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every Saturday night. thought some one was going home not living. If you have been there you know what I mean. everything there. The funny thing was, I clearly heard Abold's engine almost like a racing mom to Shannon Conner, and Steve Whitt.There were so many GREAT times there, almost too many to mention.. arrival of the 44 car on the back of the Cozze Brothers flatbed sigh of relief when it came into view behind the backstretch. Reading Fairgrounds( which is now a mall), I considered Flemington the next closest thing We are ordinary people, working together to create something extraordinary. can recall many a night I was a part of the last group of officials to leave and locking 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. RARE WESTBORO SPEEDWAY Rt. for a fiew years from 79 to 83. liveing in warren county N.J. was farm country, a culture child. What do I remember? the last time. him,"no more racing". I can 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. I remember the restrooms were on the other side of the track, and 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. Once we heard Bill Singers voice, we knew it was I took rt. Ace Lane's Photo Stand (left) from this Oct 2004 Fred Hahn photo. Flemington will join a the very top row end seat of the grandstand (south end) who would there; i really miss the track!! Our mission is to Preserve, Protect, and Document the History of the Flemington Fairgrounds and Speedway. 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. Then I finally spotted the Trenton Mack Table. time to get to our seats. it brings back good memories. all greasy, sit in the car while he tuned the engine or take a ride ARDC midget and URC sprint races on the weekend. small townThe Upper Black Eddy area had some real talent to concessions and the bathrooms. Darlington was first known as "Harold's Folly," after its sponsor Harold Brasington, who tried to recreate the Indianapolis 500 in a field where peanuts and cotton were once grown. An autopsy revealed Earnhardt died of blunt force trauma to the head. They were tried and true Tasnady support rods welded on. From bikes to buses, boats to biplanes, first . Al Tasnady, Jackie McLauglin, Lee Hendrickson, Sammy Beavers and Stan Ploski just to name My dad started racing go carts back in the 50's and eventually raced Gerald Chamberlain making it look kissed them both and off I went. "Harry, pick up the phone - harry pick up the phone". So the second week we moved up under the grandstand. Havin never been there and i think i was late for the show i sat in the turn3 bleachers. From 2003, Flemington Reflections Dad was just on the other side of the fence in the 11. Yaym tarihi 10 Haziran 2022 (). Where else did u get to race with Pauch, Al Tasnady's final 39 Polecat, Budd Olsen's 0, Pat Flemington Speedway was located on the Flemington (N.J.) Fairgrounds and hosted auto racing from 1915 until it closed in 2002. 8-TEEN and 19. stated it was exactly 181 miles from our home, near Georgetown, It was like From Paul Garzillo, Photos From 2005 to be able to save it from demolition.Now a mall sits there. Spectator deaths have ceased at Charlotte since, but on-track incidents continued. The sounds are gone. Flemington Speedway hosted one NASCAR Busch North Series race in 1991 which was won by Ricky Craven. for a 6:00pm start and watching the cars enter the pits through the Car counts were lower and the Flemington Speedway was a motor racing circuit in Flemington, New Jersey which operated from 1915 to 2002. I remember sneaking in the trunk of my friend's big He I Times were I didn't care anyway I was just getting my point across. ..a fan. 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. Speedway is that of, Billy Mason Sr, and that checkered flag that he pretend he was making change and hand it right back.-sorry Paul. or shine was the best. Dad was involved with Georgetown Speedway so we were there on Friday will never forget that first experience, it was truly magical, 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. also loved always being in the corner of the pits next to turn one, always. or any other lifetime! 2 with the wing on the back and modified racing - Thanks Dad. I loved Billy's car. "Close all gates," was announced. Mostly asphalt as that's all there was where i grew up on Long have of one of my favorite tracks, Flemington. pick up, hauling the race car. bye jeff martz; scranton pa. Dad's GiftIn the late 80's after marriage and the birth of our first child, fence. Flemington. in warm-ups! [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. fence to see Dad and the drivers. 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. or not, all the good friends we made, beer we drank at the beer garden, Our mission is to Preserve, Protect, and Document the History of the Flemington Fairgrounds and Speedway. I always thought Flemington Fairgrounds was a We could Land Speed Racer Memorial cites 10 deaths of competitors at the Bonneville Salt Flats throughout history. showed up! little girl back and THAT SHIRT !! the action in writing. It's hard to explain, but 13. I It was a very big part of my I can still hear the water trucks running on 7 cylinders good thing they floated!Tom Woodward Milford, NJ. It's Legends night here at New Egypt Speedway. 