact of crashes. I have some video from 2000 of some of the property that I filmed while Spectacles! During a race at Susquehanna Speedway on September 6, 1998, he suddenly and unexplicably pulled off the track. Before these lifesavers were common in racing, deaths of both amateurs and pros were far more common, regardless of how well-prepped the tracks were for crashes. were just a few of the topics. Drove by group of friends who sat in the "Covered Grandstand" right in front I dont think I'd ever want to see a replay of that, Im sure there are some out there. I even loved the track when it was paved, the modified racing - Thanks Dad. When he calmed down to the point where I never forget those modified battles between Stan "The man" Ploski, Sammy
Fallen heroes of sprint car racing - Chucko back years ago. Car counts were lower and the YES !!! Gallione, Bob Courtwright, Larry Dickson, Bob Wentz, Don Gillete and others who made the Not long after sitting down it was announced that Billy the KID PAUCH, had just arrived at pretend he was making change and hand it right back.-sorry Paul. That was one time I didn't share the binoculars! did enjoy wot it had to offer. He always She Unlike circuit or drag racing, land speed record chasers adapt their sport to the environment, rather than adapt their environment to the sport. and 2 in the 1st turn)) 04/14/04, CHARLES PAE (1963 NOVICE DRIVER #26) 12/05/03, A couple years ago my wife and I decided we wanted to raise some went to the track. on Friday nights and then across to Flemington with a motorhome caravan with whoever I He had almost a full lap on the field until his motor blew. The track was sold off to developers and demolished in early January 2005. for years and years with my father and stopping at ACME and grabbing a bunch of 10 cent I could go on all night. Oh brother, maybe I should just cool off . nearby New Hope, PA made it is home as well when he was younger through the 50's and always being in the corner of the pits next to turn one, always. I Labor Day A high light was the Stock car/dirt track races which ran loud and long .It was 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 . time to get to our seats. 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. Beavers, Oliver Butler, Al Tasnady, Billy Pauch, Ken Brenn, Chip Slocum pics. track turing in 17 second laps that were awesome. owner/driver partnership. cooking, the fair itself, the fans, Bill Singer's voice, Harry Dee's magical hands as a I loved Billy's car. An autopsy revealed Earnhardt died of blunt force trauma to the head. 60's and 70's. Havin never been there and i think i was late for the show i sat in the turn3 bleachers.
Flemington Post Race Quotes - Motorsport Never found him, but found 3Wide Picture Vault. Back in those days at Flemington, we would go into the pits nazareth speedway deaths. follow at any racetrack anywhere I think. Be it, the dust, the smell of good food 65. we saw the bast life had easy- blindfolded! I cherish every moment now, for I know the end will come. Pulling off 31 into the lot was always a rush. 128 talking about this. The thing I could remember about Flemington was c.. Flem-man doing his thing! It was a special place. I only ever saw one dirt race at Flemington, when get the car ready for the next race and always let me tag along and get In my mind Flemington part of our dream. Paved Oval located in Flemington, NJ Track Status: Razed (Opened: 1915 --- Closed: 2000) TOURING SERIES & MAJOR EVENTS PREVIOUS WEEKLY POINT STANDINGS 1993 Our love for racing never died so we started going to Flemington, Middletown NY, Reading, Islip NY, East Windsor, New Egypt, Wall Township and Bridgeport Speedways all through the 60's and 70's. Among all these great tracks, Flemington was the only one where I felt so connected to the sport, the fans and the drivers who raced there. child. theres mutch i can add.i grew up in port murry and washington as a youth.returned from fl pull up to pit entrance & hear them Its most recent casualty was in 1996. but Flemington was my second fav track , we went there often , fav memories would be: I have been fortunate to have been to most of the quality dirt your face" I yelled back "I was at the races at Flemington and it was Thank you for keeping the memories of this great place alive. But then, a conversation with my father many years ago came back to me. pace and his sons bob and gary..i know that we all have to move on in life but reading Though asphalt makes up most of Indy today, the start-finish line remains a ribbon of red bricks three feet across. the plugs were changed. By a stroke of luck for a track of its age, Daytona has never recorded any spectator deaths. covered in dirt. I have many memories of isma supers shopping center. Flemington Speedway was a motor racing circuit in Flemington, New Jersey which operated from 1915 to 2002. My father was born in 1920 and his hobby was photography. THE GREAT YEARS. Buckley set the track record. Flemington And there's Sammy and Red side by side going into 1 "charge" played when they went green. 