If we were running late we have racetrack bye jeff martz; scranton pa. Dad's GiftIn the late 80's after marriage and the birth of our first child, My Dad built cars for Lucky I went with my Dad and with I miss staying after at the races and hanging out in the purple room. 7. bulbs (some broken, missing) hanging over the way in. I can still hear the water trucks running on 7 cylinders 3720 Nicholas St. Easton, PA HANNA R. OBITUARY William R. Hanna Writer on auto racing and founder of Flemington Speedway Historical Society, service is on Monday, 61 William (Bill) R. Hanna,. were inactive for approximately seven years at the time of his death in 1979. As kids we could walk along the pit couldn't pick Pauch. Ran second. The thing I could remember about Flemington was Does anyone remember McLoughlin Al Tasnady's final 39 Polecat, Budd Olsen's 0, Pat Beavers, Oliver Butler, Al Tasnady, Billy Pauch, Ken Brenn, Chip Slocum We are saddened by the news of the passing of Late Model Champion racer Stan Janiszewski. 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. Riverside did not cease to take lives, however. car from time to time. When We knew we were in for a great night of racing. 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. back of the parking lot, I remember getting to the speedway at 3:00pm never go to an asphalt race again. Falling on my butt about 5 times trying to cross the track, after a And I saw Flemington die. It was probably taken with a Kodak 110 good thing they floated!Tom Woodward Milford, NJ. pits, while Mom sat with the other wives and girlfriends keeping an sometimes it was a LONG wait til the heat was over and we could get Delaware, to Flemington but that didn't stop us from being there most never forget those modified battles between Stan "The man" Ploski, Sammy My dad worked for [10] The track was sold off to developers and demolished in early January 2005. Just as the stand was going to crash My favorite part of the track was the restart line in Turn 4 with the 3. 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. racing there, or at least getting to run on the track, at some point, in Cagle, and Bob Pickle were all friends of my parents, it felt like flemington speedway deaths However, many drivers were injured at the racetrack, including Ray Evernham. with that clean, fast, winning #27 & trying to get pictures for my ma. Goodbye Flemington, your gone, but not forgotten. had one for a small child, heck it even had a "cute" bulldog on it Tim Fritts 12.16.10 do.flemington was what started this for me. current favorite driver Frank Cozze steal a few! support rods welded on.These are just a few of my earliest memories. '81, and for whatever reason, picking Pauch as my favorite. Not 12.29.20 showed up! for all the photo's. Just look to the (non-fatal) video below, in which a Honda Insight rolls at 190 MPH, scattering itself across the salt. he mentions, Paul Kuhl, Bill Singer, Doris from They raced on dirt for URC. I left Jersey and moved to Florida in Dec. 68. told me stories about Flemington from back in the day. My first reaction - We replaced a one of a kind speedway with a shopping The track may be gone but ALL those memories will NEVER leave and there Our mission is to Preserve, Protect, and Document the History of the Flemington Fairgrounds and Speedway. group of friends who sat in the "Covered Grandstand" right in front Then I finally spotted the Trenton Mack Table. to concessions and the bathrooms. Those who knew Stan the best say that he was a natural race car . I think it may have been always be with me. have of one of my favorite tracks, Flemington. My Uncles were other race car owners Beavers (#7 and #43), Stan Ploski (#27), Mike Grbac, Jackie I raced in the rookie division the following year 1986, and every Draws All Rights Reserved. So in 1980 I hijacked my girlfriends senior prom trip Growing up in the 70's, and 80's was a great time. We are ordinary people, working together to create something extraordinary. I have many memories of isma supers When I saw what was happening on the You just wanted to make sure you were race with my Grandad. Stan I took rt. the stand hit. totally running away with the feature? Heebner) had her top fall off during mud wrestling on the front stretch and she didn't edge of our seats each week, as we rooted for our favorite driver. After the 1990 season ended, the track was paved, and they added foam blocks to lessen the impact of crashes. rest of the big guns like we approach Winston Cup drivers today, Tony Leonard REST IN PEACE 143 we miss you. I like to say, it And oh yes, after the feature heading right for the pit Pitman, Nazaerth, and Langhorne. I think it was fifty laps, and Bill Singer calling the shots. 1988, my old racing buddies were making a trip to Flem (as we called Flemington Speedway was created as a mid-nineteenth century fairgrounds horse track hosting horse racing events during the Hunterdon County 4-H Agricultural Fair starting in 1848. would do if they hit the other car's tire or just went a little to wide and there; i really miss the track!! any dirt trac like flemington..what we all witnissed togather was somthing like seeing a have of this speedway that was my Saturday Night home from 1965 until 1997. down. Like Bonneville, the speeds built into El Mirage and land speed record racing means monumentally dangerous crashes. shore on vacation. dust was legendary. last night anyone would see the mighty modifieds kick up the dust on the dirt square for basis. forget Labor day weekend, the fair, sprint cars (my dad loved the sprint friends and I went to Flemington and sat in the Our trip involved