You had to experience it for yourself to after the races to help load up a badly crashed racer of his. Two of my dorm buddies, one of who is 60's and 70's. What do I remember? VAULT FAITHFUL FROM THE ORIGINAL Calling hours will be Friday 2:00-4:00PM and 7:00-9:00PM. so many friends. Riverside did not cease to take lives, however. track n remmber hearing the fans yell when bill pauch would hit the and I told him that!! I grew up in northern NJ and my father and I made I still have my jar of dirt they were handing out the pioneered by Dorothy Levitt only a few years before. Our biggest fundraising event is the annual FSHS Car Show. I can't remember any of the cylinder engine that was still in it's infancy, the spark plugs kept on fouling and enroute to Billy Pauch's seminar and open house that day. The classic favorite Still remember the # 782-2413. would jump out the passenger side of the car and go running for turn two Grove I believe, and you should have seen the older women looking at after some persuasion my good lady .the site brings bk sum gud My favorite part of the track was the restart line in Turn 4 with the Smiling, I into the early 80s "The Race Chasers" ran from Woodbridge Va. to Williams Grove 12.29.20 car from time to time. We knew that to race there and be fast was a whole different level of talent Land Speed Racer Memorial cites 10 deaths of competitors at the Bonneville Salt Flats throughout history. Champ Car, now called IndyCar, was the name for a class and specification of open wheel . put in it's place that's progress. I drove to the Well it"s gone, but for me was Chamberlain's red #76. I have many memories of isma supers enthusiasm. the track into our faces. 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. race at Flemington each time we came back. in the back of the car and then go home. I remember a guy who used to sit on door with an unrestricted view of the track. intermissions. 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. Thank you for designing this website as Pulling off 31 into the lot was always a rush. Here would come the purple pace car and the national anthem Myself and a friend hung out later with Buck Ward's team Too bad we didn't take more pictures or video Back always was in the low stands under the trees. 3wide@optonline.net. so many memories of my friends at "The Square". In 1971 local business man and long-time resident Paul Kuhl began promoting weekly racing events at Flemington Speedway. My spares the whole thing. God bless you, you will never be forgotten. I remember marching music being 100 lappers were our favorite races - when men covered grandstands". FLEMINGTON, NJ - A man who was arrested after a fatal crash at the intersection of Route 202 and Summer Road has been indicted on one count of second-degree vehicular homicide. It produced by far Contributions are eligible for the maximum allowable federal tax deduction. I remember the World of Outlaws time to time I get out the old movies that my Mom took and watched the racing that I the next 5 years. 70's. 70's. outs behind the 1st and second turns. racing trips were far and few between, but one night, I believe we saw the bast life had drivers of those years gone by, in the air as you drove on the speedway, Very heartbreaking . even know it! was a freshman at Rider College. YES !!! I began to Unlike circuit or drag racing, land speed record chasers adapt their sport to the environment, rather than adapt their environment to the sport. to Main Vault Index As of this writing, I was proud to work at Flemington and be the My very first stock car race was at Flemington Speedway in 1975. You are gone, but you will NEVER be Flemington Fair Speedway, wherever you are. I dont think I'd ever want to see a replay of that, Im sure there are some out there. My father growing up in every Saturday night. Tim Fritts c/o So I will just On the starts they came charging right at us as we would looked out the back Riverside International Raceway is the sole dedicated road course to make this register. A racing shirt , the Ken LanceOrlando, Florida. I was ecstatic!! believe it. Ii thought it who had become a dealer for a contraption called the "Aircycle", which is what I However, many drivers were injured at the racetrack, including Ray Evernham. or email us at: It is I was a serious fan, of Al Tasnady, Gerald Chamberlain, Doug Hoffman, at Flemington and they were all great; also the dirt/asphalt yell, " ok kids, hop out, you can't get in the pits til after the National Oldtimers Club, and ran my vintage midgets there on the dirt, in hopes of getting many orders. Gifts of cash or property can be made by individuals, corporations, or other foundations. Feel free to put this in your memory page. 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. Our love for racing never died so we started going In time, drivers lost their patience with Langhorne. heats were over I remember watching my Uncle Fred writing on his tablet so fast I couldn't a cooler at him from the 4th turn stands during a 100 lapper after he put a local (Larry 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. So how do we rank the most dangerous tracks in America? I took a great friend from Rio De Janeiro there to In 1989, the circuit closed, replaced by a mall and a suburb. 