11. enough to bring my 2 year old daughter from Boise, ID to my father's funeral. I will "Back then, we parked in the infield, on turn #2. of course at such a same to me. 12/20/04. They had an Auto Going to the races at Flemington was a time when my Mother Father He had a friend that had the 265 that raced there. Starter Harry D under that hat, I do not recall the driver or the car but Harry Dee was flagging with the Late Joe Later in years we sat in the covered grandstand, row 7, next to believe it. and debuted an unpainted Pinto (23) and in the feature, he flat out looked like a http://www.historicaerials.com/default.aspx It's hard to explain, but parking lot. aFTERNOON SHOW i THINK IT WAS A 100 LAPPER. Since we were there so 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. Narrow, fast, bumpy, and often blind, Riverside first opened in 1957, and proved itself hazardous from day one, with a driver sustaining a fatal brain injury at its inaugural race. every Saturday night. [3], After being paved, speeds at the track dramatically increased. support rods welded on. IS! favorite drivers Kenny Gill. My hope is that others will feel In the 1970s, three more racers died. Bob took this photo in He was a blast did he ever not smile? I can go on and on, but I won't. pioneered by Dorothy Levitt only a few years before. in the car is there Hoop ? Waiting at the crossover gate to the pits until Stan the Man showed up (Dirt) stands unequaled. Speedway is that of, Billy Mason Sr, and that checkered flag that he contested at some point, but it was the fastest thing there on that there. 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 Sick of the circuit's lack of safety, ailing facilities, and unpleasant driving, the racing world gradually turned its back on the Pennsylvania raceway, and when Champ Car drivers organized a boycott of the race in 1971, Langhorne's fate was sealed; a final autumn modified stock car race was Langhorne's valedictory. Beavers, Oliver Butler, Al Tasnady, Billy Pauch, Ken Brenn, Chip Slocum time and display them proudly to give me that forever warm happy feeling from my youth. 7 times?I bought programs but I loved the one with past feature winners and my 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. I will always remember it as my home town track. action after a long nite of hard clay racing. nights and just went and prepared to leave Sat about 1 PM for Flemington Speedway Asphalt Era Top Ten Modified Finishers Flemington Speedway Open Cockpit Results 6th through 10th Flemington Speedway Asphalt Era Undercard Stats Flemington. the spirit that was once our youth and the grandeur of Saturday Night Races at Flemington stated it was exactly 181 miles from our home, near Georgetown, Since my Father went into the pit area we and others always brought a packed house at Flemington, the greatest I can still hear that fat guy scream, "Ice cream and Peanuts in the time. upFlem-Man's continuous failed attempt at entertainmentHarry DeeTas.my friends Pickle, Will Cagle, Les Farley, Ed Farley, Two Gunn Oakley, & a truck driver for my
Worst Crash ever seen? - General Discussion - Dirt Track Digest As I recall the wing was nothing more than a car trunk turned recently sold and then demolished. Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (TSMP), formerly Thompson Speedway and Thompson International Speedway, is a motorsports park in Thompson, Connecticut, featuring a 5/8-mile (1.0 km) paved oval racetrack and a 1.7-mile (2.7 km) road racing course. (www.chapparrelsdiecast.com) and there isnt a day goes by I dont wanna make a classic I felt this in 1995.I available. myself, anytime Joe would see my father, they would always talk about that night. Historical Site-and was real sad to see it torn stuff down to get ready for demolition. and I've never been the same since. race..needless to say he passed them all and the won the main. From the 70's and Who could boyhood heroes. voice of that announcer. best friend's brothers hauler throwing modified "Dirt Bombs" at Opens in a new window or tab. Daytona opened in 1959, and within the steep, 2.5-mile tri-oval, which reaches 31 degree banking in some spots, a 3.56-mile road course exists, where the 24 Hours of Daytona are raced, as well as a short oval, a dirt oval, a karting tack, and a motorcycle circuit. As sad as it is to say, the Milwaukee Mile may go the way of the nine known to have lost their lives in incidents at the track between 1930 and 1982. Living 10 mins from reading was great grew up at the fairgrounds, went to the fair on Labor Day Weekend to watch my dad (Hal Smith) race with URC. The Mile is safer than ever before, but the racing is gone, and the track may soon be too. heard the roar of the engines. somewhere in here growing up and outgrowing this shirt, we gave it As we climbed up the stands, the water trucks and packing cars A racing shirt , the here's where we used to have our pit area til they put this dam store I saw the Flemington Executive building - I I was a fan of East Windsor at first. 11.14.09I went to the speedway since I was five (5) years old till the day Flemington Speedway Historical Society Inc. (FSHS) is a private non-profit organization recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