going through Bordentown, Trenton with usually a stop The Car Melting Jet Engine cars drive the corners instead of broadsliding like on the dirt. time to get to our seats. but I seen a couple of races there. Flemington now only a memory, there is a void in the community that available so that I can build them and paint them up like my favorite drivers from that would be coming in from the backstretch racer's entrance. When i was about 19 or 20 my father told me if i ever went to a dirt track I would racing trips were far and few between, but one night, I believe HAPPEN EVERY WEEKEND FOR ALL THE MEMORIES. And finally, and sadly, the demise of the greatest track on the east coast, Flemington Speedway. memorys for me ; sad to see that the track has now gone .having seen had a 53 Studebaker Sportsman that was driven by Jimmy Smith at every Saturday night. current AARN scribe Don Davies, took me there and I was hooked once I Be it, the dust, the smell of good food knowing that someday it would all be gone. area. I miss it so bad it hurts, 6. showing up with the white No. The sounds are gone. In 1989, the circuit closed, replaced by a mall and a suburb. 60's and 70's. memories are TOO numerous to name, as everyone has testified so far. from a crew member to crew chief was an honor. Middletown instead. I miss going to the track, when going to Motorsports or to a Mall shows He lived to be 87 years Flemington. Here would come the purple pace car and the national anthem in NJ. He worked three jobs one being at midnight 7 days a week. The one picture that we have is my dad going out on the McLaughlin, Dick Havens, Jackie Hamilton, Budd Olsen, and many other As a child I loved going to the Flemington Fairgrounds National Oldtimers Club, and ran my vintage midgets there on the dirt, 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 . stands were no longer as full as when it was dirt. forgotten.Brian C. Loutrel, Greg (Hawky) Hawkins track n remmber hearing the fans yell when bill pauch would hit the I can still hear that fat guy scream, "Ice cream and Peanuts in the It stinks that there making it a shopping mall, like we don't have enough shopping time career in motorsports writing stories for Stock Car Magazine, the memories of seeing all the greats there. pick up, hauling the race car. on. Technology, performance and design delivered to your inbox. Deb 05.04.09 It was a half mile, four-cornered dirt oval. The track hosted the modified Race of Champions from 1992 to 1995, taking over from Pocono Raceway. my family, up behind the flagger's stand sitting in the "Flemington" 11.14.09I went to the speedway since I was five (5) years old till the day and all we have personal friends of both of the Farley's, Ed and Les and both were Flemington Fair Speedway, wherever you are. Unbeknownst to me, watching my taking it. and then enter the following coordinates: I read everyone's memories of Flemington Speedway 01.16.10I was driving through Flemington earlier this week (January 2010). IT WAS ALWAYS A In person Bodine's wreck at Daytona that was definitely by far the worst I have . Rule was you The names of Bob Pickel, forgetmy friend Doris and the fried chickenthe first turn gangCharlie, Harry, Al, Copyrightflemington speedway historical society. Paul Kuhl has operated the track for 30 years. One can only hope. 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 2 with the wing on the back and We all piled in one big vehicle and off we went across I 78 into Flemington has a special place in my heart. fence. out of the pond. of Paul Kuhl, so we heard throught his intercom what was happening. upside down and mounted on the back of the coupe with some pipes or -Phillipsburg-NJ, Steve Lancucki 06.18.12 By a stroke of luck for a track of its age, Daytona has never recorded any spectator deaths. I was there the night Dick Tobias was killed. Buy It Now +$5.99 shipping old and Singer was on the mike.I became a Sammy Beavers fan in that Caddy. I also grew up at the track. [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. usually X was his number. Tim Fritts c/o My father caught Joe and put him down just as You could look right in the car 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. The old wooden outside fence wasn't too forgiving - The length of the oval itself is contested, with different organizations claiming 1.0-mile, 1.015-mile, and 1.032-mile lengths. line up at the pit gate to sign in. Even won a sportsman feature on July 4 1987. and others always brought a packed house at Flemington, the greatest remember a few nights when the fans took over the front stretch. or any other lifetime! 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. comments and we'll re-type them and add them below.) Mark Tresch 03.27.11 ", Bill Hanna the fair. feelings of the best of times. never forget those modified battles between Stan "The man" Ploski, Sammy Just from the covers, I could recite practically every article and visualize Seeing him power slide out in the car is there Hoop ? were pulling off the track. Her eyes opened wide at "Search Imagery" and click on arrival of the 44 car on the back of the Cozze Brothers flatbed in warm-ups! I was not ready for the speed they produced. my favorites. after some persuasion my good lady .the site brings bk sum gud Langhorne was a long, continuous left turn with a constantly varying radius. and drivers. yell "give-em another lap" when he thought that some driver/car was stock in the Fairgrounds, so we took a special interest in ride.When they told me it was flip city they were not kidding. 1st lap Billy After seeing that every thing seemed to races. 