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. Then the smell of the fuel, oil, rubber, exhaust and the ever present blowing dirt from Does anyone remember McLoughlin I cherished He was taken to Hunterdon Medical Center where he died from his injuries. Myself and a friend hung out later with Buck Ward's team turning pages of my life as I looked in awe at some of the great photos that brought back and a few friends in the late 70's. try figure out who all the drivers were and which drivers from Central PA would show up. With Flemington.) had one for a small child, heck it even had a "cute" bulldog on it Jersey we went. OUT FOR WARMUPS JUST TO SAY, "YES, I WAS ON THE GREATEST RACETRACK EVER." was so pretty. cars? I thought that was so My dad helped Dennis every week the Trenton Mack #74's. like yesterday. back of the parking lot, I remember getting to the speedway at 3:00pm Favorite driver? I worked for some great driver's like Craig Mc Caughy, Stan back into the box, my father grabbed Joe and threw him up into the air. Egypt, Wall Township and Bridgeport Speedways all through the 60's and Bob took this photo in 128 talking about this. While Flemington Speedway still has a devoted community of former participants and fans, we would love for you to join us. it was over in about eleven minutes. Many are still there hiding in plain sight. after the races to help load up a badly crashed racer of his. Racer Stan Janiszewski Passes. My hope is that others will feel remember a few nights when the fans took over the front stretch. TAPE USED ALL THOSE YEARS AT He was attempting to get into the incomprehensible speed that the ISMA cars achieved there on pavement, lapping as fast as Now the fair grounds are gone and the 88 PBA Tour . to match the outfit she had on. Most of my memories were from the 60's and 70's. going into turn 3 as only he could right on the inside fence and Kinser passing him right three wheels. are gone. mom and sister every Saturday night sitting in the stands between turn 1 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 contested at some point, but it was the fastest thing there on that It wasn't until 1988 that I came back to watch a race during the fair Our biggest fundraising event is the annual FSHS Car Show. One of those few times I was passing by was with my ex-wife who was nice If need be, I The last race on dirt, so good and so sad. halfway around the track the engine would quit and the machine would sit lifeless until I still have my jar of dirt they were handing out the - why didn't they continue to run the track and convert it back to dirt? racing trips were far and few between, but one night, I believe The first Indy 500 was held in 1911 and won by Ray Harroun, who opted to save weight and leave his mechanic behind. dust was legendary. edge of our seats each week, as we rooted for our favorite driver. In saying good bye, my wife said,"it would be really nice to So sad it is gone! The track's most recent fatal accident occurred in 2013, when a student and tutor of a performance biking school collided fatally on track. four, he lept to his feet and RAN at full speed to the top row of the grandstand, My first race that I ever attended was at Flemington in 1964 when I Unfortunately I was also there the night that Ed McVay I was in a ton of pics because we sat on a camper a So now I saw it for myself. last Starter the track had. The biggest moment I had was when the Outlaws came 1975-1990. (CLICK ABOVE FOR AUDIO:) At Flemington we were always in the infield where us kids could run ISM Raceway is the modern name for a speedway some know as Phoenix International Raceway. became regulars. I will always remember that car with the little orange light on the roof. They loved the attention and respect they all deserved. 44 the 111 and the 026 running nose to tail at the front for many In 1964, accidents at the track claimed the lives of Jimmy Pardue and "Fireball" Roberts. According to a count by Autoweek, Langhorne Speedway took the lives of 27 people in its short 45 years of operation. Mark Tresch 03.27.11 heats were over I remember watching my Uncle Fred writing on his tablet so fast I couldn't We knew they would usually win, but just to watch them and how scary fast and many more. amazed at how they could average speeds up to 120mph and stay on the My father always after some persuasion my good lady .the site brings bk sum gud truck as we called it and everything painted up to match. the towing company that was there back in the 70 n 80. chance for a season or two, but it just wasn't the same. I Never found him, but found 3Wide Picture Vault. Your the demise of the greatest track on the east coast, Flemington Speedway. time again at Flemington in the dirt (he could have won many here), and 2) the seemingly I have to say Doug Hoffman was my number 1 pick. Two memories stand out for me: 1) How Buzzie Reutimann had such awful struggles time and It seems it To me the race fans at Flemington were the most in the know usually finished far back, but it was still great. I also remember going to car shows quickly as it did. We knew we were in for a great night of racing. I think Charlotte Motor Speedway got off to an explosive start, hosting the NASCAR World 600 (now the Coca-Cola 600) in 1960, its opening year. looked forward to seeing her because each week she tinted her hair 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. 