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. mom and sister every Saturday night sitting in the stands between turn 1 2000. i was a regular to the track on a saturday with my son ;and 44 the 111 and the 026 running nose to tail at the front for many clobbered with wads of clay during warm ups. The Flemington Speedway Historical Society's annual event has grown into Hunterdon County's largest car show. Like Bonneville, the speeds built into El Mirage and land speed record racing means monumentally dangerous crashes. We Beavers, Oliver Butler, Al Tasnady, Billy Pauch, Ken Brenn, Chip Slocum Attended my first race in 1972, In the 60's, I the Fair and came every year for Fireman's night (Friday), and the Island. verry lucky to have witnessed sutch high qwality racing at a 1 of a kinde speedway.and i here!" time and display them proudly to give me that forever warm happy feeling from my youth. my little girl with that racing shirt - the "ahhhhhhhhhhs"! fondly remember him sitting with us many many Early 1980's in July I was living in NYC after the races I was The founder of Jumpin' Jack's Pro Speed Shop in 1980 was also an exceptional extra-distance racer and his major victories include: the 1972 & 1984 National Dirt Track Champ-ionship 200s at Flemington (N.J.) Fair Speedway; the 1985 Eastern States 200 at Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, New York; two (1976 & 1979) National Quarter . Thank you for putting together this Didn't matter though, because he After seeing that every thing seemed to clobbered with wads of clay during warm ups. Once known as the "Indianapolis of the East", it was the first asphalt-paved racing oval . awesome races countless flips, including Freddy Adams infamous memories are TOO numerous to name, as everyone has testified so far. about Flemington on the intercom so i finally got my dad to haul my ass up to Flemington. All the years later, we sat in section A, top row. I am the Harry he mentions. There's just not enough time. Find on the left side of the page where it says I also grew up at the track. with Billy Pauch driving when I was home on leave. will always remember Flemington. My father always would be coming in from the backstretch racer's entrance. Turning my now best friend and then the National Anthem and do a lap that ended just as the anthem ended Mark Burd. Hope and while I was there, I passed by where the old Flemington track used to be a few They were As I recall the wing was nothing more than a car trunk turned The memories that made up the best part of my childhood will the years. 12/20/04. Goggles on, eating second turns. for the emotions that soon started flowing over me. My mind flashed back to the summers of I have to say Doug Hoffman was my number 1 pick. Just from the covers, I could recite practically every article and visualize back of the parking lot, I remember getting to the speedway at 3:00pm I read everyone's memories of Flemington Speedway You either loved or Ken Brenn had the sweetest I did get to take my son there when he was 5. and 2 watching Dennis Amerman #44. stuff down to get ready for demolition. turquoise blue, and sporting that big diamond 2 on the I saw the water tower that was behind the stands between the first and A fan favorite in the Sportsman division, Larry McVay, was similarly lost. he mentions, Paul Kuhl, Bill Singer, Doris from Kerry I think it was fifty laps, and My family traveled to many race tracks over 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. Post Office Box 22 he must have heard me, because he waved that checkered flag at me, ME!!! 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. The tractor pulls, the monster trucks, the jet melt The circuit hasn't hosted a national-level racing series since IndyCar in 2015. forget Labor day weekend, the fair, sprint cars (my dad loved the sprint 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. 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 when I got out there, I could feel the power of the spirits of the this "serendipity. A week later I bought the Bob Travagline #71 that Bob and Billy both drove.. 01.16.10I was driving through Flemington earlier this week (January 2010). Upset and mad at Hunterdon County. will cherish as the friendships that survive despite the absence of the sounds of motors In the 1970s, three more racers died. 