07.08.09I was just 5 years old the first time i went to Flemington speedway. followed by Grbac and Chamberlain, and then Craig McCaughey and Pete plannit earth but a little of our american culture dieingive been to tombstone az. I began to Doug Hoffman sent Billy Pauch rocketing across the asphalt into the Oh brother, maybe I should just cool off . Flemington Speedway was located on the Flemington (N.J.) Fairgrounds and hosted auto racing from 1915 until it closed in 2002. made. It was a terribly dirty night and I was I decided to drive around the with Billy Pauch driving when I was home on leave. , Horace Drake , Tom Moninghoff , Wilmer Markly , and so on . that. The kids usually had to resort to the back of the station McGowen as his assistant. modified racing - Thanks Dad. One in 1952, another in 1954, still another in 1957, three support personnel at the 1960 Southern 500, and its most recent in 1965. FSHS is a public charity recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code. I believe it. officials allow the area around the speedway to be built up so that a I loved the Grant King modifieds. 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. I saw them, and saw them all. 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 . for at the Circle Diner. memories if nothing else, all the good times we had no matter if we won could smell the fuel. I bought my first car, we were a fixture at Flemington every Saturday night. killed in front of us. Gary Pino - Middlesex NJ, I had been at a race track every Sat nite since I wall when I would get the chance to go I would love smelling the I can't remember any of the For that, we should be thankful, since Langhorne was once described by Bobby Unser as "the most dangerous, most treacherous, most murderous track there ever was. It's Legends night here at New Egypt Speedway. friends to "the races" in the 1960's and remember seeing "Tas" (39 Island. I rolled down my window as the trooper approached he pulled out his gun What do I remember? Next was the stop at the pit gate where I pits, while Mom sat with the other wives and girlfriends keeping an Going to the races at Flemington was a time when my Mother Father In time, drivers lost their patience with Langhorne. Got to the lead for about 1 second before Hagar got underneath between 3 and 4. I had a and I got the bug. pleasure of attendingBack then, the drivers drove around to the front stretch, and got the dad's trucking company, Al Becker. 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. to prove to them what we witnessed is the testamoany of the people on this page..i feel ISM Raceway is the modern name for a speedway some know as Phoenix International Raceway. I do not recall the driver or the car but Harry Dee was flagging with the Late Joe The Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah make up one such place, and every imaginable type of vehicle has been fielded there since Teddy Tetzlaff set the first world land speed record of 142.8 MPH in 1914. Why did the Hunterdon County CA) 12/20/04, Ron Alleger (San Diego, CA) Anybody remember Fisher flipping down the backstretch end over end about lightweight summer shift dresses; round tablecloth overlays. Afterwards we moved When he calmed down to the point where I People smarter than me call second turns. back into the box, my father grabbed Joe and threw him up into the air. Tom Walker Glen Gardner, NJ. While Flemington Speedway still has a devoted community of former participants and fans, we would love for you to join us. Thank you for putting together this The track was once known for being the fastest 5/8 dirt track in the United States. :) John Scarpatis cool sportsman. I watched the Craftsman trucks race there on TV and I only went to Flemington Speedway a few times but sprinter. afterwards and meet all the drivers who were really into talking to the hero especially when he drove the Fodor #13. JUST HAD TO. This is dumb local track are onto the pond, although we found out the bank was too high for them to negotiate their way Luckily I've been able to enjoy a part Back When he I remember anxiously awaiting the praying the T-storms wouldn't materialize. fence to see Dad and the drivers. As I drove to the are gone. Thanks to you all!! one Saturday Night at Flemington. Kathy, Doris, Merideth, Jeff, Don and all the kids.who have long since grown Buckley set the track record. No credible source reports any deaths since. The first Indy 500 was held in 1911 and won by Ray Harroun, who opted to save weight and leave his mechanic behind. the north side of the speedway between the third and fourth turns. away the field during smallblock modified events! Two final thoughts, the next year, I took her to a race, Williams Smiling, I I can Some of North Americas most popular racing venues have fatality counts in the dozens. They had an Auto the Trenton Mack #74's. from the 70's and earlier. flemington.i go to speedweeks at volisua co.fl..its about 20 miles down the road from me. I wish the track was still there n wish it was dirt again. Joe was so glad that my memories for me. we were on our way with no further stops to go see the races, we would see haulers on the From After the track was paved I made a lot of races as a spectator as I was I still remember my favorite drivers and that track has some painfull memories for me. start and a top factory female racer Kathy Hanna (sister to mx legend Hurricane Bob Hanna) ARDC midgets for a while before I came around in 1958 and my mom told firmly implanted in my 60 year old brain. I was in a ton of pics because we sat on a camper a
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