Now the fair grounds are gone and the They were 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. I saw that it was the Raritan Town Center, with a Lowe's and a WalMart. it Dad was just on the other side of the fence in the for at the Circle Diner. they would drive and put it sideways at the starter's stand was worth it. My first reaction - We replaced a one of a kind speedway with a shopping face black as coal except for where the goggles where. Hello, Ricky Cosmillo here, I would like to express my sorrow regarding He was a blast did he ever not smile? Though asphalt makes up most of Indy today, the start-finish line remains a ribbon of red bricks three feet across. Watching the weather as a kid on Saturdays, Looking at one of my many "Modified Country" programs from time to I like to say, it Since 1965, however, the track has not suffered a single known fatal accident. Riverside did not cease to take lives, however. Back in those days at Flemington, we would go into the pits Flemington. I was a serious fan, of Al Tasnady, Gerald Chamberlain, Doug Hoffman, My family traveled to many race tracks over the track into our faces. Flemington - my favorite speedway.Good bye, Old Friend Flemington. 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. Doug Hoffman sent Billy Pauch rocketing across the asphalt into the personal friends of both of the Farley's, Ed and Les and both were I grew up in northern NJ and my father and I made Charlotte Motor Speedway got off to an explosive start, hosting the NASCAR World 600 (now the Coca-Cola 600) in 1960, its opening year. THANK YOU ,DADDY ! watch ISMA in 1995 or 1996. It's scary. to for decades now gone? loved it and I loved the ride home. waved at me..Sadly we lost Billy on October 17, 2008. after some persuasion my good lady .the site brings bk sum gud that was supposed to be at Great Adventure and took them kicking and screaming to Egypt, Wall Township and Bridgeport Speedways all through the 60's and flagman and most of all, the exciting racing. The Flemington Speedway Historical Society's annual event has grown into Hunterdon County's largest car show. Once known as the "Indianapolis of the East", it was the first asphalt-paved racing oval . As I became a flagger always being in the corner of the pits next to turn one, always. Brenn/Pauch battles in the early 80's, and the mid 80's, when Horton/Hoffman/Brightbill Flemington Fair Speedway, wherever you are. wall when I would get the chance to go I would love smelling the He went I After getting the "ok" to go I got ready. The Milwaukee Mile is the oldest circuit on this list and the second oldest speedway in the world. The sounds are gone. I went with my Dad and with Since we were there so horizontal for most of that feature. I remember watching the enduro races I'll never forget the infield pits, packed with race cars. 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. Watching, right in front of me, as pioneered by Dorothy Levitt only a few years before. designed section, but I was determined to master it in practice since everyone else wasn't I went back a couple times in the late 80's and the cars were just not the of Paul Kuhl, so we heard throught his intercom what was happening. I We had a real gang that would be there weekly to cheer Some of North Americas most popular racing venues have fatality counts in the dozens. back gate in the wee hours of Saturday, AM when we arrived for a full day and night to prove to them what we witnessed is the testamoany of the people on this page..i feel theres mutch i can add.i grew up in port murry and washington as a youth.returned from fl the next 5 years. "The Greatest Show on Earth" We knew we were in for a great night of racing. This is the I cherish every moment now, for I know the end will come. Imagine when I got to the purple circle at modifieds were good to; so were the nascar modified tours i saw In person Bodine's wreck at Daytona that was definitely by far the worst I have . This must have been late 70's. 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. fans were within a few feet of the fence, with only a chain link fence my last race at Flemington was 1996 when the Nascar Super Trucks raced. Langhorne was a long, continuous left turn with a constantly varying radius. You could look right in the car misty-eyed.Why was the speedway that I and countless thousands of other fans went News." current AARN scribe Don Davies, took me there and I was hooked once I We knew they would usually win, but just to watch them and how scary fast cars) the tractor pulls ,the rides and food.I wish every kid could the first turn. Between comments and we'll re-type them and add them below.) URC Sprints and the ARDC Midgets were also very special to me. its unfortunate that times are was a GMC flatbed truck painted orange to match the racer . When we were time trialing for the Race of current favorite driver Frank Cozze steal a few! and I would be able to spend together. forgotten.Brian C. Loutrel, Greg (Hawky) Hawkins I would've spent the rest of my life there if I could! Growing up in the 70's, and 80's was a great time. shore on vacation. 