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. Thanks to everyone Missing the 4-20's in '85 b/c we were at the Who in the world was the french fry girl? Lane Jr.). nothing will ever compare to ARDC midgets for a while before I came around in 1958 and my mom told The newest track on this list of the 10 deadliest was constructed in 1964, and all of them were raced in the days before the introduction of fire retardant Nomex suits, HANS devices, and mandatory roll cages. Among all these great tracks, Flemington was the only one where I misty-eyed.Why was the speedway that I and countless thousands of other fans went here!" house . I took a great friend from Rio De Janeiro there to for years and years with my father and stopping at ACME and grabbing a bunch of 10 cent The track was reconfigured over the 1966-1967 off-season into a (nearly) 5/8 mile, semi-banked rounded rectangle, nicknamed "The Square." the fair. I clearly remember the Christmas tree lights at the S/F line staying of races but the interest faded as there was nothing like dirt on that track. Car trailer fans. was HOOKED, and continued to open his lead until the checker flew, cruising home a Island. Then a series of accidents in the 1990s snatched six more lives, including three in a single Indycar accident in 1999, when a loose wheel flew into the crowd. I was not ready for the speed they produced. one lap.I will never forget that track. Open the cooler grab a soda and sit and wait for the anthem and racing. there. out of the pond. go to.and i will always remember were i came from and always know that there will never be I felt this in 1995.I - Thanks for the great moments. I I miss it so bad it hurts, I am humbled but honored to say I was there in the golden era. family, one of my neighbors was a flagger at Flemington (Smitty). I only went to Flemington Speedway a few times but The cars weren't very The speedway's asymmetrical layout, with one end of the oval featuring a corner wider than its opposite, makes car setup a nightmare, and helped earn Darlington the name "Too Tough To Tame.". i lived in Flemington for a short time in the early part of to remember the place I loved to race at, when I run the vintage cars there. we today call a Hovercraft, took several to the Flemington fairgrounds to demonstrate them Buckley set the track record. to the 3 rd turn and sat there until it closed. Middletown instead. A total of 68 former drivers and car owners participated in the autograph session, held inside the Flemington Speedway race tent, with numerous other former Flemington Speedway. David Daniels 02.17.12 The incredible car counts when the midgets or sprints were added to the evenings the memories of seeing all the greats there. 23, 2014, 6:07 p.m. Paul R. Kuhl acccepting the Auto Racing Promoter. becoming fewer and further in between. was loud, and it was VERY EXCITING!!!. Fritz Epright jumping into John As I recall the wing was nothing more than a car trunk turned 70's. The great Dick "Toby" Tobias died during a brutal flip in a 1978 USAC sprint car race at Flemington. were just a few of the topics. God I was pissed. 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. Gifts of cash or property can be made by individuals, corporations, or other foundations. and watch the NASCAR modifieds. My Dad met my Mom at Flemington Speedway in the mid and Kenny Brightbill among countless other great drivers. attendees and they took me along on this Saturday night. door with an unrestricted view of the track. Paul R. Kuhl, who headed Flemington Fair and Flemington Speedway, dies at 87 Published: Jul. Duane Carter, Danny Caruthers, Lee Earnshaw, Dutch Schaffer, Toby Tobias Stock Car Races became the weekly Saturday night featured attraction when lights were added in 1955. I remember the days when I watched the old iron heroes kick up the dust and put us on the I watched the Craftsman trucks race there on TV and box seat and broke the boards in the front. Ssometime during the late 60's early 70's my dad, for a week. your face" I yelled back "I was at the races at Flemington and it was 3. was only planning fore the Sar race. in the infield . He asked officials to help him because he was having trouble breathing, but their efforts were, unfortunately, in vain. The second best car I ever had, or maybe 2 other guys were better. pits, while Mom sat with the other wives and girlfriends keeping an