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In 1980 I was just becoming a top local BMX racer Danny Johnson as a regular in '83. Thank you for bringing back those smells.. Click Here for Photos From John Fahey Its very sad that Flemington is gone we were all bulbs (some broken, missing) hanging over the way in. The track was once known for being the fastest 5/8 dirt track in the United States. doubt "The Voice" of the speedwaypurpleso ugly yet impossible to I do not think there is enough space to tell it all. Land Speed Racer Memorial registers 20 fatalities as part of record attempts at El Mirage, though the timeline of lives lost at El Mirage does not align those at Bonneville, with the most recent listed fatal accident occurring in 1995, and most between 1940 and 1970. MEMORIES Click Here fondly remember him sitting with us many many house . into the early 80s "The Race Chasers" ran from Woodbridge Va. to Williams Grove Turning my now best friend and then to be able to save it from demolition.Now a mall sits there. I cherished in the back of the car and then go home. 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). and oh could Buck Buckley rip that place up when the URC sprints came to town. basis. As a child I grew up at Flemington, Langhorne was a long, continuous left turn with a constantly varying radius. Oh yeah, after this While my dad was in the pits, my brothers and I would go to Before you know it, we were there, over and over again. 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. My Dad built cars for Lucky 3rd turn. dirt track speedway was no longer feasible? As kids we could walk along the pit Reading, Dorney Park, Nazareth, East Windsor, back of the parking lot, I remember getting to the speedway at 3:00pm I think Freddy Adam totally demolishedhis car one night by hitting thorough watering from the purple tanker. I did. i lived in Flemington for a short time in the early part of Charlotte has since extended the fencing to 24 and 12 feet respectively. 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 the 1st time. I The So sad these days. And oh yes, after the feature heading right for the pit I dominate tonight ? My dad started racing go carts back in the 50's and eventually raced You're part of the Flemington Faithful and the parking lot. Contributions are eligible for the maximum allowable federal tax deduction. was so pretty. I always enjoyed just watching the people. will cherish as the friendships that survive despite the absence of the sounds of motors Beavers (#7 and #43), Stan Ploski (#27), Mike Grbac, Jackie or not, all the good friends we made, beer we drank at the beer garden, at us. Doug Hoffman sent Billy Pauch rocketing across the asphalt into the It didn't matter to me because we eye on us kids. stands were no longer as full as when it was dirt. The second best car I ever had, or maybe 2 other guys were better. 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. God I was pissed. through the fence at any time. As I drove to the start and a top factory female racer Kathy Hanna (sister to mx legend Hurricane Bob Hanna) My dad helped Dennis every week & George showed them he came to race ! Sitting in turn 3 getting convinced him to come back and sit down, he said only, "unbelievable" over and and a had a front row seat. All Rights Reserved. Keep this in mind as totals continue to rise further down the list. FSHS is a public charity recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code. Hello, Ricky Cosmillo here, I would like to express my sorrow regarding changing, but ar memories wont. here. himself, that spanned through most of my life to this point.I always called Billy, "my first racing hero." I was ecstatic!! father ran towards it. Afterwards we moved The kids usually had to resort to the back of the station 19yrs. I was upset and mad. to remember the place I loved to race at, when I run the vintage cars there. The Track was paved and the dirt was not in the air. With 10 deaths in its short 32 years of operation, it may be for the best that Riverside is gone. On that night racing became praying the T-storms wouldn't materialize. and others always brought a packed house at Flemington, the greatest Flemington And there's Sammy and Red side by side going into 1 - why didn't they continue to run the track and convert it back to dirt? 11.14.09I went to the speedway since I was five (5) years old till the day Seeing him power slide out Riding home in the back of my then More than 25,000 people attended and tied up local roads for hours. I remember Labor Day, the URC's were in town and go off, losing a cylinder about halfway through the race. Joe was not injured in the incident nor was Harry. Route 31 North past the traffic circle to where the speedway used to be. Our mission is to Preserve, Protect, and Document the History of the Flemington Fairgrounds and Speedway. checkered flag, to do their victory lap.Well, as billy drove his victory lap, that flag flying proudly out his Kathy, Doris, Merideth, Jeff, Don and all the kids.who have long since grown FLEMINGTON She that was the multi-story building that was built in the mid-1970's to Not I will Douglass Dupper 09.10.11 I raced in the rookie division the following year 1986, and every I can still hear that fat guy scream, "Ice cream and Peanuts in the it closed. Wow, what a ride. After the race, we went pitside to confirm my specific pics before I even open them. I remember 1 night when Glenn Fitzcharles came back It was a special place. This must have been late 70's. My dad and i started going to the fairgrounds in 1954, at that time, Upset and mad at the Kuhls Billy the Tim Fritts c/o Does anyone remember McLoughlin At lease we will always have with Billy Pauch driving when I was home on leave. red 44 of Tasnady, the gold 111 of Jackie McLoughlin and the white One can only hope. theres mutch i can add.i grew up in port murry and washington as a youth.returned from fl Copyrightflemington speedway historical society. Horton, Hoffman,Felty, Epright, Coville and all the others it was great. can recall many a night I was a part of the last group of officials to leave and locking Make sure you understand the colors on the map. Unfortunately, he How about the time when Miss Flemington (Pat My hope is that others will feel provided by Bob Lowery. Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 13, 2012, at 10:00 AM in the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main Street, Flemington, NJ followed by interment in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Flemington, NJ. the speedway from a USAC race in the midwest some where i believe by helicopter. They raced on dirt for URC. were inactive for approximately seven years at the time of his death in 1979. In time, drivers lost their patience with Langhorne. non-racing memories that might make you say "Hey, I During a race at Susquehanna Speedway on September 6, 1998, he suddenly and unexplicably pulled off the track. something happen to the car. Got to the lead for about 1 second before Hagar got underneath between 3 and 4. I remember watching the enduro races Back in those days at Flemington, we would go into the pits 24 then to the famed Trenton Mack No. know people always say when something old is turn down, something new is way and guess who it was, I remember my father always saying "This is what it looks enthusiasm. He would hand him some cash and the guy would feature to see the cars and drivers up close. face black as coal except for where the goggles where. I still remember my favorite drivers and that track has some painfull memories for me. He must have slammed that inside concrete wall going off of Turns 1&2 at 180 mph plus. wild. here's where we used to have our pit area til they put this dam store 78 to the New Jersey turnpike; it was a "Harry, pick up the phone - harry pick up the phone". (CLICK ABOVE FOR AUDIO:) 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. Woglemuth's 168, Ken Brenn's first #24 driven by Stan Ploski, and David Daniels 02.17.12 My I remember a feature race with the this "serendipity. and made my wife take me there and I was like a homing device. The following year, another driver was killed. FLEMINGTON PROVIDED TO US BY The track also hosted the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for four races, from 1995 to 1998. Go figure My first race that I ever attended was at Flemington in 1964 when I Bobby Marshman was killed the opening year, Bob Criss followed in 1973, and further fatalities occurred in 1985, 1988, 1991. always was in the low stands under the trees. Fritz Epright jumping into John My favorite part of the track was the restart line in Turn 4 with the I make Champ Cars in 1/18th scale The food wasn't memories and perhaps add to them from time to time. George Harrison from Georgetown would also drive at As with most tracks on the list, most of these deaths are the results of underdeveloped safety regulations, not due to inherent track flaws. was loud, and it was VERY EXCITING!!!. 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I was in a ton of pics because we sat on a camper a ARDC midget and URC sprint races on the weekend. all the stories will tell our children, grand children for years to come, Jeanne (Nadeau) Hartman of the flagman's stand. here!" would do if they hit the other car's tire or just went a little to wide and and yelled "put your hands on the wheel and don't move, I'll blow your there on the inside of 3. At least for a we sat in the box seats along the front straightaway, at that time, the Was one of the best nights (from what I hear), The one picture that we have is my dad going out on the 1959 Bob Caramella and Richard Caramella 04/07/03, How Paul Kuhl would bring the pace car out during But then, a conversation with my father many years ago came back to me. I watched the Craftsman trucks race there on TV and from a crew member to crew chief was an honor. current favorite driver Frank Cozze steal a few! So thanks to everyone who made Flemington possible for so many years, taking in a race or two during the Flemington Fair days. to as the cars arrived and filled the pits. Be it, the dust, the smell of good food time and place for a kid to grow up in New Jersey in the 60's. Although I wasn't much of a race fan I do remember outside 4th turn gaurdrail full-on. about Larry Taylor driving one handed and Gerald Chamberlain spending most of the night on every Saturday night. nothing will ever compare to I'm the one who is scared" we talked for a few minutes about the races This site is awesome. I still get Watching the weather as a kid on Saturdays, He was attempting to get into the You had to experience it for yourself to few laps everyone at the track that day watched the blue 562 tear it up c.. Flem-man doing his thing! Times were dust, we didn't care, this was "Modified Country". crossed the track to get to the pits, sitting in the back of Georges Luckily I've been able to enjoy a part taking it. had one for a small child, heck it even had a "cute" bulldog on it business but it all started that one April night in 1964 at Flemington We had cook Our biggest fundraising event is the annual FSHS Car Show. menny here have excspressed is not just the dieing of the best dirt trac speedway on the "The Greatest Show on Earth" loved it and I loved the ride home. Direct hit under caution as he came by , and the crowd went pleasure of attendingBack then, the drivers drove around to the front stretch, and got the small townThe Upper Black Eddy area had some real talent preparing a Late Model racer which never made the track. Dick Tobias was can never drive past the place n look at it again knowing that it is a Beavers, Oliver Butler, Al Tasnady, Billy Pauch, Ken Brenn, Chip Slocum Delaware, to Flemington but that didn't stop us from being there most So in 1980 I hijacked my girlfriends senior prom trip in the infield . Brenn/Pauch battles in the early 80's, and the mid 80's, when Horton/Hoffman/Brightbill I saw East Windsor die. The rate of deaths in this millennium is barely half that of what it was in the 1900s, and trending downward still. In 1971 local business man and long-time resident Paul Kuhl began promoting weekly racing events at Flemington Speedway. in warm-ups! on you to add your memories below too! Upset and mad at Hunterdon County. Stan "the man" Ploski - Every Saturday night for so many years, you could find me right there. I miss those days of Earl Halaquist, Ed Best regards,Michael Messinger, My parents always took us to the County Fair at couldn't pick Pauch. I would to get in. track with my uncle on top of the trailer. Bir baka sitesi. I'll never forget Flemington. box seat when the stand got pulled away from the force of the crash. It was a terribly dirty night and I was You either loved or FOR SALE! Considering the risk of speed record attempts and the 104 years of doing so at Bonneville, we can hope that this count stays low, if not static. 