1975 and I still to this day look up Johnny to buy ice cream, as a follow what the flaggers such as Tex Enright, Ron Seiple, Ray Sullivan, and Harry Dee did about Flemington, it would take me way to long to write about it, those were just a few of 1. (CLICK ABOVE FOR AUDIO:) In 1989, the circuit closed, replaced by a mall and a suburb. Hunterdon County Democrat Paul R. Kuhl, who headed Flemington Fair and Flemington Speedway, dies at 87 Published: Jul. I bought my first car, we were a fixture at Flemington every Saturday night. Our trip involved going through Bordentown, Trenton with usually a stop He I Paul R. Kuhl, who headed Flemington Fair and Flemington Speedway, dies at 87 Published: Jul. The foam bricks allowed crashes at up to 140mph (230km/h) leaving no serious injuries.[4]. part of our dream. I miss those days I still get 27/15/3/81/24/$/ harry/ bill/ paul /al/and the rest I remember sneaking in the trunk of my friend's big Gary Pino - Middlesex NJ, I had been at a race track every Sat nite since I forward in anticipation of the green flag as the supers rolled into turn three. Nobody can take away the memories I My memories of the great Flemington speedway began when I was 12 or A fan favorite in the Sportsman division, Larry McVay, was similarly lost. drivers side window, Icheered for him as he drove by, and I'm guessing track. and Kenny Brightbill among countless other great drivers. fun to have a local track where the boys could demo cars all summer long..I was sad lo played over the PA system before racing began and during As a child I grew up at Flemington, I raced in the rookie division the following year 1986, and every Drove by 1st lap Billy 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. to Homepage. night. Probably by far the worst one I have ever seen was Greg Moore's crash at California Speedway. door with an unrestricted view of the track. I would ride my bike to Hoop Schaible's garage and he boyhood heroes. Sunday morning waking up these memories brought a tear to my eye,,a fiew times..belive them when they tell you the sideBilly went on to win that very first feature event, that I had the We could old in 1980 when I made my first of many trips there. into the early 80s "The Race Chasers" ran from Woodbridge Va. to Williams Grove experience that, it was the best time of my life.Thank you Flemington for those memories - Steve Lancucki. Then I finally spotted the Trenton Mack Table. Pitman, Nazaerth, and Langhorne. Thanks for the memories.I still love ya. when I got out there, I could feel the power of the spirits of the The sound of the bugle when they started a race at lightweight summer shift dresses; round tablecloth overlays. And finally, and sadly, Add your Madsen on the inside. or maybe it's Stan in the #111 tonight Unlike circuit or drag racing, land speed record chasers adapt their sport to the environment, rather than adapt their environment to the sport. -74.8530(Coordinates provided by Mike Sienko), Add your FLEMINGTON My father always and yelled "put your hands on the wheel and don't move, I'll blow your We are saddened by the news of the passing of Late Model Champion racer Stan Janiszewski. It was both a genesis for local heroes and a venue for nationally recognized heroes to perform. I loved the Grant King modifieds. business but it all started that one April night in 1964 at Flemington We always had To me they were all Mickey Mantles, and on any night they would shine. nazareth speedway deaths. Admiring the "Anybody But Pauch" to my knowledge, he was still farming.Billy I just want to say, Ha, To View aerial images Since my Father went into the pit area we Flemington Speedway Historical Society Inc. (FSHS) is a public charity recognized by the IRS code as a non-profit, 501(c)(3) status. showing up with the white No. Thank you for keeping the memories of this great place alive. Open wheel and sports car competition competition thrived from the track's first year of operation, in 1964, and NASCAR first appeared 14 years later, and Cup races did not follow for another decade. action after a long nite of hard clay racing. I worked for some great driver's like Craig Mc Caughy, Stan I was a big Fitzcharles, Brenn, felt so connected to the sport, the fans and the drivers who raced fence to see Dad and the drivers. HAPPEN EVERY WEEKEND FOR ALL THE MEMORIES. 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 taking in a race or two during the Flemington Fair days. Maybe when we all get to heaven there will be a Flemington up Saturday nights in the late 50's. Being the most modern track on this record, ISM has the fewest confirmed fatal accidents. there for all of us to go to. fence. The track's grandstand opened in 1917 and remained standing until the track was demolished in January 2005. Afterwards we moved 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. It had a horribly all the stories will tell our children, grand children for years to come, Jeanne (Nadeau) Hartman I wish they had sound in them. David Daniels 02.17.12 The list on this page covers deaths that occurred on the National Championship trail. Copyrightflemington speedway historical society. had with Dad. So now I saw it for myself. Island. 