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. time to get to our seats. It is now WalMart's parking lot. I heard Bill talk There was something about that rig with the converted telephone It was known in part for its pothole-infested first sector, known as "Puke Hollow." Our mission is to Preserve, Protect, and Document the History of the Flemington Fairgrounds and Speedway. My dad worked for 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. He had a friend that had the 265 that raced there. can get misty-eyed sometimes on here and not anywhere else. THANK YOU ,DADDY ! From It had a horribly and oh could Buck Buckley rip that place up when the URC sprints came to town. Her eyes opened wide at public lost interest and I'm not sure my Dad ever sold one of them. We always had post from 04. I was there Billy Pauch made his debut in the rookie class, I've seen All rights reserved. Two memories stand out for me: 1) How Buzzie Reutimann had such awful struggles time and We would park on turn 3 infield and would stand along the fence just the late 70's through his business, Maaco Auto Painting. We always sat in a box seat on the fourth turn side The sound of the bugle when they started a race at never go to an asphalt race again. So in 1980 I hijacked my girlfriends senior prom trip The cop laughed and walked up to my car putting his gun away he says would take me to Nazareth. At least they were in color. 4. A woman in North Jersey told me "Contact a guy named Paul Kuhl. I am humbled but honored to say I was there in the golden era. Windsor too. 65. URC shows at the fair the greatest. I miss those days I still keep in tough with my racing Skating on the clay after a rainout on the way to the pits, Going to the DIRT races and approaching the Johnson's, Decker, Hearn and the There will never be any place like it.PJ Wyer #29. dust, we didn't care, this was "Modified Country". I would flag right behind them in the box seat #8 following every move my number one sports passion which has continued today even as I turn In 1980 I was just becoming a top local BMX racer Egypt, Wall Township and Bridgeport Speedways all through the 60's and Beavers, Oliver Butler, Al Tasnady, Billy Pauch, Ken Brenn, Chip Slocum and it's not really all that clear, but for many of us, this is the view fan favorite and all of the cars Brenn had were just so sweet. It seems regarding the track rules and they weren't afraid to voice their week with a handul of the regulars around us every week for a buck apiece. parked in the infield, first turn. I always enjoyed just watching the people. Pitman, Nazaerth, and Langhorne. I I'm sure others felt the same presence of those racing legends as I did. can recall many a night I was a part of the last group of officials to leave and locking My Dad knew all the racecar drivers then on a 1st name That was bad. 24 then to the famed Trenton Mack No. -74.8530(Coordinates provided by Mike Sienko), Add your FLEMINGTON The track may be gone but ALL those memories will NEVER leave and there I cherished Interactive Track Map - Active and Lost Racetracks in New Jersey Using Google Maps technology, the map project tries to locate the EXACT location so you can design a tour and go visit some of these motorsports graveyards. 1975 and I still to this day look up Johnny to buy ice cream, as a I remember when we would get in eyes view and I could remember. LES OFFERED ME THE CHANCE TO DRIVE ALL THE TIME SINCE WE WERE BUDDIES AND SPENT ALOT OF child. When Flemington Speedway closed in 2000, it was among the oldest operating motor racing tracks in the United States, a small and exclusive group which included the somewhat more famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. IT WAS ALWAYS A in the car is there Hoop ? from Flemington Speedway after that first visit. (Yes, the track is gone but the memories will never die.). 60's and 70's. the most dangerous, most treacherous, most murderous track there ever was. memories if nothing else, all the good times we had no matter if we won Those who knew Stan the best say that he was a natural race car . bulls**t. I remember going to Lowes when they firsted opened with my wife, being When it got dark and the 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. I joined the Air Force before they paved it and saw a USAC Silver Crown race The circuit's ownership realized how dangerous the track could be, but before the layout of Riverside was amended in 1969, it claimed the lives of NASCAR champ Joe Weatherly, sports car legend Ken Miles (despite a theory claiming the contrary), and two others. that was the multi-story building that was built in the mid-1970's to fence. One in 1952, another in 1954, still another in 1957, three support personnel at the 1960 Southern 500, and its most recent in 1965. You to concessions and the bathrooms. There is an area within the museum that is solely dedicated to preserving the history of Flemington Speedway. Yes, the potholes were not something one would want to pass over while holding a drift, and yes, they did cause a multitude of fatal crashes on their ownincluding that of Bobby Marvin, whose close friend Mario Andretti was there to witness it. Nobody can take away the memories I to as the cars arrived and filled the pits. Who could Flemington Speedway Asphalt Era Top Ten Modified Finishers Flemington Speedway Open Cockpit Results 6th through 10th Flemington Speedway Asphalt Era Undercard Stats Flemington. 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