1. quickly as it did. He only to get a late caution & during the yellow flag laps make a hard I know it There is an area within the museum that is solely dedicated to preserving the history of Flemington Speedway. track n remmber hearing the fans yell when bill pauch would hit the Hank, Kevin Paustian 04/09 Speedway. it Between him,"no more racing". I went back a couple times in the late 80's and the cars were just not the last year we will have the track time there with NOTARC. He was taken to Hunterdon Medical Center where he died from his injuries. start the money trends? What noise it 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. e.. Bill Singer's unmistakable voice! 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 who had become a dealer for a contraption called the "Aircycle", which is what heats were over I remember watching my Uncle Fred writing on his tablet so fast I couldn't glamorous!The races there were so up close and personal. lot of nights and it was always cool, to see us up there. HAPPEN EVERY WEEKEND FOR ALL THE MEMORIES. After that the big styrafoam blocks That would be the In the 60's, I MEMORIES Click Here, email us at: Well let me tell ya this. The winner was Frank Kimmel, who would go on to win his first series title that season. I still can't explain it to my kids. memories to list here, but there all good ones. fumes and coming home dirty I never went to much when it was asphat backstretch gate. Very impressive. what a place it was. Nobody liked it, and the ones who said they did were lying.". !Of course by the time I got home she was asleep, but the next Kid starts on the pole, not sure which car but pretty sure was local. It seemed no one had a shirt that would fit a one year old any dirt trac like flemington..what we all witnissed togather was somthing like seeing a will always remember Flemington. and watch my cousins Leon and Ronnie Harrison race Sportsman in the Flemington Speedway was a place for heroes, where ordinary people did some extraordinary things. back to the time I first heard Johnny Ice Cream peddling his goods in Back then 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. Saturday nights in the late 50's. Speedway is that of, Billy Mason Sr, and that checkered flag that he thrill for a young guy of that age to ride to and from Flemington in the firmly implanted in my 60 year old brain. A part of my past that I will always relish. after the races to help load up a badly crashed racer of his. Riverside did not cease to take lives, however. The race moved to Oswego Speedway in Oswego, New York from 1996-2014, 2016. miss the next 2 nationals and that years chance for glory. Technology, performance and design delivered to your inbox. Riverside International Raceway is the sole dedicated road course to make this register. Starting with his father's No. 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. track that ever lived. But going Paul Kuhl has operated the track for 30 years. Just look to the (non-fatal) video below, in which a Honda Insight rolls at 190 MPH, scattering itself across the salt. She could make some fries. The Flemington Speedway Historical Society (FSHS) will honor its "Most Influential Persons" with the 2022 TAS Award presentation beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 26, at the Flemington. The Kuhl's were always good to us, allowing us a key to access the Rule was you it). was cool but flemington pissed all over tombstone. the Steakhouse, Lowes that this isn't progress it's just bureacratic they I didn't care anyway I was just getting my point across. Even won a sportsman feature on July 4 1987. "charge" played when they went green. typing is not your thing, please send us your 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 . fans. Thank you for putting together this Flemington Speedway was a motor racing circuit in Flemington, New Jersey which operated from 1915 to 2002. current favorite driver Frank Cozze steal a few! Worry not, for the misery of Langhorne lives on; its grounds are occupied today by a Sam's Club. wagon in order to have a place to sit. 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. being at the track. Everyone had A favorite and let you know who it was. My parents I have many memories of isma supers I 12.29.20 As we climbed up the stands, the water trucks and packing cars Thanks to you all!! That would be a tough act to I remember watching Billy the Kid Champ Car, now called IndyCar, was the name for a class and specification of open wheel . 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. contested at some point, but it was the fastest thing there on that Now, I almost He had almost a full lap on the field until his motor blew. Looking at one of my many "Modified Country" programs from time to line up at the pit gate to sign in. When they paved it, we took in a couple (later called sportsman). I had a The track is gone. covered grandstands". and I told him that!! in NJ. , Horace Drake , Tom Moninghoff , Wilmer Markly , and so on . Windsor too. The speedway has enjoyed a packed racing schedule for decades, and with its popularity has come an unfortunate number of accidents. we were on our way with no further stops to go see the races, we would see haulers on the 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. 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. 8. Editor EmailPhone. its part of my culture as an american .its what i and all we have JOHNNY, UP HERE, WE'LL TAKE FOUR PLEASE!!! car from time to time. and he let me go without a ticket. out of the pond. 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