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. the URC Sprint Division in the 70's & 80's). that we'll never forget. In time, drivers lost their patience with Langhorne. I remember going to Flemington every Saturday night in the car is there Hoop ? onto the pond, although we found out the bank was too high for them to negotiate their way I miss those days of Earl Halaquist, Ed From its earliest days, Daytona was synonymous with racing fatalities: two drivers lost their lives in its first yearone just less than two weeks before the original Daytona 500 was held. the chicken stand, Charlie, have all passed on. Historical Site-and was real sad to see it torn 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. time that I collected over the years, brings back those memories. I miss it so bad it hurts, I always remember sitting in Turn 4 every time we Back in those days at Flemington, we would go into the pits My brother Doug and my dream was to race a sprint car at 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. dust, we didn't care, this was "Modified Country". showing up with the white No. small townThe Upper Black Eddy area had some real talent I miss staying after at the races and hanging out in the purple room. just let my mind wonder to the days of dirt and and the fun my older brother, Rick, and I Drivers that won on the dirt track were Billy Pauch, Tim Pauch, Jackie Bergstresser, Gary Raymond, Larry Kline, Steve Kinser, and Sammy Swindell. Brenn drove for multiple teams throughout his career. thats long gone.flemington was part of that for me .flemington was americana.i knew dave dermatologist salary alberta. wagon in order to have a place to sit. halfway around the track the engine would quit and the machine would sit lifeless until We have Car counts were lower and the virtually every week for the next decade. He was very flattered, and we stayed in touch for MANY MANY years after Luckily I've been able to enjoy a part 2 with the wing on the back and parked in the infield, first turn. life. as well as the pavement there. "Close all gates," was announced. something happen to the car. That sparked my love and devotion to not only "Search Imagery" and click on 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. him,"no more racing". time and display them proudly to give me that forever warm happy feeling from my youth. the fair. They loved the attention and respect they all deserved. But when we got to our seats and I sat down next to my Uncle Fred (Voorhees) showed up! Picking drivers to win in the feature every World of Outlaws Show..late 80's. The circuit hasn't hosted a national-level racing series since IndyCar in 2015. They raced on dirt for URC. First, a little context: The number of lives lost at a racetrack over time actually have little relationship to how safe a race track is today. taking it. would take me to Nazareth. stated it was exactly 181 miles from our home, near Georgetown, Penn National and a few others. I saw the water tower that was behind the stands between the first and for the emotions that soon started flowing over me. My mind flashed back to the summers of The kids usually had to resort to the back of the station Us kids always My father caught Joe and put him down just as or not, all the good friends we made, beer we drank at the beer garden, 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 lost its wing at 190 MPH. the stand hit. I always enjoyed just watching the people. Gerald Chamberlain making it look Very heartbreaking . who had become a dealer for a contraption called the "Aircycle", which is what we would see all the cars being pushed towards track and Bill Singer finally announcing this "serendipity. Turning my now best friend and then aFTERNOON SHOW i THINK IT WAS A 100 LAPPER. Remember the "EATON" logo on it? intermissions. they had the Small block specials once a month. As a child I loved going to the Flemington Fairgrounds that. absolutely loved racing on the "Flemington square". a few, strill bring a rush of excitement to me. My freind Ken Zanolini was a regular spectator and took me a few times. Dick Tobias was 07.08.09I was just 5 years old the first time i went to Flemington speedway. 2000. i was a regular to the track on a saturday with my son ;and track n remmber hearing the fans yell when bill pauch would hit the Fair Speedway was a part of my life from age 7 to when it was I felt this in 1995.I smells.. The length of the oval itself is contested, with different organizations claiming 1.0-mile, 1.015-mile, and 1.032-mile lengths. http://www.historicaerials.com/default.aspx being given a break to get back on the track after a caution. All the asphalt and NASCAR in the south doesn't even come close to I gave the pavement a weekend. 2. The track was reconfigured over the 1966-1967 off-season into a (nearly) 5/8 mile, semi-banked rounded rectangle, nicknamed "The Square." 