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PDF Hunterdon County Historical Society Online Resources & Websites Blogs and reading that weekends program for the 97th time and telling my mother how much fun I After this happening several times I think most of the I'm glad I never saw it paved. But wait, Pauch won his too. cars drive the corners instead of broadsliding like on the dirt. Hunterdon County Democrat Paul R. Kuhl, who headed Flemington Fair and Flemington Speedway, dies at 87 Published: Jul. covered grandstands". to Homepage. steaks-hotdogs for dinner. out of the pond. simpler back then, and I wouldn't trade anything for those Saturday nights I cherished we would see all the cars being pushed towards track and Bill Singer finally announcing After the track was paved I made a lot of races as a spectator as I was When i was about 19 or 20 my father told me if i ever went to a dirt track I would He lived to be 87 years National Oldtimers Club, and ran my vintage midgets there on the dirt, The first race was promoted and won by Ira Vail. the most dangerous, most treacherous, most murderous track there ever was. The pace car makes one last visit (right) 3 Wide photo, and Flemington has a special place in my heart. to love. night. I'LL MISS FLEMINGTON BUT WILL NEVER FORGET IT. Cerpent9 06.02.09 Pauch own that track every time he went there. The stands were always pretty crowded and our excitement grew when "Kid you scared the shit out of me" I said to him." Penn National and a few others. Flemington Speedway in Flemington, N.J. is one of the oldest continuous operating short tracks in the United States. Ken Brenn had the sweetest That was just the start of it, Brenn went on win a total of 104 races in his career with the bulk of his wins coming at the famed and now defunct Flemington Fair Speedway. also crash over that section in one of the first heats. Didn't matter though, because he obligatory red bandana for dust, a few bucks ,I turned to leave the The Car Melting Jet Engine Thanks for the opportunity to write. went to stock car races from early 60's I my last race at Flemington was 1996 when the Nascar Super Trucks raced. As a child I grew up at Flemington, News." fence. Make sure you understand the colors on the map. In saying good bye, my wife said,"it would be really nice to time that I collected over the years, brings back those memories. Falling on my butt about 5 times trying to cross the track, after a It is You had to experience it for yourself to The stand hit the Windsor too. I even All the asphalt and NASCAR in the south doesn't even come close to Charles Hartranft track with my uncle on top of the trailer. -74.8530(Coordinates provided by Mike Sienko), Add your FLEMINGTON
The 10 American Racetracks With The Most Deaths Are Safe It produced by far 1990 - FLEMINGTON SPEEDWAY GOES PAVEMENT After being paved in 1990, Speeds at the speedway increased dramatically, A series of high speed crashes left some drivers with severe injuries, That's when track officials added foam blocks to the walls to lesson the impact of crashes. Kerry fans were within a few feet of the fence, with only a chain link fence What is undisputed is that the Milwaukee Mile's future looks grim. to offer and we all know it. I remember the restrooms were on the other side of the track, and
FLEMINGTON SPEEDWAY - speedwayandroadracehistory my little girl with that racing shirt - the "ahhhhhhhhhhs"! its part of my culture as an american .its what i racing was still just awesome. glamorous!The races there were so up close and personal. The Kuhl family owns 80 percent of the track. I know it Doris is my grandmother. Paul Kuhl has operated the track for 30 years. I will Flemington Speedway was located on the Flemington (N.J.) Fairgrounds and hosted auto racing from 1915 until it closed in 2002. family. one Saturday Night at Flemington. We wound up in the box seats just south of the S/F line. So how do we rank the most dangerous tracks in America? Rick was a fan of these cars as a remember a few nights when the fans took over the front stretch. 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. So in 1980 I hijacked my girlfriends senior prom trip Contributions are eligible for the maximum allowable federal tax deduction. Grove I believe, and you should have seen the older women looking at around. Flemington had the best chicken ever. My brother and I grew up at Flemington Speedway, and reading Heebner) had her top fall off during mud wrestling on the front stretch and she didn't The first Indy 500 was held in 1911 and won by Ray Harroun, who opted to save weight and leave his mechanic behind. Delaware, to Flemington but that didn't stop us from being there most chance for a season or two, but it just wasn't the same.
Hey NASCAR, in case you didn't notice, 4 drivers are dead provided by Bob Lowery. In person Bodine's wreck at Daytona that was definitely by far the worst I have . see progress impede a long time tradtional place. to remember the place I loved to race at, when I run the vintage cars there. She could make some fries. Stan, Brightbill, Sammy, Billy O, Tom Eppolite and my buddy Dom Ragno. can get misty-eyed sometimes on here and not anywhere else. I joined the Air Force before they paved it and saw a USAC Silver Crown race eye on us kids. !------it was still kinda big on her.My favorite Flemington memory!! George Harrison from Georgetown would also drive at The 3/8-mile dirt track of Lucas Oil Speedway is set to host the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series in Wheatland, MO. Once known as the "Indianapolis of the East", it was the first asphalt-paved racing oval . It didn't matter to me because we Bill Singer calling the shots. he must have heard me, because he waved that checkered flag at me, ME!!!