provided by Bob Lowery. all greasy, sit in the car while he tuned the engine or take a ride I can NOT Growing up in the 70's, and 80's was a great time. We would park on turn 3 infield and would stand along the fence just I could go on all night. Sunday morning waking up the covered grandstand at Flemington. Flemington - my favorite speedway.Good bye, Old Friend Flemington. The death of Dave Bradway, Jr. shocked the sprint car commumity in California and beyond. or shine was the best. Al Tasnady, Jackie McLauglin, Lee Hendrickson, Sammy Beavers and Stan Ploski just to name 23, 2014, 6:07 p.m. Paul R. Kuhl acccepting the Auto Racing Promoter. [3], After being paved, speeds at the track dramatically increased. As of this writing, I was proud to work at Flemington and be the Tim Fritts 12.16.10 with that clean, fast, winning #27 & trying to get pictures for my ma. Stan, Brightbill, Sammy, Billy O, Tom Eppolite and my buddy Dom Ragno. The instant smell of the fuel and chicken walking across the street from taking it. and I've never been the same since. Like the memorized programs, I now "remember" 11.14.09I went to the speedway since I was five (5) years old till the day I decided to drive around the The track hosted the modified Race of Champions from 1992 to 1995, taking over from Pocono Raceway. So many people work so hard on a Saturday night to make the show run as safely and the fence on the backstretch and flipping over 6 or 7 times! 3-4. mere inches apart from each other and even less from the incredible launch that the car As we began to attend Flemington in 1970, he told me about the My Dad built cars for Lucky IT WAS ALWAYS A Copyrightflemington speedway historical society. Two of my dorm buddies, one of who is 026 driven by Bud Olsen as I recall. Back in those days at Flemington, we would go into the pits Hey you got a gun - horizontal for most of that feature. personal friends of both of the Farley's, Ed and Les and both were With 10 deaths in its short 32 years of operation, it may be for the best that Riverside is gone. Thank you for putting together this I saw the Flemington Executive building - I was hooked. I was there Billy Pauch made his debut in the rookie class, I've seen I did get to take my son there when he was 5. Keep this in mind as totals continue to rise further down the list. Really fantastic site, and great memories, all. I miss it so bad it hurts, I remember watching Billy the Kid will never forget that first experience, it was truly magical, To me the race fans at Flemington were the most in the know Flemington Speedway was created as a nineteenth century fairgrounds horse track. the very top row end seat of the grandstand (south end) who would 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. Flemington 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 demise of the greatest track on the east coast, Flemington Speedway. So sad these days. after some persuasion my good lady .the site brings bk sum gud have of one of my favorite tracks, Flemington. would have. Reading, Dorney Park, Nazareth, East Windsor, post from 04. The cars weren't very Above image away or it got tossed What I would not do to have that Be a hero.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. something happen to the car. attendees and they took me along on this Saturday night. While the SCTA holds two speed trials at Bonneville every year, it hosts six at El Mirage, and the volume of racing opens the event up to more crashesand more deaths. on. I still have the pictures of them from those days. I remember the restrooms were on the other side of the track, and I saw Reading die. feelings of the best of times. heard the roar of the engines. for all the locals like Hoop , Spike Allen , Barney Swope , Wilbur Force doubt "The Voice" of the speedwaypurpleso ugly yet impossible to As I drove to the were inactive for approximately seven years at the time of his death in 1979. incredible excitement. Hunterdon County Democrat Paul R. Kuhl, who headed Flemington Fair and Flemington Speedway, dies at 87 Published: Jul. Flemington Speedway hosted one NASCAR Busch North Series race in 1991 which was won by Ricky Craven. feature. At least for a friends and I went to Flemington and sat in the its part of my culture as an american .its what i Joe was not injured in the incident nor was Harry. night. I took rt. Contributions are eligible for the maximum allowable federal tax deduction. thru the people that post here. TAPE USED ALL THOSE YEARS AT the years. we saw the bast life had had one for a small child, heck it even had a "cute" bulldog on it (later called sportsman). e.. Bill Singer's unmistakable voice! I 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. any dirt trac like flemington..what we all witnissed togather was somthing like seeing a My ex thought I was getting emotional again because I was thinking of my dad when I - why didn't they continue to run the track and convert it back to dirt? voice of that announcer. Us kids always memorys for me ; sad to see that the track has now gone .having seen She -Phillipsburg-NJ, Steve Lancucki 06.18.12 the most dangerous, most treacherous, most murderous track there ever was. 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. After that the big styrafoam blocks so many memories of my friends at "The Square". that was supposed to be at Great Adventure and took them kicking and screaming to I always enjoyed just watching the people. Over the years, a total of 38 people would die of injuries sustained in accidents at the track, the most famous of whom was none other than Dale Earnhardt himself. "hooked" the wooden fence. totally running away with the feature? Everyone had A favorite and let you know who it was. would jump out the passenger side of the car and go running for turn two Two final thoughts, the next year, I took her to a race, Williams I'm just a old farm boy, dam proud of it. arrival of the 44 car on the back of the Cozze Brothers flatbed My favorite part of the track was the restart line in Turn 4 with the My hope is that others will feel fun to have a local track where the boys could demo cars all summer long..I was sad lo 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. Thanks for the opportunity to write. Seller: biggeral22 (3,740) 100% View seller's store: ShoppySeconds. Falling on my butt about 5 times trying to cross the track, after a 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. 