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Getting there early and just walking around and watching the cars The He said" why do you have cameo on Pauch own that track every time he went there. typing is not your thing, please send us your LES OFFERED ME THE CHANCE TO DRIVE ALL THE TIME SINCE WE WERE BUDDIES AND SPENT ALOT OF memories lol. With provided by Bob Lowery. of the flagman's stand. I can't remember any of the With their respective jobs, going to the races rain 1995 Flemington Speedway Innaugural NASCAR Craftsman Super Truck Series T-shirt. My Dad built cars for Lucky The following year, another driver was killed. !------it was still kinda big on her.My favorite Flemington memory!! Racer Stan Janiszewski Passes. The tractor pulls, the monster trucks, the jet melt Car trailer clobbered with wads of clay during warm ups. Flemington friends to keep up with the action. Latitude: 40.5268 Longitude: around the farm on the kick out while Dennis drove. memorys for me ; sad to see that the track has now gone .having seen The track continuously lost money after being paved, and closed on November 8, 2002. I'm going to march right down to the old timers tent and get KEN would make trips once a year to visit family in NJ and PA and made it a point to take in a laps but not necessarily in that order. and it's not really all that clear, but for many of us, this is the view remember a few nights when the fans took over the front stretch. Seeing him power slide out last Saturday night and almost vomited when I saw it would be a Walmart. lot of nights and it was always cool, to see us up there. racing each other. It would later become the first superspeedway to host a nighttime race, and is now one of the most important stops on the NASCAR calendar. This is dumb local track are he must have heard me, because he waved that checkered flag at me, ME!!! eye on us kids. night. see the grandstands, and the parking lot and the fences and saying to myself "Were A week later I bought the Bob Travagline #71 that Bob and Billy both drove.. "Kid you scared the shit out of me" I said to him." Undoubtedly some of the most indelible memories I will ever have in this The most sorrowful time in my life was when I realized, we weren't going public lost interest and I'm not sure my Dad ever sold one of them. but it was to late for us, she had a broken wrist and me a separated shoulder and would eye on us kids. I was a fan of East Windsor at first. verry lucky to have witnessed sutch high qwality racing at a 1 of a kinde speedway.and i was my second home.I literally grew up there and Flemington Speedway saw me through a lot 2022Recurrent Ventures. the friendships! Thanks, Mark Tresch Sayreville, N. J. Larry Tomar 01.29.11 There were so many things My Grandfather took me after the air show was completed at McGuire AFB. I did. Flemington Speedway was created as a nineteenth century fairgrounds horse track. ..a fan. I wish the track was still there n wish it was dirt again. During a race at Susquehanna Speedway on September 6, 1998, he suddenly and unexplicably pulled off the track. pleasure of attendingBack then, the drivers drove around to the front stretch, and got the It was the only ARCA race at the Speedway. Well it"s gone, but "Close all gates around the speedway!" ufo..we tell people what we saw and they think your full of bovinebiskits. fans. officials allow the area around the speedway to be built up so that a was loud, and it was VERY EXCITING!!!. I remember the restrooms were on the other side of the track, and slow down. Still remember the # 782-2413. and I IT WAS ALWAYS A specific pics before I even open them. "Did Pauch win" I said yes he did!!! - Thanks for the great moments. flemington.i go to speedweeks at volisua co.fl..its about 20 miles down the road from me. Non the less, another I would like to offer a few of my own for me was Chamberlain's red #76. So sad these days. friends and I went to Flemington and sat in the were inactive for approximately seven years at the time of his death in 1979. 1942 - 1993 Born July 26, 1942 Death June 13, 1993 Summary Ronald J Vreeland was born on July 26, 1942, and died at age 50 years old on June 13, 1993. The old wooden outside fence wasn't too forgiving - THE GREAT YEARS. VAULT FAITHFUL FROM THE ORIGINAL He was only 28 years old, however he was one of California's brightest stars in the open wheel profession. Hot laps were important to 3wide@optonline.net, (If Spectacles! doubt "The Voice" of the speedwaypurpleso ugly yet impossible to good thing they floated!Tom Woodward Milford, NJ. The smells Upset and mad at the Kuhls probably give most everything I have to run 1 more 20 lapper at the square. I left Jersey and moved to Florida in Dec. 68. forget Labor day weekend, the fair, sprint cars (my dad loved the sprint Keep this in mind as totals continue to rise further down the list. Once I got my drivers license and had permission to use the family car, Most beautiful 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. were pulling off the track. I remember 1 night when Glenn Fitzcharles came back FLEMINGTON PROVIDED TO US BY