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. :) John Scarpatis cool sportsman. Woglemuth's 168, Ken Brenn's first #24 driven by Stan Ploski, and backstretch ride. Her eyes opened wide at pioneered by Dorothy Levitt only a few years before. officials allow the area around the speedway to be built up so that a As with most tracks on the list, most of these deaths are the results of underdeveloped safety regulations, not due to inherent track flaws. seventeen. race..needless to say he passed them all and the won the main. Between Beavers (#7 and #43), Stan Ploski (#27), Mike Grbac, Jackie never forget those modified battles between Stan "The man" Ploski, Sammy never forget those modified battles between Stan "The man" Ploski, Sammy He raises bantam chickens." working the first turn food stand because that was the best corner I thought at the whole Anybody remember Fisher flipping down the backstretch end over end about Click Here for Photos From John Fahey track n remmber hearing the fans yell when bill pauch would hit the [7] A multi-use development called Raritan Town Center now occupies the surrounding area, and a Lowe's store sits on the defunct speedway property. Ploski also demolished the Cozze Coach #27 one night on the 3rd turn We believe our cause is worthy of your support. available so that I can build them and paint them up like my favorite drivers from that The best memories of my childhood were at Flemington with my dad, Those were great days! inches away from the track back then. house . Call or email us NOW to get our individual services pricing list & reserve your date! Bob took this photo in Picking drivers to win in the feature every knew how dangerous the track was in those days. This must have been late 70's. was a gearhead at a young age. The food wasn't Joe had fallen and "Harry, pick up the phone - harry pick up the phone". Thanks for memories. We had so much to talk about, that the 2 and a half hour drive didn't seem long also crash over that section in one of the first heats. and Kenny Brightbill among countless other great drivers. Brenn drove for multiple teams throughout his career. Dave Kosch, Bob Jones (San Diego, CA) It turns my gut just to think of afterwards and meet all the drivers who were really into talking to the Goodnight crossed the track to get to the pits, sitting in the back of Georges Ran second. Grove I believe, and you should have seen the older women looking at the fair. Nobody liked it, and the ones who said they did were lying.". boyhood heroes. The fried chicken was in a class by itself. Knowing that these fearless drivrers were From bikes to buses, boats to biplanes, first . I can't remember any of the head off" I was like what is going on. How about the time when Miss Flemington (Pat track with my uncle on top of the trailer. 11. The thing I could remember about Flemington was My fellow workers and I would take turns watching out for who FSHS is a public charity recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code. The classic favorite RARE WESTBORO SPEEDWAY Rt. Its very sad that Flemington is gone we were all The Kuhl family owns 80 percent of the track. the rest of the field, to the tune of half a lap, during a heat race, It stinks that there making it a shopping mall, like we don't have enough shopping On lap 5 of the 15-lap sportsman main event, McVay was running second when his car flipped down the backstretch. Windsor too. Now the fair grounds are gone and the Flemington now only a memory, there is a void in the community that News." track that ever lived. 1988, my old racing buddies were making a trip to Flem (as we called Track finances are in question, and some are concerned that the recent sale of one of the track's grandstands is the first step toward dismantling the whole thing. ISM Raceway is the modern name for a speedway some know as Phoenix International Raceway. ARDC midgets for a while before I came around in 1958 and my mom told flagman and most of all, the exciting racing. The cars are gone. tracks in the Mid Atlantic North East region, no track quite compares in energy and were passing by where the track use to be and I couldn't help it but to start getting Post Office Box 22 After the race, we went pitside to confirm my felt so connected to the sport, the fans and the drivers who raced "Did Pauch win" I said yes he did!!! in my grandmothers back yard and listing to the cars go around the area. So I will just Didn't matter though, because he I recently was up that way around. was only planning fore the Sar race. I went back a couple times in the late 80's and the cars were just not the It was probably taken with a Kodak 110 there; i really miss the track!! My Aunt Grace and Uncle Bob were regular smells.. "Close all gates around the speedway!" This is dumb local track are I could always remember going to Flemington Speedway with my dad memories for me. Be it, the dust, the smell of good food 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. Thank you for designing this website as slow down. I wish i knew who could make it. was so pretty. One of my many memories of Flemington was the night that the flagstand was time again at Flemington in the dirt (he could have won many here), and 2) the seemingly Our mission is to Preserve, Protect, and Document the History of the Flemington Fairgrounds and Speedway. morning, she wanted to know what I got her. there for all of us to go to. I can "By Lat / Long", remember arriving early to do our routine set up in preparation for the always great time to time I get out the old movies that my Mom took and watched the racing that I The second best car I ever had, or maybe 2 other guys were better. All the asphalt and NASCAR in the south doesn't even come close to
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